Lonwabo Tsotsobe's devastating form against the Bangladeshis should, hopefully, have made the selectors sit up and take note.
Having been consigned to the role of drinks boy for most of the group stages, Tsotsobe reminded all and sundry why he was...
Views: 257 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 | Tags: 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, bowling, cricket, cricket world cup, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel, Proteas, South Africa, wickets
Arsenal have had a topsy-turvy time of it since their calamity against Birmingham in the Carling Cup final a fortnight ago.
Victory against Leyton Orient seemed set to get them back to winning ways but a draw against Sunderland, with referee Antho...
Views: 61 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011 | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, English Premier League, FA Cup, football, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, Robin van Persie, Sir Alex Ferguson
Maybe Jermain Defoe has a future as a soothsayer.
Just months after the often misfiring Tottenham Hotspur finisher was derided for saying Harry Redknapp’s side could do better than illustrious rivals Arsenal on the club game’s biggest stage, ...
Views: 59 | No Comments » | posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | Tags: AC Milan, Arsenal, Barcelona, Champions League, Football, Harry Redknapp, Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur
Firstly, before Arsenal throw their toys out the cot blaming ref Massimo Busacca, they must remember they had 90 minutes in which all they needed to do was match Barca goal for goal on an aggregate basis.
That is all. Teams often come to the Nou C...
Views: 177 | 3 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 | Tags: Arsenal, Barcelona, Champions League, Football, Lionel Messi, Massimo Busacca, Nou Camp, Robin van Persie
Only South Africans would, faced with the prospect of having two genuine world-class pivot prospects, seek to align among provincial lines and do their utmost to tear them down week in week out.
I am talking here of Pat Lambie of the Sharks and El...
Views: 192 | 3 Comments » | posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 | Tags: Elton Jantjies, flyhalf, Morne Steyn, Pat Lambie, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Springboks, Super Rugby
"We have to pick ourselves up. We haven't become bad players because of one performance. We'll have to work on our decision making." -- Graeme Smith, January 15 2011.
"We've got to learn from today, pick ourselves up." -- Graeme Smith March 6 2011...
Views: 180 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 | Tags: Chennai, choking, Cricket, cricket world cup, England, Graeme Smith, ICC Cricket World Cup, India, South Africa
Explain this to me, Inter Milan and AC Milan, with their combined history of success and passion and pride, are more than happy to share a ground and stadium identity, but Liverpool and Everton cannot find an easy way to do this? Why?
On its own, ...
Views: 221 | 2 Comments » | posted on Sunday, February 20th, 2011 | Tags: AC Milan, Everton, football, home stadium, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Paolo Maldini, San Siro, Stanley Park
So King Kenny goes back to Anfield and gees up the troops to pull fingers from Scouse (and international) arse and get going.
And what happens next? Chelsea reminds them of their place in the 2011 pecking order. A cheeky cash up-front offer for th...
Views: 82 | No Comments » | posted on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 | Tags: Anfield, Chelsea, Fernando Torres, John W Henry, Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool, Roman Abramovich
Finally, all the paperwork and red tape has been cleared and Imran Tahir is set to be a Protea.
This is big news. Why so, you may ask? Because why, as hulle se op die Oos Rand, his international career presents a challenge, not only to himself to ...
Views: 367 | 1 Comment » | posted on Sunday, January 16th, 2011 | Tags: cricket, Imran Tahir, Johan Botha, Paul Adams, preserving Test cricket, Proteas, South Africa, spin bowling
Orlando Pirates coach and Dutch football legend Ruud Krol must think he is in some kind of bizarre dream.
Reports, radio phone-ins and internet forums have seen him painted as some kind of dead man walking. Which to be fair is not an unusual posit...
Views: 417 | 1 Comment » | posted on Sunday, December 12th, 2010 | Tags: Dr Irvin Khoza, football, Kaizer Chiefs, Kaizer Motaung, MTN 8, Orlando Pirates, Ruud Krol, soccer, Telkom Knockout Cup
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