# Squash: The sport hopes inclusion in the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles will help with its development so it could become a regular Olympic feature. The president of World Squash, Zena Wooldridge, says they have instantly saw a huge surge in motivation and funding. The Games’ competition will take place at a single […]
# Motorsport: Ducati’s Italian test rider, Michele Pirro, will replace MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in next week’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. The Spaniard was injured in a crash during the Indonesian Grand Prix last weekend after clinching his seventh world title in Japan last month. He is expected to at least miss […]
# Soccer: Italian midfielder Bryan Cristante hopes for a full stadium when his country takes on Israel in a World Cup qualifier in Udine on Tuesday despite a boycott being called earlier. Large groups of protesters were expected in the city, but Cristante says this week’s announced ceasefire agreement between the warring factions in Gaza […]
# Cricket: The Proteas start the defence of their World Test Championship title against Pakistan in Lahore on Sunday. T20 captain Aiden Markram is leading the team in the absence of injured Temba Bavuma. He hopes their preparation on dry, spin-friendly pitches in Pretoria will help them in the South-Asian country on pitches expected to […]
# Rugby: Two South African teams, the Bulls and the Stormers, top the United Rugby Championship before the start of the third round. Both teams won their first two matches, but the Bulls are first thanks to two bonus point victories to the Stormers’ one. The Stormers play Scarletts in Llanelli, Wales, this evening, while […]
# Venezuela se opposisieleier, Maria Corina Machado, het 2025 se Nobelprys vir Vrede gewen vir haar dapper stryd om demokrasie in haar land te herstel. Wêreldwye aandag rondom vanjaar se prys het ook gevolg op bespiegelings oor die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se langdurige strewe om die eer te beklink. Jorgen Watne Frydnes van die […]
# Navorsing deur Higher Health South Africa het bevind dat tussen Januarie 2021 en Junie 2023 meer as 321-duisend ingrypings vir die voorkoming van geestesgesondheidsprobleme aan studente gelewer is, met psigo-maatskaplike ondersteuning en berading aan meer as 23-duisend Suid-Afrikaanse studente. Die president van die Rosebank International University College, Linda Meyer, sê ‘n nasionale studie wat […]
# Three-hundred-and-38 individuals and organisations were nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded in Oslo, Norway, this morning. This is a significant increase from last year, when there were 286 nominees. The most nominees – 376 – were in 2016. Among this year’s candidates are US president Donald Trump, nominated by […]
# Rugby: Springbok backline stars Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Damian Willemse were included straight into the Stormers’ starting line-up on their return from international duty. They will face Scarlets in Llanelli, Wales, in a United Rugby Championship match this evening. The Cape team started the season on a high with victories over defending champion Leinster and […]
