It's a new season and already penalties are being counted. Referees issued 59 penalties across the seven games in Super Rugby's first week of the season and no team secured the four-try bonus point either. It's too early in the season for prophets ...
Views: 299 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | Tags: Bulls, Cheetahs, golden lions, sharks, Stormers, Super 15
Cricket South Africa named their list of 22 centrally contracted players for the 2012/2013 season, and it would fair to assume that the biggest eyebrow-raise was reserved for Thami Tsolekile, for all intents and purposes, being named Mark Boucher's T...
Views: 305 | 4 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 | Tags: AB de Villiers, Africa, Cricket South Africa, Hashim Amla, hockey, India, international cricket, SA, season, South Africa, Tests
Howard Webb isn't very popular in the blue part of London right now. The burly referee, a policeman, had a hand in awarding Manchester United two penalties in the second half of their clash with Chelsea on Sunday, with Wayne Rooney obliging. United t...
Views: 168 | 4 Comments » | posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012 | Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Champions League, Chelsea, english, English Premier League, Manchester City, pressure, respect, Sergio Aguero, Torres, transfer, United
The announcement of Heyneke Meyer as the new Springbok coach on Friday overshadowed another important day for Cricket South Africa (CSA), with it being the last of oral submissions to the sports ministry's inquiry into the bonus saga that has affli...
Views: 289 | 4 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Tags: Africa, Ali Bacher, art, Ashes, Australia, coach, cricket, Cricket South Africa, CSA, Gerald Majola, Mtutuzeli Nyoka, sport, sports, test
Detective Jimmy McNulty once said in The Wire, when referring to lives on the street versus the way politics interacts with those lives, "It just never connects." He was known to be a brilliant detective, but self-destructive, at the cost of those ...
Views: 365 | 3 Comments » | posted on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 | Tags: Blue Bulls, Boks, Cape Town, coach, CSA, Currie Cup, DA, de Villiers, Peter de Villiers, politics, race, rassie, rugby, SAFA, Saracens, SARU, season, South Africa, Springbok, Springboks, stadium
South Africa won their first Test series at home since beating Bangladesh in 2008 after two dominant displays at Centurion and Newlands, plus being taught a lesson at Kingsmead in Durban (again).
Jacques Kallis silenced his ever-present band of cr...
Views: 463 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, January 9th, 2012 | Tags: ashwell prince, Durban, form, Jacques Kallis, Jacques Rudolph, Newlands, opportunity, performance, players, SA, South Africa, SuperSport
Journalism allows you the opportunity to see, hear and read a lot of different opinions on how sports teams overcome tough patches to eventually triumph in a manner that would demand an unlimited bar tab at the big game after-party.
So with that ...
Views: 312 | 1 Comment » | posted on Friday, December 30th, 2011 | Tags: AB de Villiers, Australia, City, DA, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, new zealand, Proteas, rugby, Smith, South Africa, sport, sri lanka, steroids, strike, unity
With 2011 done and dusted, it's time for some cheer to be spread among those sportsman and suits who, in a nutshell, didn't say "The boys are disappointed" when asked how they felt about losing:
We will miss you award (if he is not reappointed)
P...
Views: 320 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 | Tags: Bafana Bafana, Blatter, canada, consistency, Graeme Smith, Itumeleng Khune, media, performance, Peter de Villiers, Richie McCaw, Rugby World Cup, Stanley Cup, summer, Test Cricket, Victor Matfield, world cup
It has been 20 years since South Africa re-entered international cricket when they played India in Calcutta on November 10 1991, in what was the country's first ODI.
Two of the men who played in that match, Andrew Hudson and Allan Donald, are nowÂ...
Views: 283 | No Comments » | posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011 | Tags: AB de Villiers, Allan Donald, Australia, bowling, cricket, Cricket South Africa, election, form, Hashim Amla, international, international cricket, Jacques Kallis, Jacques Rudolph, Newlands, Proteas, Smith, South Africa, sport
Carlos Tevez, the enfant terrible of Manchester City, has reportedly agreed terms with AC Milan. It is now up to the Italian club to convince City that the deal they offer is a good one, in a way the blue half of Manchester feel they are getting a fa...
Views: 375 | No Comments » | posted on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 | Tags: AC Milan, Argentina, Carlos Tevez, Champions League, England, Manchester City, Manchester United, training, transfer
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