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Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned as Barcelona president on Tuesday, along with his board of directors, and left with a bombshell admission that he had accepted a proposal for the club to play in “a future European Super League”. Bartomeu’s departure comes following mounting pressure from fans and his public falling-out with Lionel Messi. His resignation […]

The second round of Uefa Champions League group stage matches rounds off on Wednesday 28 October. Uefa Champions League: Fixtures and likely starting XIs Juventus face Barcelona in a Uefa Champions League blockbuster on Wednesday, while Chelsea and Manchester United are also in action. United host ambitious Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig while Chelsea are away […]

Griquas named a much-changed team for their Super Rugby Unlocked encounter against the Lions in Johannesburg on Friday evening. The men from Kimberley learned on Wednesday that their match against the Lions had been given the all-clear after consultation with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). The Lions were forced to isolate a number of their […]

Lions skipper Elton Jantjies made a full recovery after his injury scare last week when he sustained a calf injury during training.  Jantjies will captain the Lions against Griquas on Friday evening (19:00) at Ellis Park in the first home-game for the Johannesburg based side in Super Rugby Unlocked. Ready to go The starting line-up […]

The British and Irish Lions have unveiled their playing kit for the 2021 tour to South Africa which is set to feature three tests against the Springboks. The Lions have undertaken, in partnership with kit sponsor Canterbury, to create the most sustainable jersey in the rich history of the team. The main body of the […]

Pakistan host Zimbabwe for a Cricket World Cup Super League series in Rawalpindi from Friday 29 October as both teams begin their qualification campaign for World Cup 2023 in India. History and conventional wisdom favour Pakistan The record books show Pakistan have lost just one out of 19 ODIs across six previous home series against […]

The Lions’ Super Rugby Unlocked squad has been rocked by positive COVID-19 tests returned on four of its members. The franchise confirmed there have been four positive cases of the virus in their squad this week, but asserted that all the players concerned are currently asymptomatic. Four lions test positive for COVID-19 The players have […]

For Red Bull BMX Athlete, Murray Loubser that daydream was captured into an almost hypnotic video where he is transported from a lecture room into a BMX scene scape, sessioning some of the most iconic locations around the City of Cape Town, in ‘Shapes in the City’. Shapes in the City Conceived by Loubser and his friend […]

Uefa Champions League and Europa League results: Uefa club competitions got their first group stage matchdays out of the way this week with the Champions League starting on Tuesday and the Europa League staging a bumper evening on Thursday. Real Madrid suffered a 3-2 defeat away to Shakhtar Donetsk in what was perhaps the shock […]

Glasgow Rangers striker Kemar Roofe brought down the roof after scoring an outrageous goal in his side’s 2-0 win against Standard Liege in the latest round of the Europa League. Aside from being a truly wonderful strike, it was also a record-breaking effort – no player has scored a goal from further out (49.9 meters […]