Let's get one thing straight here, folks. David Beckham's absence from the World Cup is probably a blessing in disguise for Fabio Capello and England's chances.
For starters, the world's most celebrated part-time footballer was never a starting o...
So now England may be in the market for a new captain.
Since John Terry's Tiger-esque demise -- in the space of one weekend, the entire Soccer World Cup campaign has apparently been jeopardised because Wayne Bridge can't stand to be in the same ro...
Sport, being the great equaliser that it is, simply waits for no man and respects no reputations.
This time last year, the world was Graeme Smith's oyster as he led a team brimming with talent, luck and confidence to burst Australia's bubble in u...
The legendary former Australian rugby captain, John Eales, was known as "Nobody".
It was not for lack of talent -- because any goal-kicking lock forward is certainly not a nobody!
Eales earned the tag when he missed a match-winning kick in a ...
Forget the Thierry Henry of Arsenal days. Forget the mazy runs, the languid sprint and the delightful finishes. There is only one Henry that football will remember, and that is the cheat who popped up on Wednesday night.
He used to be revered as ...
It is funny how where you are affects the way you see things.
Like my viewing of the Chelsea-Manchester United clash on Sunday, for instance. Instead of the normal, lofty armchair, I found myself in the altogether more dodgy surrounds of a dingy D...
Let's give credit where it's due. Liverpool dug deep on Sunday and got a win over their friends from down the road. And while they were at it, their fans also gave Michael Owen the sort of reception befitting a bomb terrorist ...
But, these things...
The sticky issue of England's cricket side resembling a United Nations delegation keeps raising its head, but it shouldn't be such a surprising trend to cricket followers.
A glance at the numbers reveal why so many South Africans, in particular, ...
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It is frightening to see the gulf in class between the English Premiership and our own. While the like of City, Liverpool and even Sunderland plundered four goals apiece over the weekend, South Africa's finest combined for a completely underwhelming ...
So Sepp Blatter and company have finally decided to stop worrying about crime statistics in South Africa and do their job as governors of the game.
About time, too.
Last week's bolt from the blue may have left Chelsea feeling well, slightly bl...
Lungani Zama is a sports writer at The Witness daily newspaper in Pietermaritzburg, writing mainly on local and international cricket.
He brings an alternative perspective to the English Premier League, and having spent three years in Manchester and Liverpool playing professional cricket, has acquired the necessary passion for this most exciting of soccer leagues. He follows developments religiously, and has no bias as the team he truly supports, Leeds United, is languishing in the 3rd division.
