# Tennis: World number one Carlos Alcaraz of Spain headlines Team Europe in the annual Laver Cup, taking place in San Francisco this weekend. The other team members are German Alexander Zverev, Holger Rune of Denmark, Casper Ruud of Sweden, Czech player Jakub Mensik and Italian Flavio Cobolli, with Frenchman Yannick Noah the new non-playing […]
# Soccer: World governing body Fifa announced the distribution of 6.1-billion-rand to clubs for next year’s World Cup in North America – an increase of almost 70-percent from the previous tournament in Qatar in 2022. This is part of Fifa’s expanded club benefits programme, where clubs are being compensated for releasing players for qualifiers as […]
# Cricket: Afghanistan’s exiled women’s players will tour India during the one-day World Cup, where they will play against domestic teams. Most of the cricketers fled to Australia when the Taliban regime returned in 2021 and banned women and girls from participating in sports, education and employment. The team will also be invited to watch […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Zakithi Nene qualified for the final of the men’s 400-metres at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He won his heat in the fifth-fastest time, while compatriot Lythe Pillay‘s time was too slow. Three athletes from Botswana will run in the title race, with Busang Kebinatshipi posting the world-leading time of […]
# Rugby: World Cup-winning coach Jaques Nienaber will stay with Irish side Leinster until 2027, nipping speculation in the bud he might return to the Springboks to re-join old friend Rassie Erasmus. Nienaber coached South Africa to back-to-back World Cup titles in 2023, whereafter he returned to Ireland where he coached before. Leinster clinched the […]
# Rugby: Wallabies flyhalf James O’Connor wants to return Down Under for the two Bledisloe and Rugby Championship Tests against the All Blacks. The 35-year-old left for English club Leicester Tigers, who he planned to join after the British and Irish Lions series, but was then retained in the squad due to injuries. He played […]
# Die familie van die vermoorde Johannesburgse student Leigh Matthews verwerp aanbevelings oor haar moordenaar se moontlike parool. Donovan Moodley is in 2005 skuldig bevind aan moord, ontvoering en afpersing, en is reeds byna 21 jaar agter tralies. Matthews se pa, Rob, het aan SABC News gesê die proses het weer pynlike wonde oopgekrap. Hy […]
# Die DA se oorsese netwerk, DA Abroad, verwelkom die Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie se versekering dat oorsese aanlyn registrasie die naweek in werking sal tree. Dit volg nadat die OVK se adjunk uitvoerende hoof van verkiesingsbedrywighede, Masego Sheburi, dié week aan die Parlement bevestig het dat die aanlyn registrasiestelsel vir buitelandse kiesers nou gereed is. Ludré […]
