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)
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SuperSport is purportedly one of the best and largest sports broadcasters in the world. Seven channels, slick production value, a 24-hour news channel no longer reliant on foreign broadcasters and an infrastructure as big as any other major sports br...
The Springboks received a healthy dose of confidence after winning their last Tri-Nations fixture against a weakened All Blacks in Port Elizabeth. Having shaken off the evident rust against Australia the week before, South Africa went back to what th...
Its symptoms are quick, tricky to pick but all hope is not lost. After my crack squad of praat kak scientists and I dug into this terrible malaise (research actually began in earnest before the public-servants strike [who are they serving neow?] bega...
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've only been involved with professional rugby journalism for just over a year, and one of the urban legends that I've picked up on my travels is that there is a bubbling (nothing too discernable) feeling from a section of rugby followers that medi...
Five years have passed since that extraordinary moment in Zurich when Fifa President Sepp Blatter declared that South Africa had earned the rights to host the biggest party on the planet.
And with exactly one year remaining before the kick-off of...
It’s safe to say that 2009 will be the most important year in this country’s sporting history.
In just six months, some of the giants of international football (including Brazil and Italy) will compete in the Confederations Cup. With a $17-mi...
Comeback Of The Year
Adi Jacobs was one of the most contentious selections in PdV’s first squad. Long written off as a lightweight show pony impact player not suited to the grind of Test rugby by those who had forgotten how he made Etienne Botha...
The public relations machinery responsible for selling the 2010 World Cup to the rest of the planet is finally grinding into gear.
It’s no secret that South Africa has taken a beating in terms of its international media coverage since it was aw...
