Category: Sports

The Proteas have faith in the security measures put in place for their Test and T20 tour of Pakistan, coach Mark Boucher said on Thursday. WATCH | DALE STEYN SWAPS KOOKABURRA BALL FOR A SKATEBOARD! South Africa start the first of two Tests in Pakistan on Tuesday, January 26 as they return to Pakistan for the […]

The Dolphins remain top of Pool A of the One-Day Cup tournament being played in a bio-bubble in Potchefstroom. The KwaZulu-Natal team moved to 11 points after their second match against the Titans was washed out. Dolphins secure a semi-final berth The Dolphins started their campaign with back-to-back victories over the Titans and the Knights. […]

Proteas coach Mark Boucher has confirmed he wishes to regain the services of Jacques Kallis as a batting consultant. CONGRATS! INDIA’S VIRAT KOHLI AND BOLLYWOOD WIFE ANUSHKA SHARMA WELCOME DAUGHTER Speaking ahead of the team’s departure for Pakistan, Boucher said South Africa’s greatest ever cricketer remained “on his radar“. “He is on my radar in terms […]

Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi has ensured Amakhosi fans that do not need to fear their side being relegated this season. “This team cannot be relegated,” stated a confident Akpeyi. CHIEFS ARE TOO BIG A CLUB TO BE RELEGATED – DANIEL AKPEYI Nigeria’s Akpeyi believed the Soweto giants are “far too big a club to […]

SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux has issued a warning against proposed changes to broadcast regulations that, according to his assesment could set professional sport in South Africa on the road to ruin. Icasa are eager to ensure that more sport is made available to South Africans on free-to-air TV after years of being dominated by […]

The draw for the 2020/2021 Nedbank Cup took place this evening with a number of scintillating round of 32 matches coming up. The Nedbank Cup is this season’s second and final cup competition following the abrupt halt of the Telkom Knockout which usually acts as the second annual cup competition on the PSL calendar. There […]

The final two rounds of group matches in rugby union’s European Champions and Challenge Cups will be cancelled, with both tournaments now moving straight into the knockout phase, the chief executive of England’s Premiership Rugby said Thursday. This month’s concluding pool matches were postponed on Monday after the French government said the COVID-19 pandemic made […]

Olympic 100m hurdles champion Brianna McNeal has been provisionally suspended for doping violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Thursday. The 29-year-old American, who claimed Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and also won world gold in Moscow in 2013, was charged with “tampering” with part of a doping control, the AIU said. […]

UEFA is not planning any imminent changes to the format for the upcoming Champions League knockout stages or to its plans to hold the delayed Euro 2020 this year despite ongoing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and other sporting events being cancelled. UEFA barrel ahead with tournament plans “As far as the Euro is concerned […]

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc announced on Thursday that he had tested positive for Covid-19, two days after Formula One was forced to postpone two of next season’s Grands Prix. “I want to let you know that I have tested positive for Covid-19,” the Monegasque driver said on Twitter. “I learned that I have been in […]