# Rugby: Sharks head coach JP Pietersen has named a 28-man squad ahead of back-to-back away matches against the Ospreys and Edinburgh in the United Rugby Championships. The Sharks will have to give it all to reach the last eight round. André Esterhuizen returns to lead the team in Saturday’s crunch match against Ospreys, with […]
# Rugby: South Africa A and Zimbabwe will play a curtain raiser for the Springboks’ season opener against the Barbarians in Gqeberha on the 20th of June. The hosts will see action for the first time since a European tour in 2022, while the neighbours qualified for next year’s World Cup in Australia for the […]
# Swimming: Cape Town endurance swimmer Karen Kennedy has made history by completing a quadruple Robben Island crossing in the icy Atlantic waters from Blouberg Strand, covering nearly 30-kilometres in just over ten-hours. The nearly 60-year-old completed the swim without a wetsuit and is now awaiting Guinness World Records ratification as the first and fastest […]
# Rugby: New Zealand outfit the Crusaders were forced to scrap their decades-old horse parade before home games in Christchurch because of safety concerns. Horses draped in the team’s red-and-black gear trotted around Rugby League Park and Lancaster Park before games for the past 30-years. But the infrastructure at the Crusaders’ new home, the Te […]
# Tennis: Die Barcelona-ope in Spanje ondervind talle hoëprofiel-onttrekkings. Die wêreld-nommer-twaalf, Casper Ruud van Noorweë, en die Kanadees Félix Auger-Aliassime het voor hulle eerste wedstryde onttreek weens uitputting, terwyl die Fransman Ugo Humbert en die plaaslike speler Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ook nie meer gaan speel nie. Die agste-gekeurde Brit Jack Draper moes gister tydens sy […]
# Rugby: Die Stormers se afrigter, John Dobson, het kritiek op sy spelers as heeltemal ongegrond en neerdrukkend beskryf. Die span is hewig gekritiseer omdat hulle nie die bal wyd beweeg het teen 13 man nie, terwyl losskakel Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu ook gestriem is omdat hy nie ‘n skepdoelkans benut het voor die pale in hul […]
# Tennis: The Barcelona Open in Spain faced a wave of high-profile departures, with seven players withdrawing or retiring. World number 12, Casper Ruud of Norway, and Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime pulled out before their opening matches to manage physical fatigue. They were joined by Frenchman Ugo Humbert and local player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Eighth-seeded Briton Jack Draper was forced to retire mid-match yesterday […]
# Krieket: Indiese spelers oorheers die jongste Wisden-toekennings wat as die glansrykste in die sport beskou word. Vier mansspelers van Indië is onder die publikasie se vyf spelers van die jaar -Shubman Gill, Ravidra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant en Mohammed Siraj – en die vyfde is die Engelse se aanvangskolwer Haseeb Hameed. Gill het ook die […]
# Krieket: Punjab Kings is nou die enigste onoorwonne span in die Indiese Premierliga nadat Rajasthan Royals se vleklose rekord tot ‘n stotterende einde gekom het. Sunrisers Hyderabad het ‘n baie mededingende 216 vir ses aangeteken, waarna Praful Hinge drie paaltjies in sy heel eerste boulbeurt platgetrek het. Rajasthan was op nege vir vyf voor […]
