# Krieket: Sarah Taylor is die eerste vroue-afrigter van Engeland se senior manspan nadat sy as veldwerkghoeroe aangestel is vir volgende maand se reeks van drie toetse teen Nieu-Seeland. Die 36-jarige voormalige paaltjiewagter het 226 wedstryde in alle formate vir die nasionale vrouespan gespeel en was deel van die T20- en die eendag-Wêreldbeker-kampioenspan in 2009. […]
# Soccer: FIFA president Gianni Infantino says with less than a month until the World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, preparations for the tournament are going well. Forty-eight teams will compete in the expanded tournament across 16 cities from June 11 to July 19, with Mexico hosting South Africa in the opening match. As […]
# Cricket: Sarah Taylor becomes the first female coach of England’s senior men’s team after being appointed fielding guru for next month’s series of three Tests against New Zealand. The 36-year-old former wicketkeeper played 226 matches in all formats for the national women’s team and was part of the T20 and the one-day World Cup […]
# Soccer: Scientists say world governing body FIFA’s current heat safety measures for the World Cup in North America are inadequate and risk seriously harming players. A group of world-leading experts write in an open letter the guidelines are impossible to justify. They ask FIFA to introduce stronger protections such as longer cooling breaks and […]
# Rugby: Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, sê hy sal nie rus voor Suid-Afrika weer die Wêreldbekertoernooi aanbied nie. Die land het die toernooi laas in 1995 aangebied toe die Springbokke die trofee met die eerste probeerslag opgeraap het. SA Rugby het daarna talle onsuksesvolle pogings aangewend om die wêreldskouspel aan […]
# Rugby: Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, says he will not rest until South Africa hosts the Rugby World Cup again. The country last hosted the tournament in 1995, when the Springboks famously lifted the trophy on home soil at their first attempt. SA Rugby has launched several unsuccessful bids to host […]
# Tennis: Die driemalige kampioen, Iga Swiatek, is deur na die Italiaanse Ope se halfeindronde. Die Pool het die vyfde gekeurde Amerikaner, Jessica Pegula, afgeransel in haar eerste oorwinning oor ʼn toptien-teenstander hierdie seisoen. Swiatek kom nou teen Elina Svitolina van Oekraïne te staan wat met Elena Rybakina van Kasakstan afgereken het. In die mansafdeling […]
# Krieket: Die verdedigende kampioen, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, het Kolkata Knight Riders met ses paaltjies verpletter en op te skuif na die bopunt van die Indiese Premierliga-punteleer. Angkrish Raghuvanshi se stewige 71 het gehelp om Kolkata na 192 vir vier te neem. Virat Kohli het daarna ʼn onoorwonne 105 van 60 balle gemoker en ʼn […]
# Tennis: Three-time champion Iga Swiatek is through to the Italian Open semifinal. The Pole defeated American fifth-ranked Jessica Pegula, 6-1, 6-2, marking this her first win over a top-ten opponent this season. Swiatek has set up a clash with Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, who fought back to beat Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. In […]
