# Rugby: Tour captain Maro Itoje will lead the British and Irish Lions for the first time in Wednesday’s match against the Queensland Reds in Brisbane, Australia. Head coach Andy Farrell made 14 changes to the starting team that pummelled Western Force 54-7 in Perth on Saturday, with flyhalf Finn Russell the only player remaining. […]
# Tennis: Two-time champion Petra Kvitova plays tenth-seeded American Emma Navarro in the first round of her final Wimbledon tournament. The 35-year-old Czech recently announced her retirement after this year’s US Open. She returned from maternity leave earlier this year. Kvitova won the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in 2011 and again in 2014, but her […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê die koue weer sal vandag in sekere dele van die land voortduur. Suid-Afrika trotseer sedert verlede week lae temperature, winderige toestande en nat weer. Daar word vanaf Woensdag nog ‘n kouefront in die Wes-Kaap verwag. Die Stad Kaapstad se woordvoerder vir Ramp-risikobestuur, Charlotte Powell, sê hulle hou die situasie steeds […]
# Kanovaart: Vanjaar se Bergrivier-marathon gaan volgens aanduidings die beste in jare wees, met twee legendariese roeiers wat die nuwe geslag die stryd aansê. Die verdedigende kampioen en kano-bouer van Knysna, Tom Lovemore, is terug as een van die gunstelinge. Die legendes Hank McGregor en Robbie Herreveld – met ‘n gesamentlike ouderdom van 100 en […]
# Soccer: Soaring temperatures at the current Club World Cup in the United States led to concerns over early matches during next year’s World Cup in North America. The World Cup had been expanded from 32 to 48 teams, posing logistigal challenges for the organisers. During this week’s club tournament, matches starting at 3pm had […]
# Tennis: Lloyd Harris of South African will face Belgian Zizou Bergs in the first round of Wimbledon next week. Twenty-eight-year-old Harris was supposed to qualify for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament, but a series of late withdrawals saw him moving straight to the main draw. A slew of injuries caused his world ranking to […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus realises this season will be a tough one, starting with this afternoon’s match against the Barbarians in Cape Town. This will be followed by at least 13 Tests until the end of the year. Erasmus says he has two major goals, namely winning as many matches as possible before […]
# ‘n Israelse hof het premier Benjamin Netanyahu se versoek verwerp om sy getuienis in sy korrupsieverhoor uit te stel nadat die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump gevra het dat die saak uitgegooi word. Netanyahu se regsverteenwoordiger het vroeër gevra sy kliënt moet die volgende twee weke verskoon word sodat hy op veiligheidskwessies kan konsentreer na […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, het ‘n reeks maatreëls aangekondig om sekerheid te verbeter by die Wynbergse Landdroshof in Kaapstad na die moord op ‘n beskuldigde. Dingalomoyo Chintso is vroeër vanjaar in die hof doodgeskiet. Direkteur-generaal Doctor Mashabane het die aanbring van ‘n sekerheidskandeerder, die opskerp van toegangsbeheer en die […]
