DEON POTGIETER, Johannesburg | Thursday 1.00pm. SOUTH Africa’s former International Boxing Federation Heavyweight world champion, Francois Botha, will be facing one of the highest rated heavyweights in the world, Shannon Briggs, on August 7 in Las Vegas. The White Buffalo, as Botha is known, almost caused a major upset six months ago when he was […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM: THE Blue Bulls Under-19 Craven Week side showed again that they are peerless in this year’s competition, soundly trouncing the much-vaunted Northern Free State side by 44-0. SA Schools flyhalf Tiaan Snyman was excellent, contributing 19 points with the boot. The Bulls scored five tries. South-Western Districts beat Mpumalanga 13-5. The half time […]
SPRINGBOK scrumhalf Dave Von Hoesslin is happy to play in cold and wet conditions in Dunedin, should those arise. Weather conditions are widely touted as favouring the All Blacks, but Von Hoesslin, and any other Springbok who plays in Cape Town, will be used to soggy, windy, cold weather. The New Zealand side may have […]
KAIZER Chiefs coach Paul Dolezar’s future with the organisation looks uncertain after team director Kaizer Motaung met with top coaches from Germany and Belgium last week. Motaung is expected to make a decision about who will coach the Premier Soccer League’s darling club after consultations this week. Speculation that Chief’s loss to Eseprance of Tunisia […]
FRIDAY, 12.30PM: TELECOMS parastatal Telkom on Thursday launched its ambitious borrowing programme with a $150-million syndicated loan — its first foreign loan without a government guarantee. The loan, signed in Amsterdam on Thursday, is lead managed by ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank and Socit Gnrale. The loan consists of the three-year tranche of $100-million at 45 […]
SCHUTTE BEKKER may be able to play first-class rugby after his mild heart attack seven weeks ago. Bekker has begun walking on the treadmill, and must still be cautious while building up his strength. He hopes to be back for the Blue Bulls by the end of the season. Bekker has a single Springbok cap […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM: AMAZULU Football club skipper Francis Shonai has been given a free transfer by the club after it battled to sell him for a year. Santos FC’s newly appointed CEO Afzal Khan said at his introduction by Santos chairman Goolam Allie in Rondebosch on Thursday that he wants the club to start winning trophies […]
THE battle between Wales and Australia over Jason Jones-Hughes has been won by the Wallabies. Wales named Jones-Hughes for their World Cup squad, and Australia protested, saying it owned the young player. The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) protested to the International Rugby Board (IRB) saying Jones-Hughes played for the Australian Barbarians, formerly Australia A, against […]
WITH Springbok pivot Henry Honiball back in harness Andre Joubert returns to fullback in a powerful Natal Sharks line-up to tackle Free State Cheetahs at King’s Park on Friday. Although Joubert played a major role at flyhalf in the Sharks 27-16 victory over the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld last time out, Honiball’s return has […]
MONDAY, 12.30PM: THE South African side on a short tour of Ireland mauled the Irish bowling in their first limited-overs match at Downpatrick on Friday, scoring 333/9 for in their allotted 50 overs. The Irish sent the South Africans in to bat, and struck quickly, removing the South African top three for 29 runs in […]