I was watching my son’s rugby team play Kasselsvlei on Saturday morning and so I missed the televised All Black/Springbok Tri-Nations clash at Westpac Park in Wellington. The night before, I had chuckled at a Facebook warning sent to a friend liv...
The Olympic Games is the most prestigious multi-sport event on earth, with only the Soccer World Cup comparable in size and magnitude. It is the ultimate dream for many a competitor to win an Olympic gold medal in their chosen field, since it is reco...
I am, if you have not noticed by my past articles, a rugby enthusiast. I have had the privilege of coaching this game at some very competitive and talented levels. I usally revel in the July rugby week which is the U18 Craven Week, named after SA rug...
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...
"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...
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...
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 ...
It is a familiar scene at any Test match in South Africa: The teams have run onto the pitch and are lined up for the national anthems. The visiting team gets proceedings under way with their anthem, once concluded they receive a polite smattering of ...
The media's role in a functioning democratic society is inseparable from the freedom enjoyed by such a society's citizens. The Fourth Estate should act as a watchdog, hold those in political office accountable and keep the public abreast of what they...
I don't know about you but SA is pretty boring without the World Cup isn't it?
Not really, but the Rainbow Nation has been experiencing the lamest of July hangovers. Doctors are calling it WCW (and it has nothing to do with wrestling) -- World Cup...
