# Angolan civil society groups has urged the Argentinian soccer federation and star player Lionel Messi to scrap planning for a friendly this year after 30 people were killed in protests. The soccer associations of both countries have been in talks to fix a date for a match in Luanda in November as part of […]
# Rugby: The final of the Women’s World Cup will be played at a sold-out Twickenham in London on 27 September. All 82-thousand tickets have already been sold, as well as 375-thousand of the available 470-thousand tickets for all matches. The chairperson of the tournament, Gill Whitehead, says they believe the final will be the […]
# Rugby: Stand-in Springbok captain Jesse Kriel says their leaders should have stood up in last weekend’s Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies at Ellis Park, which South Africa lost 38-22. He leads the Boks in Saturday’s re-match in Cape Town in place of injured Siya Kolisi. Kriel can’t put his finger on the exact […]
# Cricket: Test skipper Shubman Gill was named in India’s T20 squad for next month’s Asia Cup tournament after being left out of three previous series in the shortest format. He returned to the 15-man squad as deputy to skipper Suryakumar Yadav, thanks to the stellar role he played with the bat in the recent […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een, Jannik Sinner, het onttrek aan die gemengde dubbelspel van die Amerikaanse Ope. Dit is verwag, nadat hy weens griep handdoek ingegooi het in die eindstryd van die Cincinnati Ope, en daarmee die titel aan die Spanjaard Carlos Alcaraz besorg het. Sinner sê hy gaan nou daarop fokus om gesond te word […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the mixed doubles at the US Open. It was expected after the Italian retired in the first set of the Cincinnati Open final due to flu, handing the title to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner says he will now turn his attention to his health with […]
# Mixed Martial Arts: Defeated South African middleweight UFC world champion Dricus du Plessis plans to take some time off to reflect on Sunday’s fight against Khamzat Chimaev. The Russian claimed his 15th professional victory when he overshadowed Du Plessis with a unanimous decision in Chicago. Du Plessis’s head coach, Morné Visser, revealed his charge […]
# Rugby: Springbok-afrigter Rassie Erasmus het 10 veranderings aan sy opdrafspan aangekondig vir Saterdag se tweede Rugbykampioenskapstoets teen Australië in Kaapstad. Jesse Kriel is die kaptein. Cheslin Kolbe, Damian de Allende, Willie le Roux en Handré Pollard voeg ervaring by en RG Snyman en Ruan Nortjé is die nuwe slotpaar, met Eben Etzebeth op die […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus made 10 changes to his starting-15 for Saturday’s second Rugby Championship match against Australia in Cape Town. Jesse Kriel captains the side. Cheslin Kolbe, Damian de Allende, Willie le Roux and Handré Pollard add their experience and RG Snyman and Ruan Nortjé are the new second row with Eben […]
