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This week, Uefa announced that Kevin de Bruyne, Robert Lewandowski and Manuel Neur as the top three players shortlisted for the 2019/2020 Uefa Men’s Player of the Year award. The winner will be announced on 1 October along with the Uefa Women’s Player of the Year during the 2020/2021 Uefa Champions League draw. It is […]

A raft of Springboks, Blitzboks and Junior Boks made the cut in two 25-man squads after an exciting live draft pick – the first of its kind in South African rugby history – for the Springbok Showdown in Cape Town on Saturday 3 October. The two squads boast 13 members of the Rugby World Cup-winning […]

McGregor vs Pacquiao: Irish MMA superstar Conor McGregor shocked the combat sports world on Friday by claiming he will step back into the boxing ring against Manny Pacquiao. McGregor: I’m fighting Manny Pacquiao next McGregor posted a succession of tweets on Friday 25 September night explaining his inactivity since January, and saying that his next […]

The small Eastern Cape coastal town of St Francis Bay will become the hub of the South African paddling fraternity from 10-12 October when both the single surfski national title and the K1 and K2 marathon titles are decided at the St Francis Paddle Fest 2020. The South African marathon championship showdown is one of […]

The Guinness Pro14 have confirmed that they are in talks with SA Rugby over adding more South African teams to the competition. When the tournament expanded in 2017 to include two South African teams, the Cheetahs and Southern Kings took their place in the Pro14, but it seems that another change is in store for […]

The Sharks have named their squad to take on the Bulls in their Super Saturday clash at Loftus Versveld on 26 September. While there are several key players that have not been considered for selection due to injury, Sharks head coach Sean Everitt has named a strong 30-man squad of 16 forwards and 14 backs, […]

SANZAAR and tournament hosts, Rugby Australia, have announced the match schedule and venues for the 2020 Rugby Championship but the Springboks and All Blacks are not thrilled. The tournament is set to wrap up on 12 December meaning that if existing travel restrictions remain in place players returning to New Zealand and South Africa will […]

SA Rugby have revealed that fans have applied for 323,964 tickets for the 2021 tour of the British and Irish Lions. The Springboks highly-anticipated meeting with the famous British and Irish Lions has attracted more than 250,000 visitors to the official ticketing portal. British and Irish Lions tour attracts massive interest “South African rugby fans […]

Former Australia batsman and cricket commentator Dean Jones, who had been covering the ongoing Indian Premier League from Mumbai, has died of a heart attack, his employer Star India said Thursday. Dean Jones dies of heart attack “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing away of Mr. Dean Mervyn […]

Novak Djokovic will renew his love-hate relationship with Roland Garros in the knowledge that it’s himself rather than 12-time champion Rafael Nadal who could pose the greatest barrier to winning a second Paris title and 18th Grand Slam crown. The only man to beat Djokovic in 2020 is Djokovic after the Serb’s hair-trigger temper prompted […]