DEVELOPMENTS AT SAFA After the chief executive officer Advocate Tebogo Motlanthe resigned with immediate effect, the South African Football Association moved with great haste and appointed Lydia Monyepao to fill the vacancy. Monyepao is well-known in national football circles after her appointment in 2021 as SAFA's Chief Operations Officer. Monyepao…
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez beat Britain's John Ryder in front of 50,000 raucous Mexican fans on a historic night in Guadalajara. The Mexican champion defended his undisputed super-middleweight crown on points despite a spirited display by Ryder at Estadio Akron. Alvarez, 32, dominated the fight and dropped Ryder in round five,…
EGYPT LEG WRAP The Cape Town Tigers joined Petro de Luanda, Al Ahly and Ferroviário da Beira as the final team from the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Nile Conference to qualify for the playoffs in Kigali (May 20-27) with an 80-70 win over City Oilers. In the subsequent final game…
MAKING SENSE OF SAFA CEO’S RESIGNATION South African Football Association chief executive officer Tebogo Motlanthe resigned from his position on Friday. Motlanthe was appointed by the local football governing body in January 2021 replacing Gay Mokoena having previously served as the organization's legal officer. At 39, Advocate Motlanthe became the…
LIMPOPO FOOTBALL DYING A SLOW DEATH The football community in Limpopo suffered a major setback last weekend when two of its clubs, Black Leopards and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila FC (TTM), were relegated from the South African professional ranks. Leopards and TTM have been axed from the Motsepe Foundation Championship, the…
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced that the 2022/23 Nedbank Cup final will be played at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane on Saturday, May 27. The final will be between the winners of this weekend’s semi-finals which sees Kaizer Chiefs take on Orlando Pirates in a Soweto derby, while…
The Blue Bulls Company (BBCo) has confirmed the 35-women roster of contracted players for the Bulls Daisies over the next two seasons. ● The Bulls Daisies are the first women’s team to be offered professional contracts in the history of South African Rugby. They will be competing in the domestic…
Talented hitmakers Sgom and DJ Fortee have released a new song titled “Daardie Ding,” featuring contributions from Mckenzie and Optimist Music ZA. Mzansi is all about having fun. Sgom knows this, and that’s why he always delivers the best tunes. The talented hitmaker is back with new music. We last…
INTERVIEW – DIADORA JOZI CUP Reuben Mandlazi – Head of Cricket Services at Lions Cricket. The Diadora Jozi Cup is a community based winter cricket club competition spanning various age groups from under 11 through to the Veterans group which includes both boys and girls, men and women. The competition…
INTERVIEW - F1 Prince Ndiweni – 0765816876 Sergio Perez won Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix with teammate Max Verstappen in second to ram home Red Bull's supremacy over the rest of the Formula One grid. Ferrari's pole-sitter Charles Leclerc completed the podium, a respectable third. Perez, winner of Saturday's sprint in…
Canada forward Janine Beckie has joined the growing chorus calling for better research into the prevalence of injuries in women's soccer, saying that alarm bells would ring if their male counterparts were suffering the same fate. The 28-year-old, who helped Canada capture gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is among…
The Springbok Women's Sevens team were crowned champions of the first world rugby sevens challenger series tournament in a cold and wet Stellenbosch on saturday when they beat Belgium by 17-10 in a pulsating Final. It means the South Africans finished the tournament unbeaten after they booked their place in…
27 April is marked Freedom Day in South Africa. The Temba Bavuma Foundation will be rolling up their sleeves and doing good work at the Frida Hartley Shelter. The Proteas captain and Founder of the Foundation, Temba Bavuma will join us on the line for a quick chat about this…
The Basketball Africa League heads to Egypt and anchor Quintin Denyssen will preview the league’s Nile Conference group phase from April 26 – May 6.
25 Apr 2023 5AM
14 min
320 – 340
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