# Rugby: It will be a busy few days for two Scottish players who will represent their country before joining the British and Irish Lions in Australia. Loosehead prop Rory Sutherland and hooker Ewan Ashman were included in Gregor Townsend’s squad for tomorrow’s Test against Samoa in Auckland, New Zealand, from where they will travel […]
# Golf: Ten South Africans will tee off in the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland today. Among them are the 2010 champion, Louis Oosthuizen, and the country’s top-ranked player, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, with Dean Burmester, Erik van Rooyen and Thriston Lawrence also in the mix. Defending champion Xander Schauffele of America will play […]
# Rugby: The Springboks have decided not to appeal loose forward Jasper Wiese’s four-match ban after his red card in the second Test against Italy in Gqeberha. He will miss this Saturday’s one-off Test against Georgia in Mbombela as well as the first three Rugby Championships matches. Bok coach Rassie Erasmus praised the disciplinary process, […]
# Cricket: England was docked two World Test Championship points and fined 10-percent of its match fee for a slow over rate during the victory over India in the third Test at Lord’s. The International Cricket Council says captain Ben Stokes pleaded guilty and accepted the sanction, leading to England slipping from second to third […]
# Tennis: Tara Moore van Brittanje is vir vier jaar geskors nadat sy in April 2022 positief getoets het vir opkikkers. Die 32-jarige is in Desember 2023 vrygespreek nadat ’n onafhanklike tribunaal vasgestel het dat die toetsuitslag deur besmette vleis veroorsaak is. Die Internasionale Tennis-integriteitagentskap het egter teen die bevinding appelleer en het die saak […]
# Rugby: Die Bulle het die driemalige Suid-Afrikaanse Afrigter van die Jaar, Johan Ackermann, as nuwe hoofafrigter aangestel. Jake White en die Bulle het vroeër die maand ooreengekom dat hulle paaie na vyf jaar skei nadat hy die span tot drie Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-eindstryde in vier seisoene gelei het. Ackermann beskryf sy aanstelling as ‘n droom […]
# Rugby: The injury to British and Irish Lions winger Mack Hansen adds to the tourists’ backline concerns after fullback Blair Kinghorn and centre Garry Ringrose sustained injuries earlier. Hansen hurt his foot during last weekend’s match against a combined Australian-New Zealand side in Adelaide which the Lions won 48-0. The first Test between the […]
# Rugby: Lock Eben Etzebeth will extend his record as the most experienced Springbok player to 133 Tests on Saturday after being included in the starting-15 against Georgia in Mbombela. He will partner Ruan Nortjé. Winger Kurt-Lee Arendse can reach the milestone of 100 points for South Africa if he adds just one try. The […]
# Cricket: Legendary English pace bowler Jimmy Anderson will play for Manchester Originals in this year’s The Hundred, marking the first franchise tournament after a professional career spanning 25-years. Anderson will be 43 when the tournament begins next month. He retired as England’s all-time leading wicket-taker last year after claiming 704 Test scalps and 269 […]
