Springboks on verge of joining one-off Eight Nations – Laporte

Six Nations vice-president Bernard Laporte revealed this weekend that the Springboks are advanced talks to join the ‘Eight Nations’ tournament after Japan’s withdrawal from the one-off event. Six Nations in talks to have Springboks replace Brave Blossoms The Six Nations plans to stage an expanded tournament in the end-of-year international window were rocked by Japan’s […]

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PSL: Moroka Swallows ease past TTM to gain promotion

One of the oldest names in South African football, Moroka Swallows will be back in the top flight of the PSL after a 3-0 victory over Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) on the final day of the GladAfrica Championship season. Moroka Swallows gain automatic promotion The Dube Birds came into the clash level on points with […]

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Bloemfontein Celtic 0-0 Polokwane City: PSL highlights and results

Bloemfontein Celtic and Polokwane City played to a goalless draw in their early PSL fixture at Tuks Stadium on Sunday. Phunya Sele Sele came into the fixture looking to creep up to the coveted top eight, having found themselves in eighth place after dropping points in midweek. Their opponents, on the other end, were in […]

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Premier League chief hails successful fans pilot event

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has hailed a test event for the partial return of supporters as a success, after 2 500 fans attended Brighton’s friendly with Chelsea. Strict social-distancing measures were in place for Saturday’s 1-1 draw in the pre-season friendly at the Amex Stadium. Premier League set to welcome spectators back  It […]

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Mamelodi Sundowns 0-1 Baroka FC: PSL highlights and results

Baroka FC threw another twist into the tale of the PSL title race with a 1-0 win over Mamelodi Sundowns on Sunday 30 August at Dobsonville Stadium. Mamelodi Sundowns vs Baroka FC: PSL match report Sundowns started the match, knowing that a point would send them to the top of the table, while Baroka had […]

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Super Rugby expansions created a monster admits Marinos

SANZAAR chief executive Andy Marinos has conceded that the decisions to expand the Super Rugby competition proved to be overly ambitious. Marinos admitted Super Rugby had strayed from the original formula that saw it hailed as the best rugby competition in the world. Conceding the tournament was at its best when it was contested between […]

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Cricket South Africa face five-day test ahead of AGM on Saturday

Cricket South Africa are scheduled to hold their Annual General Meeting on Saturday 5 September, but the embattled organisation will need to satisfy a ministerial probe before they are allowed to appoint a new board. The sport garnered the minister’s attention after a large group of former players spoke out against systemic racism in the […]

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Comrades champion Nick Bester escapes harrowing ordeal in Magaliesberg

Former Comrades Marathon champion and running coach Nick Bester is in an intensive care unit recovering from a robbery ordeal that left him with multiple injuries. According to Bester’s son Shaun-Nick, he was out walking in preparation for a charity event when he was attacked from behind by three men armed with knives. Comrades champion […]

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The PSL title race: All the permutations for the remaining two rounds

When the PSL resumed in August after a nearly six-month break there were six teams in the title race, now with just two rounds left there are four. The PSL title race: Outsiders SuperSport United remain nominally in the PSL title race but they will need all three teams above them on the log to […]

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The South African goes to WWE ThunderDome as a virtual fan

The new WWE Universal Champion took his title in front of 1 000 virtual fans at the high-tech new ThunderDome in Orlando, US, last night. At the WWE Payback pay-per-view, Roman Reigns defeated Braun Strowman and The Fiend: Bray Wyatt in the main event to become the new Universal Champion. The wrestling spectacle took place inside […]

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