Another cold, wet day in Hungary, so it must be F1 Grand Prix time – looking at Europe this summer, so much for global warming. The track temperature was only 18ºC when the race started, with all cars on intermediate tyres. There was no grip on the slippery Hungaroring circuit as cars battled to stay […]
There was a time when Western Province fans took to Newlands with bated breath when confronting the Blue Bulls. Not any more, for now at least. The home team gave the Bulls a fearsome thrashing and ended with a bonus point for their troubles. 25 000 people attended the match, and they were treated to […]
The spectacle of the FNB Stadium in Soweto and the colourful fans could not lift the inaugural Carling Black Label Cup above a dismal 90 minutes of football. Neither goalkeeper was tested in the 90 minutes, with the players from both teams looking as if they would rather have been somewhere else. It was a […]
The weather held good at the Hungaroring for qualifying for Sunday’s Hungarian F1 Grand Prix, and for a change the technical aspects of the track seemed to level the playing fields for the cars, as any one of six drivers could have been on the front row tomorrow afternoon. The usual suspects dropped out in […]
As predicted here, the Springboks were hammered 40-7 by the All Blacks in a one-sided display. This was one of the darkest days in the history of South African rugby. For the All Blacks, Wyaat Crockett, Zac Guildford (2), Cory Jane (2) and Colin Slade crossed the chalk. John Smit was the only one to […]
Joost van der Westhuizen does indeed suffer from a deadly motor neuron disease (MND) and has been given between two and five years to live. This was confirmed earlier this week by Dr Jody Pearl, a neurologist at the Sunninghill hospital in Sandton. “Joost was examined by Dr (Erik) Pioro, a leading expert on motor […]
There can no longer be any doubt that England are the world’s leading team, after they demolished India, currently the top dogs, by the overwhelming margin of 319 runs. Tim Bresnan, with 90 and five wickets, might have felt aggreived to lose out on the man-of-the match award to Stuart Broad, whose hat-trick and innings-turning […]
It happened as expected: Cadel Evans has become the first Australian winner of the Tour de France. He has been close before but that’s all history now for the celebrations can begin for him and his nation that has been swept up in Tour fever while watching the live broadcast into the early hours of […]
After a sensational qualifying lap on Saturday to split the Red Bulls and take second place on the grid, Lewis Hamilton drove the race of his life to win the German F1 Grand Prix at the Nŭrburgring on Sunday. As the red lights went out, the revs on Webber’s Red Bull mysteriously dropped off, giving […]
Tottenham Hotspur got the only result that mattered as they thrashed Orlando Pirates 3-0 in the final of the Vodacom Challenge. A goal in each half by Rafael van der Vaart and one towards the end by sub Jermain Defoe sank the Bucs, who looked listless and lethargic before a large crowd at Ellis Park. […]