Leading 2-1 with 90 minutes on the clock, Big Sam Allardyce must have thought that he had taken the Hammers to the fourth round of the FA Cup at the expense of the premier club in the land, but history told me that United would score in the four minutes of optional time – they […]
Table | Aviva Premiership 2012/13 Pos Team Pld W D L F A TF TA TB LB Pts 1 Leicester Tigers 13 9 1 3 273 186 26 14 3 2 43 2 Harlequins 12 9 0 3 328 243 29 15 3 2 41 3 Saracens 12 9 1 2 245 162 11 10 […]
“Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once.” The night is cold and still. The roads are quiet. The stars are veiled by a white cloth stretching across a weary world. Perhaps even they are weeping, for tonight, South Africa mourns the loss of a champion. In a […]
Mario Balotelli’s volatile relationship with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini appeared to escalate Thursday when they were photographed in an angry altercation during training. Mancini shouted at the Italy striker and grabbed his training bib before the pair were separated. The incident occurred after a tackle by Balotelli on a teammate, according to online news […]
The Dakar returns to South America for a fifth time. The intrepid pilots will start from Lima, Peru, on January 5, and make their way to Santiago, Chile, over the Andes and the Atacama Desert via Argentina. It is till not quite the “Dakar” but the topography and hazardous conditions across the Andes and Atacama […]
Despite an heroic 109 from Dean Brownlie it was an easy victory for South Africa by an innings and 27 runs on day three of the first test against New Zealand at Newlands in Cape Town. 169/4 overnight, Brownlie and Watling took the score 225 before Morkel forced Brownlie to sky one to Petersen at […]
After being in a comfortable position to score a mammoth total the Proteas lost five wickets before declaring on 347/8 a lead of 302. Vernon Philander had no luck at all in the second innings and was the most expensive bowler going at just over four runs to the over without taking a wicket. Martin […]
The effects of playing four games in eleven days took its toll on a couple of the teams, especially those with injuries and those who had to resort to playing some of their second stringers. Big losers over this period were Stoke City, Swansea City, Arsenal and Chelsea who incredibly managed to lose at home […]
The South African Press Association is reporting that South African Olympic mountainbike ace Burry Stander died after being hit by a taxi on Thursday, this has been confirmed by Cycling SA “He was returning from a training ride in Shelly Beach, on the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) south coast, and was hit by a vehicle,” said CSA […]
A magnificent century by Alviro Petersen led to South Africa going in at stumps on day one of the first cricket test against New Zealand at Newlands in Cape Town on 252/3 a lead of 207 with seven first innings wickets still standing. After skpper Graeme Smith was out for a single, Petersen and Amla […]