# Tennis: Elena Rybakina clinched the eighth and last spot at next month’s WTA Finals when she beat Victoria Mboko 6-3, 7-6 to reach the Pan Pacific semi-finals in Tokyo. The 2022 Wimbledon champion joins the elite field in Saudi Arabia after a successful run of form that also saw her win the Ningbo Open […]
# Motorsport: Die Spanjaard Pedro Acosta het die wisselvallige Maleisiese weer bemeester en die vinnigste tyd aangeteken met die Fransman Johann Zarco tweede in ‘n chaotiese tweede oefensessie by die MotoGP in Sepang. Die uurlange middagsessie is met 35 minute vertraag weens ‘n oliekol vroeër in die dag. Die Spanjaard Alex Márquez wat hoop om […]
# Motorsport: Spaniard Pedro Acosta mastered the moody Malaysian weather to snatch the fastest time ahead of Frenchman Johann Zarco in a chaotic second practice for the MotoGP at Sepang. The hour-long afternoon session was delayed for 35 minutes because of an oil spill from earlier in the day. Spain’s Alex Marquez, who is hoping […]
# Rugby: Die Bulle appelleer teen hulle Springbok-voorspeler Jan-Hendrik Wessels se swaar skorsing van nege weke ondanks ‘n oënskynlike gebrek aan duidelike bewyse. Hy is gestraf nadat Connacht se flank, Josh Murphy, hom daarvan beskuldig het dat hy hom tydens verlede naweek se Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap-wedstryd tussen die bene gegryp het. Die Bulle sê geen nuwe […]
# Rugby: The Bulls are appealing their Springbok utitily forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels’ massive suspension of nine weeks despite the apparent lack of clear evidence. He was penalised after Connacht flanker Josh Murphy accused him of groping during last weekend’s United Rugby Championship match. The Bulls say no new video evidence was presented at the disciplinary […]
# Motorsport: Die sewemalige wêreldkampioen, Lewis Hamilton, sê die McLaren-renjaers, Oscar Piastri van Australië en die Brit Lando Norris, sal alles moet uithaal in die stryd vir die bestuurderskampioenskap met Max Verstappen. Daar is ‘n verskil van net 14 punte tussen Piastri en Norris, met Verstappen wat nou net 40 punte agter die voorloper is […]
# Padwedlope: Die wêreldrekordhouer in die marathon vir vroue, Ruth Chepngetich van Kenia, is vir drie jaar geskors nadat sy erken het sy het ‘n verbode middel gebruik. Die 31-jarige is in Julie voorlopig geskors toe die Atletiek-integriteitseenheid ‘n ontwateringsmiddel in haar uriene gevind het in ‘n monster wat in Maart geneem is. Die eenheid […]
# Motorsport: Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton says McLaren rivals Oscar Piastri from Australia and Briton Lando Norris will need to be cut-throat against Max Verstappen in their three-way fight for the drivers’ championship. Piastri and Norris are separated by just 14 points, while Verstappen is now just 40 points off the lead after three […]
# Roadrunning: Kenya’s women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years, after admitting to anti-doping rule violations. The 31-year-old was provisionally suspended in July by the Athletics Integrity Unit after hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic used commonly as a masking agent, was detected in a urine sample collected in March. The AIU […]
