# Two-time world heavyweight boxer George ehas died, aged 76. His family announced the news on Instagram. The American famously lost to compatriot Muhammed Ali in a world title fight in Kinshasa in the now-aday Democratic Republic of Congo in 1974, known as the “Rumble in the Jungle”. He won 76 out of his 81 […]
# Athletics: South African Olympic silver medal winner Akani Simbine claimed the bronze medal in the 60-metres for men at the world indoor championships in Nanjing, China. He posted his personal best time of 6.53-seconds in the semifinal before ending third in 6.54 behind Briton Jeremiah Azu and Australian Lachlan Kennedy in the final. This […]
# Soccer: Bafana Bafana improved to the top of Africa’s qualifying Group C for next year’s World Cup in Northern America when they beat Lesotho 2-0 in Polokwane. It took over an hour before Relebohile Mofokeng scored the first goal of the game. Only three minutes later, Jayden Adams found the back of the net […]
# Rugby: The Bulls host United Rugby Championship log-leader Leinster of Ireland in Pretoria this afternoon. Kick-off at Loftus is at 5 – the same time as the match between the Stormers and Scarlets in Wales. Earlier, the Sharks will be at home in Durban against Italy’s Zebre. Last night, the Lions lost 20-17 to […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says South Africa won’t disregard its own policies because of external pressure. He addressed a Human Rights Day event in Kariega in the Eastern Cape. Mashatile vowed that the country would stand firm on policies aimed at addressing historical injustices, and that government believes it had chosen the correct path […]
# Cricket: Thirteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi will make history as the Indian Premier League’s youngest player if Rajasthan Royals should decide to use him in this year’s edition. Rajasthan starts their campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad tomorrow. The team bought the batter for 2.37-million-rand. Captain Sanju Samson says the teenager looked very confident during practice this week, […]
# British counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into yesterday’s fire at a substation near Heathrow in London that brought one of the world’s busiest airports to a complete standstill. The airport announced early yesterday that it would be closed for the rest of the day due to a significant power outage. Over 145-thousand passengers […]
# Rugby: Flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is one of eight Springboks in the Stormers’ starting-15 for this afternoon’s United Rugby Championship match against Scarlets in Wales. The other Boks are Herschell Jantjies, Frans Malherbe, Joseph Dweba, Damian Willemse, Evan Roos, Deon Fourie and captain Salmaan Moerat. The Stormers are currently 12th on the log after seven […]
# Cricket: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders host Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match of the Indian Premier League this afternoon. The action starts at four, South African time. Thirteen cities in the country will host the ten teams in 74 matches until the final on the 25th of May, also hosted by KKR. […]
