Category: Sports

Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi says it will be a “special moment” when he brings the curtain down on his 15-year factory Yamaha MotoGP career in the final race of the season in Portugal on Sunday. Joan Mir’s world championship title may already be secured, but second place and the constructors’ title will also be […]

The Springbok Women will face England, France and debutantes Fiji in Pool C of the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, which will play out in Auckland and Whangarei from September 18 to October 16 next year. Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer and his charges received the news late on Thursday night during an extravagant RWC […]

Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs have confirmed details regarding their upcoming home and away CAF Champions League fixtures against Cameroonian side PWD Bamenda. AMAKHOSI WILL PLAY PWD BAMENDA AWAY THEN AT HOME Amakhosi are preparing to make a return to continental club competition after a four-year absence on the back of their runner-up finish to Mamelodi […]

Proteas coach Mark Boucher says AB de Villiers will remain part of the team selection discussion “when he is playing good cricket”. READ | HERSCHELLE GIBBS LANDS LANKA PREMIER LEAGUE JOB Speaking on a Zoom press conference call on Thursday, Boucher admitted that De Villiers was in line for a possible return to the international […]

The final round of what has been a somewhat shambolic inaugural Super Rugby Unlocked tournament will be played this weekend. Thanks to Covid-19 positive results among the Sharks’ tighthead props, the much-anticipated clash between the KwaZulu-Natal union and the Stormers in Durban on Saturday has been cancelled. It was the third match to bite the […]

Douglas Ryder, the South African founder of NTT Pro Cycling, has announced the next step in the team’s journey, which sees them moving forward in partnership with the leader in performance cycling apparel, ASSOS of Switzerland, to create Team Qhubeka ASSOS. FUNDS RAISED FOR MORE THAN 30 000 BICYCLES Since founding the team, Ryder’s ultimate […]

Rafael Nadal kept alive his hopes of a first ATP Finals title on Thursday, beating defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in London to qualify for the last four. The Spaniard, whose haul of 86 singles titles includes just one on indoor hard courts, is chasing the biggest prize missing from his resume at the eight-man […]

The international break has concluded, with PSL fixtures taking centre stage in the coming weekend. PSL fixtures on Saturday The pick of the afternoon fixtures is the clash involving Kaizer Chiefs, who travel to Sugar Ray Xulu in Clermont for a clash against Golden Arrows. Gavin Hunt’s men have had a rough start to the […]