Sports News 12:30

BULLETIN SPORTS NEWS 27 May 12:30 pm

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

# We begin with soccer: Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is set to name his final squad for the World Cup in Pretoria this evening, with president Cyril Ramaphosa also present. The Belgian will trim his 32-man preliminary squad down to the final 26 players who will participate at the global showpiece in Canada, the US and Mexico. Bafana Bafana is in Group A with Mexico, the Czech Republic and South Korea. Broos has emphasised the final squad will be based on current form, fitness and how players fit his game plan.

# Rugby: The Junior Springboks recorded their second comprehensive victory of the Under-20 International Series, beating Fiji 82-25 at Wynberg Boys’ High School in Cape Town. South Africa scored 12 tries, with Luan Giliomee marking his return to the team with a hat-trick. Last week, the Junior Boks thrashed Chile 97-0 in their opening match. In the other match, Georgia beat Chile 59-26. The final round of matches set to be played in Stellenbosch on Saturday will see South Africa take on Georgia, while Fiji will face Chile.

More rugby news: The Stormers’ Project 2029 gained momentum with the signing of Springbok points machine Cheslin Kolbe. It is aimed at positioning the team to win the Champions Cup for the first time. Director of rugby John Dobson says they highly appreciate Kolbe’s financial sacrifice in order to be able to return to Cape Town, because he could’ve earned much more if he stayed in Japan. Dobson also denies this was a retirement job. Kolbe will join the Stormers in July.

# Cricket: Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru is through to the Indian Premier League final after thrashing Gujarat Titans by 92 runs in Dharamsala. Captain Rajat Patidar scored an unbeaten 93 from 33 balls to help RCB post 254 for five, the highest total in IPL playoff history. Jacob Duffy then took three wickets as Gujarat was dismissed for 162. Gujarat will on Friday play the winner of today’s eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals for a second chance at a place in Sunday’s final.

# And tennis: Top seed Jannik Sinner began his quest for a maiden French Open title with a straight-sets victory over local wildcard Clement Tabur. The Italian is aiming to complete the career Grand Slam. Australian Adam Walton knocked out sixth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev. In the women’s draw, defending Champion Coco Gauff eased past her American compatriot Taylor Townsend. World number one, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, began her Paris campaign with a victory over Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Stay tuned for more news………….