Category: Sports

Sri Lanka’s injury-hit cricketers took a pounding from South Africa’s batsmen and bowlers on the third day of the first Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Monday. READ | VIRAT KOHLI VOTED BEST OF THE PAST DECADE Former captain Faf du Plessis led the batting assault, hitting 199 as South Africa took a commanding […]

Monday evening’s much-anticipated Premier League fixture between Everton and Manchester City has become the latest sporting event to hit the coronavirus scrapheap after five of Pep Guardiola’s squad tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the game. Guardiola’s side were due to travel to Goodison Park for Monday evening’s fixture against Carlo Ancelotti’s in-form Everton but the club […]

Morocco’s concerted focus on grassroots football is beginning to pay handsome dividends after the country’s Under 20 national team secured qualification for next year’s Nations Cup in Mauritania after a 15-year absence. Morocco’s Under 20 team last qualified for the tournament in 2005. The Under 20s qualification comes after the Under 17s already qualified for […]

Al Ahly target Gaston Sirino failed to turn up for Mamelodi Sundowns training on Monday following the club’s order for him to focus on his job. READ | CHIPPA UNITED MOVE ON FROM LUC EYMAEL DEBACLE, SIGN DAN MALESELA The Brazilians released a statement confirming the termination of their transfer negotiations with Al Ahly regarding the […]

Brazil’s star footballer Neymar is at the centre of a fresh controversy after several Brazilian media reported that he’s organising a huge New Year’s Eve party despite the coronavirus pandemic, a claim his lawyers denied. NEYMAR REPORTED TO BE HOLDING A WEEK-LONG PARTY Acelmo Goes, a columnist for the O Globo newspaper, wrote that the […]

Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane is loving his time as mentor of Egyptian giants Al Ahly. Mosimane has reacted to the club’s latest title as they were honoured at the 2020 Globe Soccer awards. AL AHLY WERE NAMED THE MIDDLE EAST’S BEST CLUB The annual ceremony which was held in Dubai saw Cristiano Ronaldo […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has issued a statement confirming that South Africa’s return to Covid-19 lockdown Level 3 from midnight on Monday won’t impact the ongoing Test between the Proteas and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion. CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ANNOUNCED SA WOULD RETURN TO LEVEL 3 On Monday evening President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that […]

Egyptian legend Hossam Hassan has hit out at Al Ahly manager Pitso Mosimane following a 4-0 defeat to the defending league champions. Hassan, currently the assistant coach at Al Ittihad, believes Al Ahly are regressing under Pitso Mosimane despite dropping points just once. Mosimane has led Al Ahly to a near perfect record since taking […]

Following a national address by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday evening, the adjusted Level 3 lockdown regulations have now been gazetted. READ | RETURN TO LOCKDOWN LEVEL 3 WON’T IMPACT PROTEAS V SRI LANKA TEST According to the government gazette signed by Cogta minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Monday, the closing time for venues hosting professional sport is […]

A small, but high quality entry of nine horses has been received for the R1 million Grade 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate to be run over 1 600m at Kenilworth on Saturday, January 9. Supplementary entries will close at 11:00 on Thursday, December 31 while declarations close at 11:00 on Monday, January 4. Cape trainer Justin […]