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SANZAAR and tournament hosts, Rugby Australia, have announced the match schedule and venues for the 2020 Rugby Championship but the Springboks and All Blacks are not thrilled. The tournament is set to wrap up on 12 December meaning that if existing travel restrictions remain in place players returning to New Zealand and South Africa will […]

SA Rugby have revealed that fans have applied for 323,964 tickets for the 2021 tour of the British and Irish Lions. The Springboks highly-anticipated meeting with the famous British and Irish Lions has attracted more than 250,000 visitors to the official ticketing portal. British and Irish Lions tour attracts massive interest “South African rugby fans […]

Former Australia batsman and cricket commentator Dean Jones, who had been covering the ongoing Indian Premier League from Mumbai, has died of a heart attack, his employer Star India said Thursday. Dean Jones dies of heart attack “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing away of Mr. Dean Mervyn […]

Novak Djokovic will renew his love-hate relationship with Roland Garros in the knowledge that it’s himself rather than 12-time champion Rafael Nadal who could pose the greatest barrier to winning a second Paris title and 18th Grand Slam crown. The only man to beat Djokovic in 2020 is Djokovic after the Serb’s hair-trigger temper prompted […]

The Stormers have named a matchday squad for their Super Saturday clash with the Lions that includes seven Springboks in the starting XV. The arrival of Warrick Gelant brings to three the number of Springboks in the back division as he joins Green and Gold teammates Herschel Jantjies and Damian Willemse who start as halfbacks. […]

Elton Jantjies will lead a new-look Lions side when they resume their season on Super Saturday when they clash with the Stormers. The Lions have been reinforced by recruits from across the Jukskei with former Bulls skipper Burger Odendaal set to start his first match for the Lions along with another man who swapped Loftus […]

Jake White has named the 30-man Bulls matchday squad he will take into Super Saturday and the clash with the Sharks at Loftus. Duane Vermeulen commands the team from the back of what is set to be a powerful pack of forwards. The Springbok number eight is accompanied by more capped internationals in Jason Jenkins, […]

The Premier Soccer League has proudly announced that MultiChoice’s DStv brand, has signed a five-year deal to become the new title sponsor of the premier division now called the DStv Premiership. This is a continuation of a vibrant and fruitful partnership between the PSL and the MultiChoice. DStv Premiership era to begin The PSL has […]

EFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis has earned himself a huge opportunity after being signed to international promotion UFC. Du Plessis has been added to the main card of the 11 October Fight Island event where he is set to take on Brazil’s Marcus Perez. Dricus du Plessis signs to UFC The South African fighter […]

Roland Garros will only be allowed to let in 1,000 fans per day for the final Grand Slam of a chaotic 2020 season. Organisers had hoped for as many as 5,000 to be allowed through the gates at Roland Garros but with virus cases surging in Paris, authorities were not prepared to take that risk. […]