Sports News 12:30

BULLETIN SPORTS NEWS 29 June 12:30 pm

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

# We start with soccer: Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says he will take some time to reflect before deciding on his future. He suggested he would step away from coaching once South Africa’s World Cup journey came to an end. Last night’s defeat to Canada brought an end to a historic campaign in which Bafana Bafana reached the knockout stage of the tournament for the first time. Broos says whatever decision he makes won’t be easy:

# Cricket: The Proteas Women are through to the semifinals of the T20 World Cup, while India has been knocked out. South Africa, finalists in the last two editions of the tournament, overcame Bangladesh by four wickets in their final group match at Lord’s, and needed Australia to defeat India to qualify for the penultimate round. Six-time champions Australia managed to beat India by six wickets. The semifinals will see unbeaten Australia take on the West Indies tomorrow, while South Africa will face England on Thursday.

More cricket news: England’s captain, Ben Stokes, has announced his retirement from international cricket after the current third and final Test match against New Zealand, bringing an end to his 15-year international career and a four-year tenure as Test captain. The 35-year-old all-rounder has played 122 Tests, 114 one-day internationals and 43 T20s for England, including a starring role in the 2022 T20 World Cup final. Stokes says this decision is the best thing for him:

# Tennis: British number one Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a stress fracture in her lower right leg. She was scheduled to face Croatia’s Antonia Ruzic in today’s first match on Court One. Raducanu had been dealing with a niggle in the leg since reaching the final at Queen’s earlier this month. She says playing at Wimbledon, in front of a home crowd, means everything to her, so this is really difficult to process.

# And motorsport: Mercedes’ George Russell produced a composed drive to convert pole position to victory at the Austrian Grand Prix, his first since the opening race in Australia. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen held off Russell’s teammate Kimi Antonelli to finish second. Oscar Piastri was fourth for McLaren, ahead of the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton. Russell, whose victory reduces his championship deficit to Antonelli to 40 points, says it feels great to win again:

Stay tuned for more news………….