# Rugby: Wallabies coach Les Kiss has announced a 34-man squad for the one-off Test against the Springboks in Perth on the 27th, with the surprising recall of Jordan Petaia. The versatile back last played for Australia in the 2023 World Cup. Flyhalf Harry McLaughlin-Phillips has been called up for a potential debut, replacing injured Carter […]
# Soccer: Newly re-elected South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan says they support FIFA president Gianni Infantino ahead of the elections in March next year. Infantino has faced backlash over his now-scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. European body UEFA is pursuing criminal proceedings against Infantino, accusing […]
# Tennis: Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina is officially the world number one woman for the first time in her career. The 27-year-old reached the milestone in the semifinals of the US Open, whereafter she defeated two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the final and took over the top ranking. Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are third […]
# Tennis: US Open champion Alexander Zverev is now in prime position to make a push to become the 30th world number one. The German now trails Italian Jannik Sinner by just one-thousand-810 points in the latest world rankings. Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is third, while American Ben Shelton has reached a new career-high ranking of […]
# Rugby: Die Springbokke het hul hoogste puntetotaal ooit op die wêreldrugbyranglys bereik ná hul sege van 43-28 oor die All Blacks in Baltimore. Die oorwinning het die reeks met 3-1 beklink en aan Suid-Afrika nog 0,75 ranglyspunte besorg. Hul voorsprong boaan die wêreldranglys is nou verder vergroot met ‘n totale puntetelling van 95,09. Dit […]
# Rugby: The Springboks have reached their highest-ever points total on the world rugby rankings, following their 43-28 triumph against the All Blacks in Baltimore. The victory, which sealed the series 3-1, earned South Africa another 0.75 ranking points, taking them to 95.09 extended their buffer at the top of the world rugby rankings. This […]
# Gholf: Die tuisgunsteling, Shane Lowry, het ‘n rekordoorwinning van elf houe op die Ierse Ope behaal. Die 39-jarige het op 23 onder baansyfer geëindig vir sy sewende loopbaantitel en tweede Ierse Ope-oorwinning. Die Amerikaner Patrick Reed en Joaquin Niemann van Chili was saam tweede op 12 onder. Die verdedigende kampioen, Rory McIlroy van Noord-Ierland, […]
# Golf: Home crowd favourite Shane Lowry secured a record eleven-shot victory at the Irish Open. The 39-year-old shot a seven-under 63 to finish 23 under par and win his seventh career title and his second Irish Open triumph. American Patrick Reed and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann shared second place on 12 under. Northern Irishman and […]
# Tennis: Die topgekeurde Alexander Zverev het die plaaslike gunsteling, die agste-gekeurde Ben Shelton, geklop en sy eerste Amerikaanse Ope-titel gebuit. Dit het die Duitser sy tweede Grand Slam-titel besorg. Die 29-jarige is slegs die vierde man in die Ope-geskiedenis wat in dieselfde seisoen sy eerste twee Grand Slam-titels wen nadat hy in Junie ook op […]
