maZulu coach Benni McCarthy has lamented the club’s failure to fulfill his wishes to sign a top-class striker after the Durban side’s disappointing 0-1 home defeat to Nyasa Big Bullets in the opening leg of the Champions League at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Friday. Usuthu have a mountain to climb to stay in the competition in […]
Lionel Messi will end his 20-year career with Barcelona after the Argentine superstar and the Spanish giants were unable to overcome “economic and structural obstacles” to a new deal, a bombshell certain to spark a high-stakes scramble for a player widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time. “Although an agreement has been […]
South African Tatjana Schoenmaker said it felt “so unreal” after she smashed the long-standing women’s 200m breaststroke world record to win Olympic gold Thursday. Schoenmaker timed 2min 18.95sec to better the 2:19.11 set by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen in 2013. It made her the first female South African to win an Olympic swimming gold since 1996, when […]
Bianca Buitendag won a silver medal in the women’s surfing at the Olympic Games on Tuesday on what was a fantastic day for Team South Africa in Tokyo. It is South Africa’s second medal of this year’s showpiece after Tatjana Schoenmaker won silver in the 100m breaststroke earlier in the day. The final of the surfing was […]
A number of DStv Premiership clubs have been busy bolstering their squads and we look at all the confirmed signings since July 1. Up to this point, over 50 players have been confirmed as new signings by the different Premiership clubs, with more still to come in the the remaining weeks of the transfer window. […]
Proteas limited overs captain Temba Bavuma has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during Monday’s first T20I against Ireland in Malahide. According to an ICC statement, Bavuma was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “use of an […]
Captain Siya Kolisi has recovered from COVID-19 and will lead the Boks in the first test of the three-match series against the British and Irish Lions at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. Kolisi was one of three doubtful starters for the match. The other two, hooker Bongi Mbonambi and and wing Makazole Mapimpi, who have also […]
f Kaizer Chiefs beat Al Ahly in the African Football (CAF) Champions League final in Morocco on Saturday, it will have implications for other PSL teams. Chiefs surprised many sports lovers by making it to the Championship match after struggling to make the top 8 in their domestic campaign and firing their coach before the […]
Halftime: South Africa 3-0 Lesotho Date: 13 July 2021 Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Bafana Bafana entered the halftime break leading Lesotho 3-0 in their penultimate Group A clash at the COSAFA Cup. Njabulo Ngcobo and Victor Letsoalo were handed their national debuts while Yusuf Maart was given his first start after coming off the bench […]
A barely disguised Springbok team will run out for South Africa A when they take on the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday. On a tour that has demanded much rolling-with-the-punches‚ on-the-feet thinking and last-minute alterations for visitors and locals alike‚ the Springboks’ brains trust have had to resort to fielding […]