Sports News 12:30

BULLETIN SPORTS NEWS 8 August 12:30 pm

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

# We start with rugby: The Springboks will have a brand-new halfback pairing against Australia on Saturday. Thirty-four-year-old Cobus Reinach will start at scrumhalf, with 22-year-old Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu next to him at flyhalf. The Rugby Championship opener in Brisbane will be the first Test start for Feinberg-Mngomezulu. Reinach is excited about this new partnership:

Meanwhile, Wallaby number eight Harry Wilson feels sorry for the front row who will bear the brunt under new rules in the Rugby Championship. It entails a 30-second time limit to form scrums and line-outs. Wilson likes the idea of speeding up the game, but believes it will impact the props and hooker who have to sprint to the scrums. Goalkickers will also have only 60 seconds to take a conversion or penalty, and the 20-minute red card will be introduced in some instances.

# Cricket: South Africa will resume its first innings on 45 for one in the first Test against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad, today. Only 15 overs’ play was possible after Proteas captain Temba Bavulma won the toss and chose to bat first. Aiden Markram’s was the one wicket to fall after sharing an opening stand of 43 with Tony de Zorzi, who is on 32. Tristan Stubbs is unbeaten on two.

# Olympic Games: South Africa’s 400-meter world record holder, Wayde van Niekerk, and Shaun Maswanganyi failed to make the men’s 200-metre final in Paris. Van Niekerk finished seventh in his heat and Maswanganyi fourth in his. Miranda Coetzee finished last in heat three of the women’s 400-metre semifinals. In diving, Julia Vincent qualified for the women’s three-metre springboard semifinal, while in canoeing, Hamish Lovemore went through to the semifinals of the men’s kayak single one-thousand-metre.

# And, tennis: Four-time champion Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the US Open, saying he would not be able to give 100-percent at Flushing Meadows in New York. The 38-year-old Spaniard did not confirm any specific injury or health concerns. Nadal played at the Olympic Games in Paris, losing in the second round to Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles, and reaching the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles with Carlos Alcaraz. He says he is still planning to play in the Laver Cup in Berlin next month.

Stay tuned for more news………….