# Cricket: Punjab Kings’ head coach, Ricky Ponting, told his players to stay grounded despite reaching the playoffs of the Indian Premier League for the first time in 11 years. The team is assured of a top-two finish and will play in the first qualifier on Thursday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru or Gujarat Titans, depending […]
# Rugby: This year’s series between the Wallabies and the British and Irish Lions could be decided by sudden-death extra time. Rugby Australia’s chief, Phil Waugh, says they made the proposal in the case where the series is split at one-all, and the third Test then ends in a draw. The 2017 series between the […]
# Die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse akteur Presley Chweneyagae is op die ouderdom van 40 oorlede. Die nuus is vanoggend bevestig maar besonderhede oor sy dood bly onbekend. Chweneyagae het wêreldwyd bekend geword vir sy rol in die Oscar-bekroonde rolprent Tsotsi. Hy is in 1984 in Mahikeng, Noordwes, gebore en het ook in The River, iNumber Number […]
# Mej Wêreld Suid-Afrika, Zoalize Jansen van Rensburg, het die gesogte Wêreldontwerpers-toekenning gewen op die Mej Wêreld 2025-geleentheid in Hyderabad, Indië. Die plaaslike skoonheid was geklee in ‘n protea-geïnspireerde rok deur die ontwerper Juan William Aria en het die beoordelaars stomgeslaan met ‘n treffende huldeblyk aan Suid-Afrika se flora en eenheid. Die satyn-en-glas-meesterstuk bevat handgeborduurde […]
# Suid-Afrika het kommer uitgespreek oor die afwesigheid van Amerika op die vergadering van internasionale landbouwetenskaplikes wat in Polokwane, Limpopo aan die gang is. Die vierdaagse beraad is ‘n samekoms van kenners van G20-lande om die wêreld se landbou-uitdagings te takel, insluitend klimaatsveranderin en die beperkte befondsing vir boere in ontwikkelende lande. Afgevaardigdes se doel […]
# Soccer: Real Madrid’s new coach, Xabi Alonso, promised to do big things worthy of the Spanish giants, believing he has the energy and excitement to deliver the goods. The 43-year-old former Spanish player was announced as Carlo Ancelotti’s replacement after the Italian left to coach Brazil’s national team. Alonso takes charge before next month’s […]
# Tennis: It didn’t take long for Rafael Nadal tribute T-shirts to hit the black market. The organisers of the French Open handed out 10-thousand brick-red T-shirts with the words “Merci Rafa” for Sunday’s farewell ceremony to the 14-time Spanish champion at Roland Garros, which formed a dramatic backdrop to the emotional event. But many […]
# Sokker: Liverpool se voorsitter, Tom Werner, sê hy is reeds besig om die span te verbeter vir volgende seisoen, al het hulle die Premierliga-titel op ‘n drafstap verower. Die Rooies sal vandag die beker in Liverpool vertoon, met derduisende wat na verwagting langs die strate sal toekyk. Jeremie Frimpong finaliseer sy skuif vanaf Bayer […]
# Tennis: South African Lloyd Harris will play Russian Andrey Rublev in the first round of the French Open tomorrow after having to qualify for the claycourt Grand Slam tournament. Repetitive injuries caused the 28-year-old to slide down the world rankings, from 31st in September 2021 to his current 224th position. Harris beat the 2014 […]
