# Athletics: Australia suffered a double injury blow shortly before the start of the world championships in Tokyo. The second Australian to break the ten-second barrier in the 100-metre in May, Lachlan Kennedy, has a stress fracture in his lower back, while race-walker Jemima Montag, who won two bronze medals at last year’s Olympic Games […]
# Rugby: Legendary former Springbok scrumhalf Fourie du Preez believes Faf de Klerk should wear the number nine jersey in the Rugby Championship Tests against the All Blacks. De Klerk is on injury standby while Grant Williams, Morné van den Berg and Cobus Reinach were included for the two matches in New Zealand. Du Preez […]
# Cricket: Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced the end of his Indian Premier League career but says he may be available for other franchise competitions. The 38-year-old says he will immediately start exploring other possibilities. Ashwin played the first of his 221 IPL matches for Chennai Super Kings and represented Rising Pune Supergiants, Delhi Capitals, […]
# Tennis: Die Amerikaner Venus Williams en Leylah Fernandez van Kanada speel as promotorskeuse saam in die Amerikaanse Ope se dubbelspel vir vroue. Williams het al twee keer die titel verower op Flushing Meadows. Die twee is onder sewe promotorskeuses in die trekking. Die 45-jarige Williams, wat verlede maand na 16 maande na die toer […]
# Golf: The winner of next year’s South African Open will receive an invitation to participate in the US Masters. The tournament will be played in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape from 26 February, and will probably also stay part of the qualifying series for the 154th British Open. This means it will be the […]
# Athletics: The world’s best athletes will converge on Zurich in Switzerland today for the final Diamond League meeting. Six South Africans are taking part in the two-day event, including sprinters Akani Simbine, Shaun Maswanganyi and Bayanda Walaza, who will run in the 100-metres. World indoor champion Prudence Sekgodiso will participate in the 800-metres, Zenéy […]
# Motorsport: Sergio Perez of Mexico and Valtteri Bottas of Finland return to Formula One next year after they were confirmed as drivers for new team, Cadillac. Perez was dropped by Red Bull at the end of last season while Bottas is a reserve driver for his former team, Mercedes, this year after losing his […]
# Minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi sê dissiplinêre stappe is aan die gang na vertragings in die sittings van die Madlanga-kommissie, wat bewerings van politieke inmenging en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel moet ondersoek. Die direkteur-generaal van Justisie, Doctor Mashabane en ‘n verdere beampte is geskors. Kubayi beklemtoon die department se verbintenis om […]
# Tennis: Former world number two Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic called time on her career spanning two decades. The two-time Wimbledon champion played her last professional match against Frenchwoman Diane Parry in the first round of the US Open, losing in straight sets. Thirty-five-year-old Kvitova recently returned to competition after a 17-month maternity […]
