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Is the sport too hungry for money to care about what Tyson Fury has said he believes? It would certainly seem so.
The Australian has outrageous talent with a racquet, although his tongue and antics steal the show more often than his talent
The English are celebrating England’s recent domination of the European league competitions, but how ‘English’ are their top clubs?
What to get for the billionaire football club owner who has everything? A coach who has won almost nothing.
Imagine the calm that hovers in the half-light before Muhsin Ertugral’s alarm clock heralds the start of another day of madness.
According to Ali Bacher, his only job as South Africa’s captain was to win the toss. That done, his team duly whipped the opposition.
Had Makhaya Ntini strode the civilised streets of Florence and Venice a century or five ago, Michelangelo might have chosen to chisel flared nostrils.
Could it be that even at Lord’s tradition counts for zilch? Indeed, it could, as Graeme Smith and his men found in the first Test against England.
With bearded behemoth Louis Moolman at lock, knuckle-dusters made flesh like Thys Lourens on the flank, Bugs Bunny’s lovechild Naas Botha at flyhalf and the effortless class of…
Ah, Lord’s, that oasis of tradition in a world given over to instant, facile gratification of every which flavour. Yes, dear Lord’s, where time doesn’t dare move forward one tick…
Who do Andre Nel’s supporters think he is? A better bowler than Charl Langeveldt, or perhaps in some other way superior? Or are they labouring under the falsehood that Nel is an…
South Africa fast bowler Charl Langeveldt withdrew on Tuesday from next month’s tour to India after his selection had caused controversy. Langeveldt, who is black, was included…
Dale Steyn used to be a well-scrubbed bloke who wore a goofy grin that wobbled harmlessly under starry, starry eyes. He was polite and cheerful, and he could bowl a bit. He…
Stefan Terblanche scored the try that sealed the Sharks’ 17-10 win over the Western Force in their Super 14 match in Durban on Friday. Fullback Terblanche, who was not in the 22…
To the long list of people who would urge Norman Arendse rather to spend his considerable energies on saving the Bengal Tiger from a fate worse than the aphrodisiacs industry,…
South Africa announced their squad to tour Bangladesh on Monday after a week of disagreements among the country’s cricket officials. The squad, which is scheduled to leave for…
Trish Pollock might disagree, but what the hell: there is nothing sexy about her husband. Not for him the off-duty rock-star life loved and lived by Herschelle Gibbs, nor the…
Disagreement between South Africa’s selectors and administrators has delayed naming the squad to tour Bangladesh this month. The list of players was due to be decided on Tuesday…
Jacques Kallis scored a century to guide South Africa to a one-day series win over West Indies on Sunday. South Africa won by seven wickets with eight balls to spare to take an…
South Africa beat West Indies by 86 runs in the second one-day international on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The home side totalled 255 for nine before…
