Category: Sports

The football world was plunged into mourning on Wednesday at the news that Argentina superstar Diego Maradona had died of a heart attack. He was 60. Maradona lived a colourful and controversial life, but there was no questioning his skill on the field on play. Predictably, social media went into overdrive, as did sporting websites […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced that the Proteas have returned no positive Covid-19 results in their third round of testing since their arrival in Cape Town for their limited-overs tour against England starting on Friday. PREVIEW | SA V ENGLAND 1ST T20, PITCH REPORT AND WHERE TO WATCH The two players who tested positive last […]

Struggling Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs will begin their CAF Champions League campaign with a tough tie against Cameroon side PWD Bamenda this weekend. Chiefs will fly to Cameroon via Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on Thursday evening and will be in Douala, Cameroon on Friday morning, before making the 77km journey to the South Western coastal town […]

Springbok Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus and Rugby World Cup-winning skipper Siya Kolisi walked away with another set of awards on Thursday. Rugby World Cup winners honoured again A little more than a year after they spearheaded South Africa’s third triumph at the Rugby World Cup in Japan the dynamic leadership duo were honoured at […]

Liverpool, Chelsea, Brighton and West Ham will be among the Premier League able to allow fans into their stadiums next month under a new tier system to tackle the spread of coronavirus in England. Premier League clubs cleared to allow fans The Premier League clubs are within tier-two areas, meaning clubs can welcome up to […]

Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley will miss this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive for Covid-19. PREVIEW | STATS & FACTS AHEAD OF SUNDAY’S BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX The vastly-experienced key pit-wall decision-maker returned a positive test during mandatory pre-race tests and will be isolation for 10-days in line with the sport’s protocols and […]

Kaizer Chiefs’ struggles, particularly in front of goal, continued on Tuesday in their latest DStv Premiership match against Moroka Swallows. AS IT HAPPENED | MOROKA SWALLOWS V KAIZER CHIEFS LIVE BLOG The Birds triumphed 1-0 thanks to an 86th-minute winner from Joseph Mhlongo at the Dobsonville Stadium to condemn Chiefs to their second loss of the […]

Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt has rued missed chances and a disallowed goal after Amakhosi’s DStv Premiership defeat to Swallows FC on Tuesday. CHIEFS HAD CHANCES IN THE FIRST HALF Chiefs had their chances to break the deadlock in the first half with Philani Zulu hitting the frame of the goal and Daniel Cardoso seeing […]

The Australian Open will likely be delayed by one to two weeks, officials said, as talks continue over staging the tournament in Melbourne, which has only recently emerged from months of coronavirus lockdown. ‘VERY COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS’ ARE STILL UNDER WAY A delay for a week or two to the first Grand Slam of the year, […]

The mighty All Blacks have seemed almost invincible in recent years, but back-to-back defeats have left their new coach and captain under fire and raised an unthinkable prospect: losing three in a row for the first time this century. CHANCE TO STOP THE ROT Saturday’s Tri-Nations game against Argentina, New Zealand’s final outing this year, […]