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Daniel Gallan
Daniel Gallan is a Johannesburg-born freelance journalist living in London, UK. He is constantly searching for the intersecting lines between sport and politics, to show that the games we play reflect who we are as a society.
Test cricket is dead, but not for the eager Proteas
Even before the demise of this format of the game was predicted, the women’s team had little opportunity to experience and enjoy it
Path to the Proteas is strewn with thorny issues
In the first of a two-part series about the journey to become a member of the women’s senior national cricket team, the various challenges of development at school level are…
Russia sanctions reveal sport’s hypocrisy
Whatever the outcome in Ukraine, a thread has been tugged, unravelling sport’s entanglement with geopolitics.
Can Test cricket be saved from the Big Three?
Test cricket is broken because India, England and Australia, who dominate the format, eat alone at the main table while other Test-playing nations compete for crumbs. Can the…
Coronavirus and the virtual sports revolution
In a country with more than 35 000 Covid-19-related deaths at the time of writing and an economy staring into an uncertain abyss, the fate of an incomplete football season really…
When SA cricket went right, Wayne Parnell went left
The former Proteas bowler set the scene alight when he was introduced to international cricket. But now he is essentially a freelancer
What it means to be a black Springbok
"Manana hopes that the book will help shine a revealing light on the Rainbow Nation narrative that still desperately clings to the Springboks"
Caster runs into trouble again
A new study says higher testosterone levels give women athletes advantage
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography
How does a person place himself in the current South African discourse when he is young, white and male? As someone who ticks all three boxes, this is a question I ask regularly…
Proteas must all bloom to steal show
For SA to lift the trophy, the efforts of the whole team and not just the star players will be needed
Should men be included in the conversation about rape and women abuse?
It might placate the gender wars if a reconciliatory approach to healing is adopted
Banyana captain earns her stripes in the US
The South African defender is determined to leave her mark and adjust to her new life.
School sport on Nxesi’s radar
The minister wants an SABC sports channel, and for less-privileged kids to get more active
Smart money is on Clever Boys for title
A maiden PSL trophy is within Bidvest Wits’ reach, but they’re still taking it one game at a time.
Senatla’s plans for world domination
The Blitzboks speedster is entering Super Rugby with a firm eye on the Springbok jersey.