Sports News 12:30

BULLETIN SPORTS NEWS 15 August 12:30 pm

Good day, let’s look at the latest sports news and scores:

# We start with rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has been forced to make a late change to his team that will face Australia in their Rugby Championship opener against Australia at Ellis Park tomorrow. This is due to the withdrawal of Jan-Hendrik Wessels, who suffered a niggle at training on Wednesday. Prop Boan Venter will provide front-row cover off the bench. He will partner up with Bongi Mbonambi and Asenathi Ntlabakanye as the back-up front row.

Meanwhile, Springbok Women’s head coach Swys de Bruin says their main goal in the World Cup is to make South Africa proud. They are full of conficence after convincingly beating a Black Ferns-15 from New Zealand. The Boks will face Brazil, France and Italy in Group D, with the top-two teams advancing to the quarterfinals. De Bruin says the World Cup is the biggest occasion in most of the players’ lives, while vice captain Babalwa Latsha believes it will be a turning point for the women’s  game.

# Golf: Mexican Luis Carrera will chase a third title on the Sunshine Tour in the Vodacom Origins of Golf, teeing off at the Parys Golf and Country Estate in the Free State today. South Africa’s Jean Hugo returns as the favourite, having won a record 12 titles. The strong field also includes Portugal’s Stephen Ferreira, who boasts 13 Sunshine Tour top-10 finishes and one victory, Germany’s Allen John, and South Africa’s Pieter Moolman.

# Motorsport: Red Bull Racing has severed its last formal links with Christian Horner, removing him as a director of the two main companies behind its Formula 1 operations. The 51-year-old was removed from his position as Red Bull team principal and CEO last month, marking the end of his 20-year reign at the helm. Documents filed with the official keeper of business records in the UK, Companies House, show Horner has been removed from the boards of both Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Technologies.

# And finally, tennis: Defending champion Jannik Sinner cruised into the Cincinnati Open semifinals with a straight sets victory over Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Italian will face French qualifier Terence Atmane, who defeated Danish player Holger Rune to reach his maiden ATP Masters One-thousand semifinal. In the women’s draw, American Coco Gauff has set up a quarterfinal clash with Jasmine Paolin after beating another Italian, Lucia Bronzetti. Paolini eased past Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.

Stay tuned for more news………….