# Soccer: Spanish authorities have cancelled a planned international friendly in the country between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chile due to concerns over the Ebola outbreak in the DRC. The match was scheduled for Tuesday as part of the teams’ preparations for the World Cup in Northern America. Local officials say the decision […]
# Motorsport: Charles Leclerc has signed a multi-year contract renewal with Ferrari ahead of his home Grand Prix in Monaco this weekend. His previous contract extension was reportedly due to expire in 2029. The 28-year-old joined the Scuderia in 2019 after stepping up to F1 with Sauber the previous year. Leclerc has competed in 155 […]
# Athletics: UK Athletics has been fined 7.67-million-rand for the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. The 36-year-old shot-putter died after a metal throwing cage fell on his head during training in London in 2017. He was preparing for the World Para-athletics Championships. In February, UK Athletics pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter. UKA’s former head of […]
# Krieket: Krieket Kanada het ʼn prokureur en voormalige Pan-Amerikaanse atleet, Dasha Peregoudova, aangestel om ʼn onafhanklike ondersoek te lei na die organisasie se bestuur en finansiële beheer. Dit volg nadat die Internasionale Krieketraad Kanada se lidmaatskap opgeskort het ná omstredenheid en bewerings van korrupsie en finansiële wanbestuur. Die land se nasionale spanne mag tydens […]
# Cricket: Cricket Canada has appointed lawyer and former Pan American athlete, Dasha Peregoudova, to lead an independent investigation to examine governance and financial control issues within the organisation. This comes after the International Cricket Council suspended Canada’s membership following a series of controversies and allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement. The country’s national teams […]
# Sokker: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging sê Bafana Bafana se hulpafrigter, Helman Mkhalele, en die veiligheidshoof, Mdu Mbatha, het vertrek om by die res van die Wêreldbeker-groep in Mexiko aan te sluit nadat hul visums uiteindelik toegestaan is. Die Amerikaanse konsulaat in Johannesburg het hul aanvanklike aansoeke om onbekende redes afgekeur. SAFA sê die Departement van […]
# Soccer: The South African Football Association says Bafana Bafana assistant coach, Helman Mkhalele, and head of security, Mdu Mbatha, have left to join the rest of the team in Mexico for the World Cup after finally securing their visas. Their initial visa applications were denied by the US Consulate General in Johannesburg for unspecified […]
# Tennis: 2024 se naaswenner, Alexander Zverev, is deur na die Franse Ope se halfeindronde. Die tweede-gekeurde Duitser het die 19-jarige Spanjaard Rafael Jodar verslaan en speel volgende teen die Tsjeg Jakub Mensik, wat met die Brasiliaanse tiener Joao Fonseca afgereken het. In die vroue-afdeling het Marta Kostyuk haar landgenoot Elina Svitolina geklop en die […]
# Tennis: 2024 finalist Alexander Zverev is through to the French Open semifinals, continuing his bid for a first Grand Slam title. The second-seeded German defeated 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3. Zverev will face Czech Jakub Mensik, who beat Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. In the women’s draw, Marta Kostyuk defeated compatriot […]
