Mostert, Du Preez back for Boks against the All Blacks
Franco Mostert and Jean-Luc du Preez are back in the Springbok starting team for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against the All Blacks.
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#Lions2017: Bob Skinstad previews rugby’s greatest touring adventure.
Skinstad writes that as a rugby man, there is something exciting on the horizon, and it looms closer as we inch towards the middle of this year.
Jonah Lomu, All Black rugby juggernaut, dies aged 40
Jonah Lomu, the New Zealand rugby player whose World Cup try-scoring feats helped promote the game to a global audience, has died at the age of 40.
Crunch weekend for Bulls, Crusaders in Super Rugby
The lead in the South Africa and Australia conferences is up for grabs this weekend behind tearaway Super Rugby frontrunners Wellington Hurricanes as the Canterbury Crusaders face a must-win game.
CWC post mortem: Why, oh why did Proteas drop Abbott?
Another failure to get to the final has left many South Africans questioning what their side must do to reach one-day international cricket showpiece match.
Kiwis beat South Africa by 4 wickets
In a nail-biting, heart-wrenching semi-final, South Africa narrowly lost to New Zealand by 4 wickets.
Cricket: New Zealand beat South Africa to reach World Cup Final
Johannesburg-born Grant Elliott hit a six off the penultimate ball to take New Zealand into their first World Cup final when they defeated the Proteas by four wickets in a rain-hit semi-final thriller at Eden Park on Tuesday.
Soccer: SA-born De Vries helps part-timers Auckland shock African champions
Auckland City’s John Irving struck in the second-half to secure a shock 1-0 win over Algerian side ES Setif and a place in the Club World Cup semi-finals for the first time on Saturday.
Another blood moon to awe sky watchers, but not in SA, Europe
Stargazers in the Americas and Asia will be treated to a lunar eclipse Wednesday, a celestial show that will bathe the moon in red to create a “blood moon.”
Court issues arrest warrant against Indian captain
MUMBAI (Reuters) – An Indian court issued an arrest warrant against national cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus, according to local media reports. The case was filed last year against the 32-year-old after the cover of an Indian magazine carried a picture of him portrayed … Read more