# Rugby: Die Bulle se afrigter, Johan Ackermann, sê hulle is ongeag die weer in Ierland gereed vir Leinster in vanaand se Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-eindstryd. Hy sê hulle gaan die geleentheid geniet en alles uithaal. Die veld op Croke-park in Dublin is glo in ‘n onberispelike toestand, met ‘n 100-persent natuurlike grasoppervlak. Kaptein Marcell Coetzee sê […]
# ‘n Al-Kaeda-geaffilieerde militantegroep het aanspreeklikheid aanvaar vir die dodelike aanval op Niger se grootste lughawe. Vyf-en-dertig mense is dood toe gewapende mans losgebrand het op die Diori Hamani-internasionale Lughawe en militêre basis in die hoofstad, Niamey. Die lughawe en militêre lugbasis is op dieselfde perseel. Die slagoffers sluit in 22 aanvallers, 11 soldate en […]
# Rugby: Die Wallabies se afrigter, Joe Schmidt, het bevestig dat die veteraan-stut James Slipper sy uittrede omgekeer het en ingesluit is in die groep vir volgende maand se Nasieskampioenskaps-toetse teen Ierland, Frankryk en Italië. Die 37-jarige het in Oktober uitgetree na ‘n rekord 151 toetse vir Australlia, maar Schmidt het hom gevra om terug […]
# Renewed Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 15 people overnight. State news agency NNA reports the bombardment on several towns in the Nabatieh district was among the heaviest in recent weeks. Israel says the attacks were aimed at Hezbollah targets in several areas in response to the Iranian-backed militant group’s repeated violations […]
# Sokker: Bafana Bafana se kaptein, Ronwen Williams, het ‘n virale aanhaling verwerp na Suid-Afrika se Wêreldbeker-nederlaag teen Mexico en beweer het hy kritiseer mense van Afrika omdat hulle die teenstander ondersteun. Williams het in Atlanta gesê hy het nooit die opmerkings gemaak nie en sy geloof in Afrika-eenheid herbevestig. Die doelwagter het mense aangespoor […]
# Cricket: The Proteas’ Test and one-day captain, Temba Bavuma, has been named to TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Sports list. He is featured alongside global sports icons like soccer players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and basketball star LeBron James. Bavuma and Indian women’s star Smriti Mandhana are the only two cricketers […]
# Candidates have made their final pitch for votes in the Makerfield by-election in England in a contest that could also determine who becomes the next British prime minister. Labour candidate and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is expected to challenge prime minister Keir Starmer for the party’s leadership if he becomes an MP again […]
# Die DA sê die Parlement se ampsklagkomitee het nie die regsgesag om president Cyril Ramaphosa se hofaansoek om die skrapping van die ampsklagproses te betwis nie. Die Parlement se Grondwetlike en Regsdienstekantoor beveel aan die aansoek moet teengestaan word. Die DA-parlementslid Glynnis Breytenbach sê die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering moet hofstukke teen die […]
# Fifteen countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific endorsed a new political declaration aimed at tightening oversight of global fisheries. It hopes to force greater transparency on who is fishing, where they are operating and under which authority. The agreement, known as the Mombasa Declaration, was unveiled at the 11th Our […]
