# Olympic Games: Boxing will be present in Los Angeles in 2028 after the members of the International Olympic voted unanimously in favour. This ended years of doubt over the sport’s Olympic future. The inclusion follows after the IOC run the boxing competition at last year’s Games in Paris after stripping the International Boxing Association […]
# Cricket: India’s men’s team received a cash bonus of 122-million-rand for winning the recent Champions Trophy hosted by Pakistan. This is three times the amount of their prize money for clinching the one-day tournament. India’s governing body, the BCCI, regarded as the world’s richest cricket board, says winning the tournament shortly after clinching the […]
# Die Reserwebank se monetêre beleidskomitee het besluit om die terugkoopkoers onveranderd te hou op 7,5-persent. Dit beteken handelsbanke se prima-uitleenkoers bly 11-persent. Die president van die Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die besluit volg weens ekonomiese onsekerheid en inflasierisiko’s. Hy sê hoewel inflasie binne die teiken bly, hou internasionale en plaaslike […]
# Die Streekhof in Bloemfontein het ‘n plaasaanvaller swaar gestraf. Thabang Jantjies het ‘n vrou op haar plaas in Verkeerdevlei oorval, vasgebind en aangerand voor hy op die vlug geslaan het met haar waardevolle besittings. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se woordvoerder in die Vrystaat, Mojalefa Senokoatsane, het bevestig Jantjies is 11 dae later in Marquard in […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse Hooggeregshof in Durban het die saak teen oudpresident Jacob Zuma se dogter tot 14 Augustus uitgestel vir ‘n voorverhoor. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla word daarvan beskuldig dat sy geweld aangehits het tydens die onrus van Julie 2021. Sy staan tereg op aanklagte van aanhitsing om terrorisme te pleeg en openbare geweldpleging wat verband hou […]
# The serious drought in Namibia had been broken in most parts following weeks of very good rains. In the south, the level of the Hardap Dam near Mariental improved to 27.6-percent this week after being almost empty at 5.5-percent at the beginning of the year. The level of the Naute Dam near Keetmanshoop improved […]
# Cricket: Fans of the sport will be entertained big-time for the following two months when the super popular Indian Premier League features ten teams in 74 matches in 13 cities. Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will host Saturday’s opening match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, as well as the final on 25 May. Each team […]
# Motorsport: Formula One gained almost 90-million fans last year, mainly in China when the Grand Prix returned to Shanghai for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. Data released by Nielson Sports reveal 826.5-million people watched the sport at racecourses or online last year, which is 12-percent more than in 2023. This includes an […]
# Cycling: Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark will miss next week’s Tour of Catalonia in Spain after he was injured in a crash during the Paris to Nice race in France last week. Vingegaard was forced to withdraw while in second place. Defending champion Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia will also not […]
