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A potential banana peel awaits the Stormers in Kimberly, where they square off against the Griquas at Griqua Park on Round 5 of Super Rugby Unlocked. The men from the Cape come off a disappointing outing where the Bulls thrashed them at Loftus, and face a team returning from a bye after being trounced by […]

There could be a few tense conversations around the Nadal family dinner table this Christmas. That’s after Toni Nadal was named as part of Victor Font’s candidacy to become the new president of Barcelona, bitter rivals of Real Madrid, the club his nephew and former student Rafael Nadal supports. TONI COACHED RAFA TO THE MAJORITY […]

Kaizer Chiefs fans have been a frustrated bunch for many reasons, and one of those has had a lot to do with star player Khama Billiat. The Zimbabwean international arrived on a free transfer after not signing a new contract with rivals Mamelodi Sundowns in 2018. Hunt aims to be the man to get Khama […]

Australia have beaten the All Blacks in their Tri-Nations clash in Brisbane on Saturday. The Wallabies won 24-22 after the sides were dead-locked 8-all at half-time. Both sides were reduced to 14 men in the first half after straight red cards were shown to All Blacks prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi and Wallaby flank Lachlan Swinton for […]

The first round of matches in the domestic season are in the book with the Dolphins, Knights and Titans registering wins in the CSA 4-Day Series on Thursday 5 November. Dolphins send CSA 4-Day Series Champion Lions packing A 28th career five-wicket haul by Keshav Maharaj proved vital for the Dolphins as they completed a […]

Retired South African fast bowler Morne Morkel has signed on for the Big Bash League (BBL), but as a local rather than international after becoming an Australian permanent resident. The 36-year-old, who played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20Is for the Proteas, moved to Australia in 2018, where he lives with his wife and […]

All the fixtures, team line-ups, kick-off times and predictions for Round 5 of the Super Rugby Unlocked tournament. LOG | LATEST STANDINGS IN SUPER RUGBY UNLOCKED FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 SHARKS V CHEETAHS, DURBAN – 19:00 Sharks 15 Manie Libbok, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Jeremy Ward, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 […]

Seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi edged closer to a return to his Yamaha team for the European Grand Prix when he tested negative for coronavirus. The 41-year-old missed the back-to-back races at Aragon last month after testing positive for Covid-19. REPLACEMENT RIDER ON STANDBY – JUST IN CASE However, his team said his latest […]

English club Harlequins have named former Sharks, Lions and Springbok lock Stephan Lewies as captain ahead of the 2020/21 Premiership season.  Lewies played one Test for the Springboks Lewies follows in the footsteps of former club skippers Keith Wood, Will Carling, Jason Leonard, Andre Vos and Chris Robshaw. Lewies, 28, played his one and only […]