Category: Sports

A funeral home in Argentina has sacked three of its workers ahead of the burial of late football legend, Diego Maradona. The legendary former Napoli and Barcelona star died earlier in the week after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home outside Buenos Aries. Funeral home sacks selfie trio  It is reported that during preparations […]

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 […]

Kaizer Chiefs earned a vital three points away from home in their CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg clash against PWD Bamenda in Limbe, Cameroon. Kaizer Chiefs found the going tough for much of the game with chances difficult to come by while Itumeleng Khune was definitely the busier of the two goalkeepers on […]

Ghanaian goalkeeper Richard Ofori made what could perhaps be his first costly error in Orlando Pirates against Baroka on Saturday, and has been defended by coach Josef Zinnbauer. The former Maritzburg United shot-stopper failed to grasp the ball inside the box from a set-piece, allowing Namibian international Ananias Gebhardt to toe the ball in for […]

Christiaan Bezuidenhout claimed his second victory in a memorable year for him as he won the Alfred Dunhill Championship by four strokes at Leopard Creek on Sunday. Bezuidenhout bounced back from a front nine where he dropped three shots in two holes and then made three key birdies on the back nine to close with […]

Even on paper it sounds impossible. Can Australia or Argentina steal this year’s Tri-Nations trophy away from the All Blacks? Sure, they can. All the Wallabies will need to do in Saturday’s final match is beat the Pumas by 101 points. A glance at the record books will show that in 646 Tests since their […]

Dawid Malan’s half-century on a slow Park pitch proved to be the major difference as England claimed a four-wicket win over the Proteas in the second T20 international in Paarl on Sunday. The result ensured the tourists claimed victory in the three-match series after moving into an unassailable 2-0 lead ahead of game three on […]

Man United came back from two goals down to claim a 3-2 victory against Southampton at St Mary’s on Sunday afternoon. The Red Devils came to clash at the back of a convincing victory in Europe and were keen on continuing their climb in the Premier League standings. Man United survive Southampton onslaught  It took […]

Race officials praised the modern safety systems developed for Formula One racing on Sunday after Romain Grosjean survived a high-speed crash and fireball blaze on the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Safety and official medical car driver, South Africa’s Alan van der Merwe, was on the scene within seconds as he followed the […]

Lewis Hamilton has won an action-packed Bahrain Grand Prix that finished under a Safety Car at the Sakhir circuit. The race was red flagged on the opening lap after a frightening crash by Haas driver Romain Grosjean. The French driver escaped death when his car exploded into a ball of flames after crashing into the […]