Sports News 12:30

BULLETIN SPORTS NEWS 22 October 12:30 pm

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

# We start off with rugby: The Springboks will play next month’s Nations Championship Tests in Europe without star winger Cheslin Kolbe after breaking his jaw in the third Test against the All Blacks early last month. His franchise team, the Stormers, confirmed he would only be back in December, when he should be available for the Cape Town team in the United Rugby Championship and the Champions Cup. The Boks play Italy in Turin on the seventh of November, followed by matches against France in Paris and Ireland in Dublin.

Meanwhile, hooker JJ Kotzé will only be available for the Stormers again in the middle of December after receiving a three-match suspension for his red card against Bristol Bears in Cape Town. He was initially sent off with a yellow card, but it was later upgraded to red. The Stormers appealed against the suggested suspension, but an independent disciplinary committee confirmed the decision after a review. André-Hugo Venter will wear the number two jersey in Saturday’s home clash with Welsh outfit Scarlets.  

# Golf: South African Louis Oosthuizen will return to the DP World Tour after deciding to leave LIV Golf. The 44-year-old joined LIV five years ago, but the league is experienced an uncertain future after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund withdrew its financial backing. Oosthuizen says the decision was one of the hardest of his career, describing joining LIV as one of the best decisions of his life. But he believes a more flexible playing schedule will give him the best opportunity to still compete at the highest level.

# Cricket: England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, James Anderson, is reportedly set to call time on his career after Lancashire decided not to renew his contract for next season. The 44-year-old had been on season-by-season contracts with his boyhood club following his retirement from England duty in 2024. Anderson had a strong season captaining Lancashire this year, taking 50 wickets. If he retires, he will leave the game having taken one-thousand-193 first-class wickets, cementing his place among the most successful fast bowlers in history.

# And tennis: The field for next month’s WTA Finals in Indian Wells in the US has been confirmed after Czech player Karolina Muchova secured the eighth and final spot. She achieved this when Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk was forced to retire in the second round of the Ningbo Open in China. Muchova joins Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, Russian Mirra Andreeva, another Czech, Linda Noskova, Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula, and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. The finals start on the seventh of November.

Stay tuned for more news………….