# Rugby: One of the Junior Springboks’ stars in the recent Under 20 world championship, loose forward Batho Hlekani, will play for the Lions from next season. He will move to Johannesburg from Durban at the end of the year, when his contract with the Sharks expires. The 20-year-old joined the senior Springboks’ training camp […]
# Cricket: Dolphins batter Marques Ackerman will again be captain of South Africa A when they face the visiting New Zealand A team. The two countries will play three one-day matches at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, Gauteng, from the 30th of this month, followed by two four-day games, in Potchefstroom and Benoni, respectively. Ackerman led […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner will return to action in the Cincinnati Open for the first time since winning Wimbledon last month. He will be the top-seed in the tournament which starts later this week. The Italian withdrew from the Canadian Open after beating world number two, Carlos Alcaraz, in London. The Spaniard […]
# Rugby: Die Britse en Ierse Leeu Bundee Aki meen die geboorte van sy vyfde kind was ‘n goeie voorteken vir hulle oorwinning oor die Wallabies in die eerste toets in Brisbane, al het hy dit misgeloop om te kan speel. Die 35-jarige se vrou, Kayla, het in hul geboorteland, Nieu-Seeland, geboorte gegee het net […]
# Krieket: Indië het ʼn naelbyt-oorwinning oor Engeland behaal in die vyfde toets om die reeks gelykop te laat eindig met 2-elk. Die gashere het op die laaste oggend net 35-lopies benodig maar met net vier paaltjies oor op die Oval in London. Indië het binne ‘n uur met ses lopies gewen, maar nie voordat […]
# Cricket: India won a nail-biting fifth and final Test against England to square the series 2-all. The hosts resumed their second innings on the final day at the Oval just 35-runs short but with just four wickets left. India claimed them within an hour to win by six runs, but not before injured England […]
# Rugby: Die Chiefs se flank, Simon Parker, is die enigste nuweling in die All Black-afrigter, Scott Robertson, se groep vir die eerste twee toetse van die Rugbykampioenskap. Dit volg na sy indrukwekkende Super Rugby-seisoen, met Robertson wat sê hy besit waardevolle vaardighede en het ‘n sterk fisieke teenwoordigheid. Drie ander nuwelinge, die stut Tevita […]
# Rugby: British and Irish Lions player Bundee Aki regards the birth of his fifth child as an omen for their victory over the Wallabies in the first Test in Brisbane – although he missed his child’s arrival to play in the match. The 35-year-old revealed his wife, Kayla, gave birth in their native New […]
# Rugby: Chiefs flanker Simon Parker is the only debutant named in All Blacks’ head coach Scott Robertson’s squad for the first two Tests of the Rugby Championship. This follows an impressive Super Rugby season, with Robertson saying he brings a valuable skills set and physicality. Another three uncapped players were named as injury cover. […]
