# Cricket: South Africa and Pakistan’s women’s teams return to Lahore today for the second one-day match after the Proteas won the first encounter by eight wickets. The hostesses posted a competitive 255 for four, but Marizanne Kapp and Tazmin Brits both scored undefeated centuries to help the visitors easily reach the target. The final […]
# Tennis: It’s semifinal time in the Billie Jean King Cup in China. Defending champion Italy and Ukraine will do battle today after quarterfinal victories over the hostesses and Spain, respectively. Tomorrow the United States will play Great Britain. The US ousted Kazakhstan 2-1 after Emma Navarro beat Yulia Putintseva, and Elena Rybakina tied the […]
# Rugby: Griquas’ starting-15 to face the Lions in tomorrow’s Currie Cup final shows only one change from the squad that beat the Cheetahs in last weekend’s semifinal in Kimberley. Lock Derik Pretorius replaces Malembe Mpofu, who failed his head injury assessment, with Marco de Witt providing cover on the bench. Phumzile Maqondwana is the […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile qualified for the final of the men’s 200-metres at the world championships in Tokyo, Japan, when he finished third in his semifinal heat. His compatriot, Wayde van Niekerk, was eliminated after posting only the 11th-fastest time. American Noah Lyles looks like a serious title contender after setting a world-leading […]
# Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg promised to fight his health scare like it’s a Wimbledon final. He won five Wimbledon and six French Open titles before abruptly retiring in 1983 at the age of 27. Borg reveals in his autobiography, Heartbeats, that he was battling extremely aggressive prostate cancer. Although it is in remission […]
# Rugby: Flyhalf James O’Connor’s hope to play for the Wallabies again is still alive after he was picked for the final two Rugby Championship Tests against the All Blacks. The 35-year-old returned to his new English club, Leicester, on Monday after his first Tests in three years this season. Scrumhalf Nic White, who postponed […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, het die Madlanga-kommissie gewaarsku getuies in politieke moordsake kan ernstige gevare te wagte wees. Hy het teruggekeer na die Brigitte Mabandla-justisiekollege in Pretoria om sy getuienis voor te sit oor die ontbinding van die politieke moord-taakspan. Mkhwanazi sê baie getuies word vermoor of verlaat die getuiebeskermingsprogram:
# Tennis: Die gewese Keniaanse Davisbekerspeler Eno Polo is die nuwe uitvoerende hoof van die beheerliggaam vir die mans-beroepspel, die ATP. Die 58-jarige Polo volg Massimo Calvelli op nadat die Italianer in Junie ná vyf jaar in die rol bedank het. Polo sal toesig hou oor die ATP se wêreldwye bedrywighede en die OneVision-hervormingsplan voortsit. […]
# Athletics: The world record holder in the 400-metres, Wayde van Niekerk, and South African compatriot Sinesipho Dambile will compete in the semifinal of the 200-metres at the world championships in Tokyo, Japan, this afternoon. Van Niekerk, who switched to the shorter race during last year’s Olympic Games in Paris, finished second in his heat […]
