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Orlando Pirates coach Josef Zinnbauer was an unexpected figure in the dugout as his side beat rivals Kaizer Chiefs 2-0 to progress to the MTN 8 final via a 5-0 aggregate score. The German mentor had left the country to be with his son Fabio, who is in a coma after being involved in a […]

Springbok star wing Cheslin Kolbe and his wife Layla are parents for the second time. The couple took to Instagram over the weekend to welcome the birth of their second daughter in Toulouse, France. KOLBE WAS A STAR FOR THE SPRINGBOKS AT 2019 WORLD CUP Cheslin Kolbe, the star of the 2019 Rugby World Cup […]

Proteas ace Kagiso Rabada has given himself every opportunity of bowling himself into the Indian Premier League record books. After grabbing 4-29 in the Delhi Capitals’ win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, Rabada needs ‘just’ three wickets in Tuesday’s final against the Mumbai Indians to tie the mark for most wickets taken in a single […]

South African mining magnate, Dr Patrice Motsepe is in the running to become the next president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), the country’s top football authority confirmed on Monday. The billionaire has been heavily involved with the sport for the best part of two decades, and owns 2016 Caf Champions League winners Mamelodi […]

Orlando Pirates midfielder Vincent Pule is one of several new players added to a revised Bafana Bafana squad ahead of the international break. Bafana play Sao Tome e Principe in back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2021 qualifiers in mid-November. Five players added to Bafana squad Having named his squad for the two matches, coach […]

A woman was injured in a car accident involving five people, including two Bloemfontein Celtic players, SABCNews reported on Monday. The accident is said to have occurred on Dan Pienaar Drive in Bloemfontein in the early hours of Monday morning. No serious injuries  The players – as well as two other people on the scene – came […]

Banyana Banyana finished off the group stages in the Cosafa Women’s Championship with a commanding performance against Comoros, winning 7-0 at Wolfson Stadium on Monday. The defending champions had already qualified for the next round after beating Angola and Eswatini in their two previous matches. They came up against a side against which they achieved […]

The Springboks have stretched their lead atop the latest World Rugby rankings – despite not having played a Test for over a year. The Springboks took the No 1 ranking after clinching last year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan on November 2. NO INDICATION WHEN SPRINGBOKS WILL NEXT PLAY Fast forward 12 months – and […]

Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks provided the main fireworks on day one of the second round of the CSA 4-Day series while elsewhere, Raynard van Tonder lit up Mangaung Oval where the Knights finished the day in a commanding position. As was the case in the previous round of the competition, it was the host teams […]

The draws for both the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup took place in Cairo this afternoon with four top flight South African sides participating. Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs will be representing South Africa in the CAF Champions League while Orlando Pirates and Bloemfontein Celtic will participating in the CAF Confederations Cup. Both […]