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Can boxing bear the heavy weight of Tyson’s fury?
Is the sport too hungry for money to care about what Tyson Fury has said he believes? It would certainly seem so.
Nick Kyrgios can play, he just doesn’t want to
The Australian has outrageous talent with a racquet, although his tongue and antics steal the show more often than his talent
Political football: Is sport today a new form of colonialism?
The English are celebrating England’s recent domination of the European league competitions, but how ‘English’ are their top clubs?
Hope won’t win trophies
What to get for the billionaire football club owner who has everything? A coach who has won almost nothing.
Muhsin Ertugral: Not one to swear by
Imagine the calm that hovers in the half-light before Muhsin Ertugral’s alarm clock heralds the start of another day of madness.
Smith’s shaky support
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.
Ntini slows down
Had Makhaya Ntini strode the civilised streets of Florence and Venice a century or five ago, Michelangelo might have chosen to chisel flared nostrils.
It’s a long way from Lord’s to Headingley
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.
Bulls caught flat-footed
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…
Lord’s, a drying oasis
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…
Charl Langeveldt is in denial
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…
Langeveldt pulls out of India tour
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 has arrived
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…
Terblanche scores key try for Sharks
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…
Who will tame the tiger?
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,…