Zapiro bids Div farewell
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Herschelle Gibbs has told Perthnow that he would love nothing more than to play for the Scorchers in October’s Champions League tournament in India – and so would Perth. But an impending Indian Premier League contract could prevent him from lining up for the team he guided to the Big Bash final with his blazing […]
There is a new hero in town and to say that Volvo Golf Champions winner Branden Grace has encouraged 15 SAGDB learners from George would be an understatement. The amateur golfers were invited by Volvo to attend the second and final rounds of the Tournament of Champions at Fancourt and relished the opportunity to watch […]
Portsmouth’s bank accounts have been frozen as part of a winding-up order from British authorities over the Championship side’s failure to pay a £1.6 million tax bill, the club said on Monday. The move has left the club from England’s south coast, who won the FA Cup four years ago, unable to pay players and […]
One of the finest aspects of South African cricket is the pressure on incumbents to perform or get out of the way. So it is with Mark Boucher, who has since 1997 held on to the Protea wicketkeeping position in the face of some stern opposition. His statistics bear repeating: • 144 Tests and 5 […]
The 2012 FNB Varsity Shield season kicked off in fine – and historic – style on Monday, with matches in Bloemfontein and Alice setting the tone for an exciting Varsity Rugby season. The evening’s matches saw defending champions CUT record a 25-12 win over last year’s runners-up, Wits, while the second match – in front […]
A lot of the guys I work with don’t consider tennis to be a real sport, but show me another sport that is played at breakneck speed for five hours and 53 minutes in sweltering heat at midnight without anything more than a one-minute break after every two games and I’ll show you a sport […]
Harlequins skipper Chris Robshaw will lead England into the RBS 6 Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. “It’s a huge honour and a very proud day – hopefully one that will live in my memory for a long time to come. Thanks to everyone who has helped me, especially Quins,” said Robshaw. “There’s […]
It will be last chance saloon for a few young hopefuls this week, because the Stormers will soon decide on a squad of about 26 players to usher in the 2012 Super Rugby season against the New Zealand outfit, the Hurricanes, in three weeks’ time. Stormers head coach Allister Coetzee said at Monday’s briefing that […]
Inadvertently, John Mitchell’s Lions may be offering the Southern Kings some relief during a hectic 20-day period that includes matches against all five South African Super Rugby franchises. The five-match passage and its demands, starting over the weekend, in East London, against the Cheetahs, has not escaped the attention of the Southern Kings coach Alan […]