Category: Sports

The Springboks will travel to Edinburgh to face Scotland on November 13, 2021 as one of their end-of-year Tests in Europe next year, it was confirmed on Tuesday. THE SPRINGBOKS HAVEN’T LOST TO SCOTLAND SINCE 2010 Scotland are set to host the reigning Rugby World Cup champions at Murrayfield, where the hosts will try and […]

Dylan Frittelli believes so much in the history and tradition of the South African Open that he goes as far as to say he wouldn’t feel his career would be complete without adding his name to the trophy of the second oldest national Open in golf. “I’ve won on the European Tour and on the […]

World champion Lewis Hamilton said he was devastated to miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain having tested positive for coronavirus. Hamilton, who on Sunday won the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first of back-to-back races in the Gulf state, has already secured a record-equalling seventh world championship this season. “I am devastated that I […]

South Africa will bat first once again as they look to level the T20 International (T20I) series against England in Paarl on Sunday. The Proteas emerged on the losing side in the opening match of the tour on Friday at Newlands, where the visitors eased to a five-wicket win. England win toss and choose to […]

Diego Maradona’s surgeon responded to the launch of an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by saying he “everything he could, up to the impossible” for an “unmanageable” patient. Earlier in the day prosecutors in San Isidro, near Buenos Aires, said they were investigating Leopoldo Luque while Argentine television showed police raiding the doctor’s surgery and home. […]

Bloemfontein Celtic began their CAF Confederation Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over AS Maniema Union in the first leg of their preliminary round tie. According to the Soccer Laduma website, Phunya Sele Sele qualified for the Confederations Cup after reaching the Nedbank Cup final against Mamelodi Sundowns, who had already qualified for the CAF […]

France’s Romain Grosjean is a lucky man. A very, very lucky man. READ | LEWIS HAMILTON WINS BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Grosjean cheated death on the opening lap of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix when his car veered off track and collided with the barriers, instantly bursting in flames. Grosjean was helped from his car by safety […]

Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop has died at the age of 42 after a long illness, local media and the West African state’s football federation said on Sunday.  Diop is best known in his native country for scoring the winning goal against then defending champions France in the opening match of the 2002 Soccer […]

Formula One bosses promised a full investigation on Sunday into the failings exposed by Romain Grosjean’s terrifying fireball crash in the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix. WATCH | SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIC PRAISED FOR SAVING ROMAIN GROSJEAN’S LIFE As widespread praise for modern safety measures, led by race winner Lewis Hamilton, echoed around the […]

It’s time to dust off those walking – and running – shoes! In these uncertain Covid-19 days, if ever there was a time to remember the spirit and resilience of former President Nelson Mandela, it is now. This year, those interested can join the annual Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run (MRWR) from anywhere in the […]