Category: Sports

In his first and only race for 2020 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, Ryan Sandes took a convincing win at Saturday’s Maxirace Cape Winelands 75km race. Sandes won in a time of 7:32:43, with Grobler Basson in second place in 7:58:18. ‘MOUNTAINS ARE INSANE’ “This morning was really epic, those Mont Rochelle mountains are […]

Veteran South African rider Ashleigh Moolman Pasio became cycling’s first ever virtual world champion when she – or rather her avatar – won the 50km race on the digital roads of ‘Watopia’. MOOLMAN WON ON HER 35TH BIRTHDAY Organised by the UCI and using the Zwift platform, Moolman Pasio claimed victory on her 35th birthday […]

Rugby World Cup-winning centre Lukhanyo Am returns to lead the Sharks as they seek to haul in the Bulls at the top of the Currie Cup table. The Sharks start the weekend in second-place but could go into the match as low as fourth if Western Province beat the Pumas in Cape Town on Friday […]

Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs have an uphill task ahead of them if they wish to remain relevant in the 2020/21 DStv Premiership title race. READ | PSL CHANGES TRANSFER WINDOW DATES AT SUNDOWNS’ REQUEST After six matches of the 30-match season (the one-fifth mark for those with mad mathematical skills), Amakhosi lie 12th in the […]

Assuming no Coivd-19 impact in 2021, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has revealed ambitious plans to play 15 All Blacks Tests next year. READ | WP COACH ADDRESSES TRANSFER RUMOURS – INCLUDING SIYA OFF TO THE SHARKS CEO Mark Robinson provided a glimpse into their proposed 2021 international schedule at a press conference in Wellington on […]

The Cheetahs have made five changes to their starting team as they aim to usurp a Currie Cup semi-final berth from the Lions in Bloemfontein. Coach Hawies Fourie has made three changes to the backline, and two among the forwards as his Cheetahs team set out to prove they are among the top four teams […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Sri Lanka Cricket have jointly confirmed that their two-Test series scheduled to be played in Centurion and Johannesburg will go ahead as planned. SRI LANKA COACH WILL ASSESS THE SITUATION The series forms part of the ICC World Test Championship. The Sri Lanka team will leave for South Africa as […]

Jake White has named a strong Bulls starting XV for the top of the table clash with the Sharks in Durban on Saturday 12 December. White is under no illusions as to the enormity of the task of coming away from Kings Park with a victory and has given the job to what could be […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) interim board chairperson Zak Yacoob said on Thursday he did not want to blame England for the cancellation of their recent tour of the country, but made it clear he felt the decision was unjustified.  EXCLUSIVE | HOW PROTEAS’ DESTROYER-IN-CHIEF WENT FROM PAARL TO PLAYING FOR ENGLAND “We think our protocols […]

Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) will have to answer to a damages claim from Flyt Property Investment, a company that reached an agreement with the Union in July 2020 to, among other things, redevelop the Newlands stadium. WPRFU have since reneged on that deal choosing instead to forge ahead with partnership talks with MVM […]