# Rugby: The Wallabies won’t read too much in the British and Irish Lions’ defeat to Argentina in their warm-up match for their tour of Australia. The Pumas won 28-24 in Dublin. Wallaby fullback Tom Wright says it was a pretty thrilling encounter with plenty of running rugby, while a lot of the Lions’ big […]
# Rugby: Die Springbok Sewes ‘A’-span is die Rugby Afrika Seweskampioen na ‘n oortuigende oorwinning van 26-12 oor Madagaskar in die eindstryd in Mauritius. Suid-Afrika het Groep B met Burkina Faso, Zambië en Nigerië oortuigend gewen. In die kwarteindronde het hulle die verdedigende kampioen, Uganda, 26-0 geklop voordat hulle ‘n moeisame oorwinning van 19-12 oor […]
# Tennis: World number two, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, has emerged as red-hot favourite to retain his Wimbledon crown after winning the Queens tournament in London yesterday. His victory over Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic extended his winning streak to 18 matches. World number one Jannik Sinner of Italy, seen as Alcaraz’s biggest threat […]
# Rugby: Die All Blacks se afrigter, Scott Robertson, het vyf nuwelinge ingesluit by sy groep van 33 vir volgende maand se drie tuistoetse teen Frankryk, met Scott Barrett wat terug is as kaptein. Die nuwelinge is Brodie McAlister, Ollie Norris, Fabian Holland, Du’Plessis Kirifi en Timoci Tavatavanawai. Samisoni Taukei’aho en Quinn Tupaea, wat onderskeidelik […]
# Netball: Australia’s professional Super League will be broadcast to over 60 countries for the next three years following a deal between the governing body and the All Women’s Sports Network of Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg. The sport is super popular in Australia, with estimates of up to a million players. Eight teams are participating […]
# Cricket: South African-born Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne’s unimpressive contributions in the final of the World Test Championship against the Proteas cost him his place in the team for the opening Test against the Windies. The opener could only score 17 and 22 in his two innings at Lord’s. Veteran batter Steve Smith will also […]
# Soccer: Next week’s Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers in Jordan will now be played in Qatar next month. The postponement and relocation were decided on because of the conflict between Israel and Iran which led to the closing of airspace. The qualifiers for the rest of the competition will go on as scheduled and the […]
# Cricket: Captain Temba Bavuma will miss the Proteas’ Test series against Zimbabwe due to the hamstring strain he sustained during the final of the World Test Championship against Australia. He contributed a feisty 66 in the second innings nonetheless to lead his team to victory. Spinner Keshav Maharaj will captain South Africa in the […]
# The world’s best men’s tennis player, Jannik Sinner of Italy, has joined forces with his world-renowned compatriot, tenor Andrea Bocelli. They released a single with the name Polvere e Gloria, meaning Dust and Glory, in which Bocelli sings and Sinner contributes parts of his winning and losing speeches on court. The song has Italian […]
