# Rugby: England coach Steve Borthwick has named five uncapped players, including South African-born centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg, in his 36-man squad for the inaugural Nations Championship. The 27-year-old, will not be available for the opening Test against the Springboks on 4 July, as his three-year residency period only comes into effect after that […]
# Sokker: Die 38-jarige Lionel Messi het die voorste doelskieter in Wêreldbeker-geskiedenis geword. Hy het albei Argentinië se doele aangeteken in die oorwinning van 2-0 oor Oostenryk en sy land se plek in die uitklopfase verseker. Messi spog nou met 18 Wêreldbeker-doele, twee meer as Kylian Mbappé van Frankryk en Miroslav Klose van Duitsland. Frankryk […]
# Rugby: Engeland se kaptein, Maro Itoje, kry ʼn blaaskans vir die komende Nasieskampioenskap-wedstryde teen Suid-Afrika, Fidji en Argentinië. Die 31-jarige Itoje het die Britse en Ierse Leeus verlede jaar tot ʼn reeksoorwinning teen Australië gelei, en daarna in die November-toetse en vanjaar se Sesnasies-veldtogte gespeel. Boonop is sy ma intussen oorlede. Hy het in […]
# Soccer: Thirty-eight-year-old Lionel Messi has made history by becoming the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup history. He scored two goals as Argentina defeated Austria 2-0 in Dallas to secure their place in the knockout stages. Messi now has 18 World Cup goals, two clear of France’s Kylian Mbappé and Germany’s Miroslav Klose. In […]
# Tennis: Die 2023 Wimbledon vroue-enkelspelkampioen, Marketa Vondrousova, is vir vier jaar geskors nadat sy geweier het om ʼn opkikkertoets te doen. Die Internasionale Tennis-integriteitsagentskap het die 26-jarige Tsjeg aangekla nadat sy op 3 Desember verlede jaar geweier het om ʼn monster te voorsien toe ʼn opkikker-beheerbeampte een gevra het. Volgens Vondrousova het sy geestespanning […]
# Rugby: England captain Maro Itoje has been rested for the upcoming Nations Championship fixtures against South Africa, Fiji, and Argentina. The 31-year-old led the British and Irish Lions to a series victory against Australia last year, then played in the November Tests and this year’s Six Nations campaigns, as well as mourning the death […]
# Tennis: 2023 Wimbledon women’s singles champion, Marketa Vondrousova, has received a four-year ban for refusing an anti-doping test. The 26-year-old Czech was charged by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for failing to submit a sample when notified by a doping control officer on 3rd December last year. Vondrousova cited mental stress and fear when […]
# Rugby: Siphosethu Mnebelele will captain the Junior Springboks at the Junior World Championship in Georgia after lock Riley Norton was included in the senior Bok squad for the Nations Championship. Norton was replaced by utility forward Thomas Beling, while winger Cheslin Jooste was drafted in place of Vusi Moyo, who was also promoted to […]
# Cricket: The South African Under-19 women’s squad will tour Pakistan for the first time ever next month. Allrounder Mieke van Voorst was announced as captain of the squad of 15, including six players who clinched bronze for the country in the Patricia Kambarami Cup in Nigeria earlier this year. Five international matches will be […]
