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Bulls prop Jacques van Rooyen has received a one-week ban for his red card offence during their Currie Cup victory over Western Province last Saturday. RED CARD CAUSED CONTROVERSY Van Rooyen appeared in front of a SA Rugby disciplinary hearing on Tuesday for his late tackle on WP fullback Warrick Gelant. While the card caused […]

Dawid Malan has achieved the highest-ever rating points for batsmen in the T20I Player Rankings after the series against South Africa. Malan shoots up rankings Malan enjoyed a stellar run that saw him top the series aggregate with 173 runs and help England whitewash South Africa 3-0. The left-hander has reached 915 points, the first […]

Former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz has parted ways with Colombia just one year into his three-year contract. QUIEROZ QUIT BAFANA BAFANA AHEAD OF 2002 SWC Queiroz took over the South American side who are currently ranked 15th in the latest FIFA world rankings in February last year after an impressive eight-year spell with the […]

Former referee Jonathan Kaplan has given his expert thoughts on the much-debated red card incident in Round 1 of the Currie Cup at Newlands. READ | JAKE WHITE QUESTIONS RED CARD AT NEWLANDS The controversial joint decision by referee AJ Jacobs and TMO Rasta Rasivhenge to give Bulls prop Jacques van Rooyen his marching orders […]

Ghana Premier League club Hearts of Oak have appointed former Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs mentor Kosta Papic as their new head coach. SECOND STINT AT THE CLUB FOR PAPIC According to the GhanaWeb website, Papic will return to the club for a second spell after guiding Hearts of Oak to the league title in […]

Wednesday, December 2 saw another full round of Champions League fixtures played. LOGS | LATEST STANDINGS IN EACH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 Basaksehir 3-4 RB Leipzig Krasnodar 1-0 Rennes Club Brugge KV 3-0 Zenit St Petersburg Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Lazio Ferencvaros 0-3 Barcelona Juventus 3-0 Dynano Kyiv Manchester United 1-3 PSG Sevilla 0-4 […]

Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers was one of five candidates who appeared on Wednesday for his interview for the new EP Elephants head coaching role. According to the EP Herald, De Villiers appeared apprehensive when he arrived for his interview at Imatu House in Sydenham. The interview process began with former Springbok assistant coach Ricardo […]

The first tennis Grand Slam of 2021, the Australian Open, could start three weeks later than initially scheduled, on 8 February 2021.  Players have reportedly been cleared to train during quarantine following lengthy negotiations between Tennis Australia and Victoria state authorities. Australian Open could be pushed back to February According to reports in Australian media, […]

Eight amateurs will peg the ball up on Day 1 of the 110th South African Open at the Gary Player Country Club starting on Thursday. For most South African amateurs, competing in the SA Open alongside top professionals from across the world, the SA Open is the Holy Grail; the pinnacle of their careers. This […]

Argentina’s rugby union lifted the interim suspensions of skipper Pablo Matera and two other players for racist tweets in a shock U-turn just two days after calling the posts “unacceptable”. DESPITE RACIST TWEETS MATERA IS A ‘GREAT HUMAN’ Coach Mario Ledesma hailed Matera as a “great human being” despite the tweets, which date back several […]