# Cricket: The Proteas Women posted a daunting total of 292 for three before winning the second one-day international against Pakistan in Lahore on Friday by 26 runs. Tazmin Brits’ magnificent 171 not out dominated a record opening partnership of 260 with captain Laura Wolvaardt. Rain interrupted play after 41 overs with the Proteas on […]
# Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato. Estonia’s foreign ministry condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the country’s airspace without permission over the Gulf of Finland on Friday and remained there for a total of 12 minutes. Nato spokesperson Allison Hart called […]
# Athletics: Sinesipho Dambile had to settle for eighth spot in a lightning 200-metre final at the world championships in Tokyo on Friday, with American Noah Lyles taking the win in 19.52 sec. Lyles secured the win over the final 10 metres for his fourth straight world 200-metre crown, finishing ahead of countryman Kenneth Bednarek […]
# Motorsport: Lewis Hamilton topped the times ahead of his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc and former partner George Russell of Mercedes in Friday’s second free practice session for this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. While the title-chasing McLaren duo series leader Oscar Piastri and closest rival Lando Norris experienced a difficult afternoon, the seven-time champion demonstrated […]
# Zimbabwe het sy ekonomiese groeivoorspelling vir 2025 opwaarts hersien na 6,6-persent, vanaf ‘n vorige ses-persent. Die minister van Finansies, Mthuli Ncube, sê die verbeterde vooruitsigte word gedryf deur ‘n sterker as verwagte tabak-oes en ‘n wêreldwye styging in die goudprys wat mynbou-inkomste verhoog. Groei het verlede jaar verlangsaam tot slegs twee-persent nadat El Niño […]
# Cycling: All riders at this year’s cycling Road World Championships in Rwanda will have GPS trackers fitted to their bikes to improve safety. Tragedy struck last year’s championships in Switzerland when Swiss teenager Muriel Furrer died following a crash in the junior women’s road race near Zurich. The tracking technology was tested during three […]
# Cycling: Africans have been making their presence known in cycling’s top races for more than a decade, but a new milestone will be reached when the 2025 UCI Road World Championships start in Rwanda on Sunday. It will be the first time a World Championships takes place on the continent since the event began […]
# Golf: Louis Albertse claimed his third Sunshine Tour victory dramatically when he beat Pieter Moolman in a playoff to win the Sunbet Challenge hosted by Sun Sibaya at Umhlali Country Club on Friday. It was a predictably tight finish going into the final round, with Albertse and Moolman part of a group of five […]
# Inligting deur die Sentrale Energiefonds toon onderverhaling in petrolpryse, wat ‘n waarskynlike styging in Oktober aandui. Petrol 93 kan met vyf-sent per liter styg en Petrol 95 met 13-sent, terwyl diesel effens kan daal. Die fonds sê die rand se sterkte verlig die druk tot ‘n mate, maar stygende internasionale oliepryse beperk die verligting. […]
