When a man is not guilty he will normally go to his death pleading his innocence; by the same token as many guilty men go to the gallows still pleading innocence so without scientific forensic evidence to prove that innocence one might never know the true verdict.
Usain Bolt eased to victory in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday as Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake became the second fastest 100m performer of all time. AFP reports that Bolt, fresh from his second successive triple gold haul at the Olympics, took victory in 19.58sec, ahead of Dutch runner Churandy Martina [...]
Lance Armstrong, the sports world’s ultimate battler, has given up. He announced on Thursday night that he will not contest the very serious charges by the US Anti-Doping Agency that he engaged in a massive doping conspiracy for 13 years, which means the seven-time Tour de France winner and famous cancer survivor now has officially [...]
Fernando Torres’s controversial late goal proved decisive as Chelsea staged a second half recovery to secure a 4-2 Premier League victory over promoted Reading at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. AFP reports that Torres converted from close range with nine minutes remaining – but television replays showed the Spaniard was clearly in an offside position when [...]
A Siyabonga Nomvethe brace in the final minutes of the game stunned Ajax Cape Town to hand Moroka Swallows their first win (3-1) of the Absa Premiership at Dobsonville Stadium on Wednesday night. Sean Roberts was handed his first start of the season after Sander Westerveld failed to shake off an ankle injury picked up [...]
Chippa United have axed coach Manqoba Mngqithi just two games into the new PSL season, beating by ONE DAY the record held by Frenchman Jean Yves Kerjean, who was in charge of Black Leopards for just one League game in 2005. After 180 minutes in the top flight, a gutsy 1-0 defeat against big-spending Mamelodi [...]
There is a scandal lurking beneath the surface of South Africa football which needs to be urgently addressed. It has nothing to do with Bobby Motaung’s dealings in Mbombela or the way Orlando Pirates go for the ball.
Ravi Bopara failed with the bat in his guest appearance for Gloucestershire but contributed three wickets with his medium pace as they ran the South Africans close in their one-day warm-up match. No one reached fifty in a South African side that was markedly different to the one that beat England 2-0 in the Tests, [...]
The Springbok team preparing for the second Castle Rugby Championship Test against Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday received a huge boost when Bryan Habana was declared fit to start on Wednesday. Habana, the most experienced member of the squad with 78 Tests for South Africa, injured his left ankle against Argentina in Cape Town last [...]
The South Africa under-19s were eliminated from the running for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 when they suffered a four-wicket semifinal defeat to Australia on Tuesday. South Africa had been undefeated in the tournament thus far. They did not have a good day in all the disciplines of the game and that, coupled [...]