Sports News 12:30

BULLETIN SPORTS NEWS 3 June 12:30 pm

Good day, let’s look at the latest sports news and scores:

# We kick off with rugby: World Cup winner Marco van Staden is a doubt for the Bulls’ United Rugby Championship quarterfinal clash against Italian side Benetton in Pretoria on Saturday. He left the field with an undetermined injury during the Bulls’ 26-14 victory against the Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Van Staden recently returned to the playing field after he sustained a ligament injury. Bulls’ director of rugby, Jake White, says they have some options:

More rugby news: Springbok Sevens coach Philip Snyman has expressed disappointment at their performance in the Madrid Sevens, the final tournament of the World Series. The Blitzboks had to settle for a sixth-place finish after losing 12-7 in their fifth-place play-off against Ireland. South Africa’s focus now turns firmly to the repechage in Monaco later this month, where they will look to qualify for next month’s Olympics in Paris. Snyman says their lack of consistency was clear to see in Spain:

# Cricket: T20 World Cup co-hosts West Indies opened their campaign with a five-wicket win over Papua New Guinea in Group C in Guyana. Papua New Guinea recovered from 50 for four to post 136 for eight in their 20 overs, with Andre Russell and Alzarri Joseph claiming two wickets each. In reply, player of the match, Roston Chase, scored an unbeaten 42 as the two-time champions won with six balls to spare. South Africa open their campaign against Sri Lanka in New York today.

# Tennis: Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz has set up a quarterfinal clash with Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas at the French Open. The Spaniard defeated Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime while Tsitsipas beat Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi. In the women’s draw, world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland recorded the quickest win of her career, dispatching Russia’s Anastasia Potapova, 6-love, 6-love, in 40 minutes to reach the quarterfinals. Alcaraz says he is looking forward to facing Tsitsipas:

# And finally, soccer: French striker Kylian Mbappé is set to join Real Madrid as a free agent, with an announcement expected soon. The 25-year-old announced in May that he would leave Paris St-Germain at the end of the season. Mbappé, who scored 256 goals in 308 appearances for PSG, is set to sign a five-year contract at the Santiago Bernabeu, earning around 305-million-rand a season. The La Liga transfer window opens on the first of July.

Stay tuned for more news………….