Category: Sports

South African mining magnate, Dr Patrice Motsepe is in the running to become the next president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), the country’s top football authority confirmed on Monday. The billionaire has been heavily involved with the sport for the best part of two decades, and owns 2016 Caf Champions League winners Mamelodi […]

Orlando Pirates midfielder Vincent Pule is one of several new players added to a revised Bafana Bafana squad ahead of the international break. Bafana play Sao Tome e Principe in back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2021 qualifiers in mid-November. Five players added to Bafana squad Having named his squad for the two matches, coach […]

A woman was injured in a car accident involving five people, including two Bloemfontein Celtic players, SABCNews reported on Monday. The accident is said to have occurred on Dan Pienaar Drive in Bloemfontein in the early hours of Monday morning. No serious injuries  The players – as well as two other people on the scene – came […]

Banyana Banyana finished off the group stages in the Cosafa Women’s Championship with a commanding performance against Comoros, winning 7-0 at Wolfson Stadium on Monday. The defending champions had already qualified for the next round after beating Angola and Eswatini in their two previous matches. They came up against a side against which they achieved […]

The Springboks have stretched their lead atop the latest World Rugby rankings – despite not having played a Test for over a year. The Springboks took the No 1 ranking after clinching last year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan on November 2. NO INDICATION WHEN SPRINGBOKS WILL NEXT PLAY Fast forward 12 months – and […]

Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks provided the main fireworks on day one of the second round of the CSA 4-Day series while elsewhere, Raynard van Tonder lit up Mangaung Oval where the Knights finished the day in a commanding position. As was the case in the previous round of the competition, it was the host teams […]

The draws for both the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup took place in Cairo this afternoon with four top flight South African sides participating. Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs will be representing South Africa in the CAF Champions League while Orlando Pirates and Bloemfontein Celtic will participating in the CAF Confederations Cup. Both […]

The Springboks are looking to play at least three Tests – perhaps four – ahead of next year’s British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa. The reigning Rugby World Cup champions haven’t been in action since winning their third Webb Ellis Cup on November 2, 2019, and they have no Tests scheduled between now […]

Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah is well aware of the magnitude of the upcoming CAF Champions League final taking place between Pitso Mosimane’s Al Ahly and Jaime Pacheco’s Zamalek. For the first time in history, the CAF Champions League final will be contested between arch Egyptian rivals Al Ahly and Zamalek and Mohamed Salah is concerned […]

US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau reached the driving range for Monday’s first official practice session of the 84th Masters with a buzz about how he might overpower Augusta National. Past green jacket winners Phil Mickelson and Charl Schwartzel were among the early starters along with DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa, the 23-year-old American who won the […]