Category: Sports

While last season’s runners-up Kaizer Chiefs lost again, last season’s champions Mamelodi Sundowns continued on their merry way in their 2020/21 DStv Premiership campaign. MAMELODI SUNDOWNS STAYED TOP OF THE LOG Mamelodi Sundowns maintained top spot in the standings with a 2-0 win over TS Galaxy on Tuesday at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Both Kaizer […]

Frank Williams, who built the Williams team into a dominant Formula One force in the 1980s and 1990s, is in a stable condition after being admitted to hospital. NINE CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS The 78-year-old established the team in 1977 and went on to win nine constructors’ world championships and seven drivers’ titles, although the most recent […]

Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt has commented on goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune’s latest blunder in their 2-1 defeat to SuperSport United on Tuesday. READ | CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR LOSERS KAIZER CHIEFS AND WINNERS MAMELODI SUNDOWNS Khune, who also committed a costly error during the 2-2 draw with Black Leopards last week, saw his distribution let him […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of an extended curfew as part of the latest regulations to combat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a knock-on effect for the DStv Premiership. CLOSING TIMES NOW 22:00 The new regulations now fix closing times for venues hosting sporting events at 22:00. In compliance with the regulations, […]

It has been confirmed that former Highlands Park legend and Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates coach Joe Frickleton has died. READ | CYRIL RAMAPHOSA’S CURFEW SEES PSL KICK-OFFS CHANGED Scotland-born Frickleton spent the majority of his playing and coaching days in South Africa where he was one of the most successful coaches from the 1970s […]

The Torpedo SwimRun held their inaugural Waterfront KnockOut event last weekend, with exciting finishes from top athletes at Battery Park in the V&A Waterfront. 1 000M-LONG CIRCUIT The 1 000-metre-long circuit was made up of 4 runs and 3 swims along the pathways and in the canals, with qualifying rounds, quarter-finals and semi-finals deciding the […]

Orlando Pirates will host Chippa United in the DStv Premiership on Wednesday, 16 December. ORLANDO PIRATES ARE UNDEFEATED The Buccaneers are undefeated in the 2021/21 season after six matches. They have picked up two wins and four draws to date and victory at the Orlando Stadium could see they rise as high as third in […]

Knights paceman Migael Pretorius has been called up to the Proteas Test squad ahead of the Series against Sri Lanka starting on Boxing Day. Migael Pretorius earns maiden Proteas call-up The Proteas call-up is the first for the seamer who did not earn national colours at age-group level.  Pretorius has, however, enjoyed an exceptional season […]

AmaZulu will host Golden Arrows at Kings Park in Durban in the DStv Premiership on Wednesday, 16 December. The KwaZulu-Natal derby is scheduled to kick off at 17:30. AMAZULU ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF BENNI MCCARTHY In the biggest news of the week, AmaZulu announced the capture of former Bafana Bafana legend Benni McCarthy. However, McCarthy […]

Despite a love-affair that goes back decades, the Umzimkhulu River and Christie Mackenzie have yet to sync up in the elite women’s race over the two days of the N3TC Drak Challenge, in partnership which gets underway on 30 January. The young Varsity College/Euro Steel star, who claimed her first major K1 marathon scalp when […]