# Athletics: American teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus is seen as a future star after beating Olympic champions Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800-meter at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway. The 17-year-old won in a personal best time of one-minute-42.08-seconds despite the Kenyan recording his own best time of the season. Lutkenhaus also won gold in […]
# Cricket: Veteran all-rounder Marizanne Kapp says the Proteas Women shouldn’t rely only on in-form captain Laura Wolvaardt in the T20 World Cup in England and Wales, starting tomorrow. She says the rest of the players should also come to the party in order for them to win the tournament after losing three previous World […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, sê die land se Weermag het sedert verlede maand ‘n geheime operasie uitgevoer om olietenkskepe deur die Seestraat van Hormuz te laat vaar. Sowat 20-persent van wêreldpetroleumvoorrade word normaalweg deur die roete vervoer, maar verkeer is erg ingekort sedert die Amerikaans/Israelse aanvalle op Iran in Februarie. Trump sê die […]
# Sokker: FIFA-president Gianni Infantino het sy organisasie se hantering van verskeie omstrede kwessies verdedig wat die afwagting voor die Wêreldbeker in die Verenigde State, Kanada en Mexiko oorskadu het. Dit sluit in die Somaliese skeidsregter, Omar Artan, wat toegang tot Amerika geweier is omdat hy vermoedelik bande met vermeende terreurorganisasies het, Iran wat sy […]
# Roadrunning: Cape Town has been included in the World Marathon Majors – the first race in Africa to be recognised and the eighth worldwide. This year’s race on 24 May saw the event pass the final assessment stage. The Mother City joins Tokyo in Japan, Boston, Chicago and New York in the US, the […]
# Rugby: Lock Salmaan Moerat’s Test future is uncertain after he was forced to withdraw from the Springboks’ training camp in Johannesburg due to injury. He was replaced by Stormers teammate Ruben van Heerden, who excelled during the United Rugby Championship season. The squad is preparing for the first Test of the season, against the […]
# Soccer: Two former Bafana Bafana stars believe South Africa is able to cause an upset in tonight’s World Cup opening match against co-hosts Mexico. Maimane Phiri says Bafana should collect enough points to at least reach the knock-out stage. The former midfielder represented South Africa in the 1998 World Cup in France, and remembers […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, verwelkom Gautengse spanne se vinnige reaksie ná ‘n massaskietery in Cleveland, Johannesburg, waarin 12 mense dood is. Sy het die ontplooiing van bykomende nasionale spesialis-eenhede gelas, insluitend forensiese kundiges en taktiese reaksiespanne, om die ondersoek te ondersteun. Polisiewoordvoerder Nonkululeko Phokane sê ‘n multidissiplinêre taakspan volg leidrade op, insluitend […]
# Cricket: The pitch of the home of cricket, Lord’s in London, was found to be unsatisfactory during the first Test between England and New Zealand. Match referee Andy Pycroft delivered the verdict after the hosts won by 115 runs within four days. England’s captain, Ben Stokes, and former captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan […]
