A clean run from lights to flag for Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel and another 25 points have given the young German an added advantage over his closest rival, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, who showed great skill with a daring move on the first lap of the Indian Grand Prix, when he used the slipstream from both […]
The demands of society for things to happen faster has resulted in a number of shortened formats in sport, but none more subjective than cricket, where the timeless Test format was reduced to six days, then five.
Cruel luck at Philip Island saw Dani Pedrosa’s chances of winning the 2012 MGP World Title disappear as he went down in the Honda hairpin while leading the Australian MGP. Casey Stoner shot through into the lead to give the Aussie fans a real treat as he put on his final “Stoner Show” on home […]
It went down to the wire at SuperSport Park Centurion on Friday night, but as anticipated the Sydney Sixers clinched their place in the final of the Champions League T20 with a two-wicket win over the Titans, off the last ball of the match. An unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 81 from David Wiese 61* and Henry Davids […]
A brilliant spell of 2/7 off four overs by Chris Morris and 46* off just 28 balls by skipper Kevin McKenzie ensured the Lions victory over the Dehli Daredevils by 22 runs in the Champions League T20 semifinal in Durban on Thursday. A lone effort of 50 by controversial England batsman Kevin Pietersen was not enough […]
Defending champions Chelsea, Spanish champions Real Madrid, Premier League champions Manchester City and Arsenal were the big losers on match day three of the UEFA Champions League, while United managed one of their usual Houdini tricks to come back from 0-2 down at home to SP Braga. Chelsea had a shocker, looking all at […]
Tiger Woods birdied no less than five of the back nine holes in his first visit to Malaysia since winning the 1999 World Cup. The former world number one ended the day three strokes behind leader Troy Matteson in the first round of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday. Matteson stroked eight birdies for an 8-under-par round of 63 and […]
The Sharks willfield a strong and experienced side in Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final against Western Province in Durban.Sharks coach John Plumtree has selected nine Springboks in the starting line-up and a further four on the bench. Upfront, Tendai Mtawarira, Craig Burden, Steven Sykes and Willem Alberts have all been included in the starting […]
He was a man revered in sporting circles for his courage and fortitude, diagnosed with testicular cancer, which was at an advanced stage, he came back from a near death experience to win seven Tours de France from 1999 to 2005.
Limpopo police confirmed on Friday morning, that assistant Bafana Bafana coach Thomas Madigage had been killed in an accident near Burgersfort on Thursday night. “We can confirm that he passed away last night between 10pm and midnight,” said Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. Madigage was alone in his car on the R37 – between Polokwane and Burgersfort […]