Category: Sport

Johannesburg – Local football fans have slammed the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for going ahead with a game between Mamelodi Sundowns and TS Galaxy as the nation mourns the death of Sundowns defender Motjeka Madisha. Madisha, 25, died in a car crash in the early hours of Sunday morning after the vehicle he and another […]

London – Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn says a deal for his man to fight Tyon Fury in all-British world heavyweight unification bout in 2021 could take as little as two days to complete. Plans for a “Battle of Britain” have accelerated after Joshua, 31, stopped Bulgarian veteran Kubrat Pulev in the ninth round at […]

Johannesburg – Kaizer Chiefs will resume their DStv Premiership campaign when they host Black Leopards at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday. Kick-off is at 19:30. Amakhosi are revitalised after reaching the CAF Champions League first round after their 1-0 aggregate win over PWD Bamenda side from Cameroon in the preliminary round. However, Chiefs are winless […]

Cape Town – In-form Bulls scrumhalf Ivan van Zyl is set to move to England to further his career – but it may only happen sometime late next year. English media reports said over the weekend that the 25-year-old Springbok halfback will join former European champions Saracens as soon as this month, right in the […]

Manama – George Russell was left with mixed emotions after losing out on an almost certain maiden Formula One win on his Mercedes debut in Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix. Russel, 22, standing in for Lewis Hamilton after the seven-times champion tested positive for Covid-19, looked at home in his compatriot’s car as he wrested the […]

Johannesburg – England’s first one-day international against South Africa in Cape Town on Friday was postponed after one of the hosts’ players tested positive for coronavirus. Cricket South Africa (CSA) said a player tested positive on Thursday following the Twenty20 series. The first ODI of the three-match series, due to begin at 11:00 at Newlands, […]

Johannesburg – SuperSport United have terminated long-serving defender Clayton Daniels’ contract with immediate effect. The club said they decided to part ways with the 36-year-old defender after they could not agree on the length of a new contract. United have decided to focus on blooding young players from its development structures. Daniels, who joined the […]

Johannesburg – Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt may have to do without Ramahlwe Mphahlele for the club’s preliminary round, second-leg clash with PWD Bamenda on Friday. The 30-year-old former Mamelodi Sundowns defender was withdrawn at half-time of the first-leg 1-0 victory with a hamstring injury. Hunt said: “We won’t train with any intensity before the […]

Johannesburg – Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns are expected to retire the number 16 shirt donned by Anele Ngcongca during his four-year stay with the Pretoria club. Ngcongca died in a car crash on the N2 outside Mtunzini on the KwaZulu Natal north coast last month. When the defender left Sundowns to join AmaZulu recently, the […]

Chelsea striker Pernille Harder says stars from women’s football can replace Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo as idols to young girls. The Denmark international made headlines after moving to the WSL club from Wolfsburg for a world-record fee in women’s football, in excess of 250, 000 pounds. The 28-year-old, one of Europe’s best players and […]