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...
The Rugby World Cup has come and passed. New Zealand slayed the dragon, Quade Cooper was average, France are still the most predictably unpredictable team on earth and Peter de Villiers said it was the end of the road, then changed his mind.
One w...
With the Cricket World Cup upon us, for those who don't really understand one of the most archaic sports going around, here is what you need to know about the teams competing (the ones who can win the tournament at least ... apologies to the associat...
We have entered the knock-out stages of the greatest tournament (arguably) on earth. The halfway mark is disappearing in the distance, so here are some of the best, and worst, things that have been a part of this World Cup so far:
The best:
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It's no secret that South Africa is once again at a crossroads. Racial tensions between black and white South Africans have reached their highest levels since the 1993 assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani which threatened ...
Any lingering doubts about South Africa's ability to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup have surely been laid to rest with this week's 100-day countdown festivities.
And the most pleasing aspect of this important milestone was not the magnificent new...
Six years have now past since that magnificent moment in Zurich when Fifa President Sepp Blatter declared that SA had earned the rights to host the biggest party on the planet.
And with just over 100 days remaining before the kick-off to the 2010...
2009 will be remembered as the year that South Africa staked its claim to hosting a successful 2010 World Cup.
Certainly, the past 12 months have marked an extraordinary turnaround in the preparations for this mega sporting event. Just a year ago...
Can somebody please explain how Fifa goes about running "world" football?
If it truly claims to represent the interests of world football, why is it that Europe and the Union of European Football Associations (Uefa) seem to get a better deal than...
