# Cricket: The Proteas are chasing a huge target of 363 in their Champions Trophy semifinal against New Zealand in Lahore, Pakistan. The Black Caps opted to bat first and Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson anchored the innings with centuries. The usually economic Marco Jansen was especially punished, conceding 79 runs in his ten overs, […]
# Two of the accused in the disappearance of West Coast girl Joslin Smith allege police forced them to confess. Jacquin Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn are standing trial together with Joslin’s mother, Kelly Smith. The men denied they were ever involved in the alleged crime. Their lawyers told the High Court sitting in Saldanha […]
# Rugby: Players of Brisbane team, the Reds, will be excused from Sunday’s Super Rugby Pacific match against the Crusaders in New Zealand should they decide to rather return home as a cyclone threatens Australia’s east coast. The team has already landed in Christchurch. Coach Les Kiss says they will do their utmost to help […]
# Owerhede stel ondersoek in na 50 organisasies sonder winsoogmerk wat verdink word van geldwassery en terreurbefondsing. Die waarnemende direkteur-generaal van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Peter Netshipale, sê sekere buitelands-gesteunde groepe buit NRO’s uit om lede te werf, wat ‘n bedreiging is vir nasionale veiligheid. Hy sê hierdie stap strook met die Finansiële Aksie-taakspan se riglyne. Hy […]
# Basketbal: Los Angeles Lakers se voorspeler, LeBron James, het die eerste speler in die geskiedenis van die NBA geword om 50-duisend loopbaanpunte aan te teken in die gereelde seisoen en uitspeelwedstryde. Die 40-jarige het dié prestasie behaal in sy span se oorwinning oor New Orleans Pelicans voor sy tuisskare in die Crypto.com-stadion in Kalifornië. […]
# Tennis: Two former world number ones, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic of Serbia, could meet in the quarterfinal of the Indian Wells Masters in the US. Alcaraz is seeded second behind Alexander Zverev of Germany in the absence of suspended world number one, Jannik Sinner of Italy. Djokovic is the sixth seed. The […]
# Motorsport: Ferrari’s former technical director, Enrico Cardile, may only start working for Aston Martin in July. This follows after the Italian team won a local court case. Cardile left Ferrari in July last year and the two teams have been in dispute over his starting date at Aston Martin ever since. Ferrari says he […]
# Cricket: Allrounder Salman Agha was appointed as Pakistan’s T20 captain, but Mohammad Rizwan retained the one-day captaincy despite the hosts’ woes in the Champions Trophy. They lost two of their three group matches and couldn’t reach the semifinal. Rizwan wasn’t included in the squad for the shortest format, while senior batter Babar Azam also […]
# Cricket: India is chasing a winning target of 265 in the first Champions Trophy semifinal in Dubai. Australia was bowled out for 264 in their final over, with captain Steve Smith top-scoring with 73 while Alex Carey contributed 61 and Travis Head 39. Mohammed Shami took three wickets. The winner will face South Africa […]
