SPOTLIGHT: The Currie Cup season is heading into the home stretch and seven of their eight teams are still alive in the play-off race – some hanging by a thread. The tabled-topping Bulls, second-placed Lions and Cheetahs have their destinies in their own hands. The fourth-placed Sharks, with the...

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Several young players delivered timely performances ahead of the all-important series against New Zealand, but it remains to be seen how the Springboks will address their second row crisis. Rassie Erasmus could not have asked for a better outcome on the two-match tour to Australia. The Boks buried an 11-year...

Sacha and Dixon dazzle, but Rassie faces big call at lock

REACTION: Despite the loss to the back-to-back World Cup Springboks in Perth on Saturday, Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt felt his side was always in the fight. The Springboks made it two-from-two against the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship in front of 58,197 fans at a soggy Perth Stadium. The Wallabies...

Mixed feelings for Wallabies coach

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Rugby Championship Round Two encounter between Australia and South Africa in Perth. Ten changes may suggest the Springboks are sending a B-Team into battle. However, can the Wallabies improve enough from last week to take advantage?. * To read our...

RECAP: Australia v South Africa

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Rugby Championship Round Two encounter between New Zealand and Argentina at Eden Park in Auckland. Can Los Pumas repeat their upset of the All Blacks at a stadium where no one has won since 1994?. * To read our pre-match...

RECAP: New Zealand v Argentina

REACTION: Sharks Currie Cup captain Nick Hatton singled out the Sharks’ belief following their last gasp 25-20 win over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. Sharks head coach JP Pietersen praised his side for taking their opportunities and the group’s fight to get the result away from home. “It wasn’t...

Belief won it for Sharks

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Currie Cup Round Seven encounter between the Cheetahs and the Sharks in Bloemfontein. Both teams are playing catch-up – the defending champion Cheetahs chasing the top spot and the Sharks a place in the play-offs. * To read our...

RECAP: Cheetahs v Sharks

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Currie Cup Round Seven encounter between the Griffons and Griquas in Welkom. * Our live blog will appear below, it might take a little while to load, so please be patient. We apologise for the inconvenience!. Watch the exclusive reveal-all...

RECAP: Griffons v Griquas

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The series win in the West Indies has left the team with a chance of making the final at Lord's next year

Coach Conrad thrilled with South Africa's shot at WTC 'pot of gold'

MATCH REPORT: Griquas recorded their second win of the season when they routed the Griffons 59-7 in their Currie Cup Round Seven encounter in Welkom on Sunday. The nine tries to one win still left Griquas in second-from-last on the table, but opened a. 11-point gap over the bottom-placed Griffons.

Griquas rout gnarly Griffons in basement battle

AUDIO: The Lions continued with their winning ways in the Currie Cup and are challenging the top spot in the standings after their emphatic win over Western Province at Ellis Park on Saturday. With their five tries bonus-point win the Lions cemented their position in second place (28), just three...

AUDIO: Renzo is causing havoc says Nkosi

India's U19 women's cricket team, the defending champions, will compete against West Indies, Sri Lanka, and host Malaysia in Group A of the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025, set to kick off on January 18, 2025. The tournament will feature 16 teams across 41 matches, concluding with the final on February 2. Matches will be held at four venues in Malaysia, with Bayuemas Oval hosting all Group A games and the final. Samoa will make its World Cup debut in Group C, which also includes New Zealand and South Africa. The event underscores ICC's commitment to promoting women's cricket globally.

U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025: India grouped with WI, Sri Lanka and Malaysia

South Africa will be hoping for some good news of the status of stand-in captain Salmaan Moerat, after the lock left the field with concussion midway through the first half of their 30-12 victory in wet and slippery conditions in Perth. The four-time World Cup champions scored four tries in...

VIDEO: Concussion concern for victorious Boks

REACTION: Western Province Currie Cup assistant coach Dawie Snyman praised the influence of the experienced players in his side that went down to the Lions by 22-41 at Ellis Park on Saturday. It was a disappointing result for the Cape Town based side who failed to take a single log...

Snyman lauds WP stalwarts

All Black coach Scott Robertson isn’t prepared to get involved in mind games with Springbok rival Rassie Erasmus ahead of the two upcoming Rugby Championship Tests. After splitting honours one-all with Argentina, New Zealand will travel to South Africa to chase the tournament leaders. The Springboks completed another bonus...

VIDEO: Razor ready to lock horns with 'clever' Rassie

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Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal are facing off in the 2024 Saudi Super Cup final at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City. Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half goal, scored with a precise touch on a perfect cross, has put Al-Nassr ahead 1-0 at halftime.

Cristiano Ronaldo moves closer to sensational goalscoring record with goal in 2024 Saudi Super Cup

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The U.S. men’s national team has announced it will face Mexico in a friendly on October 15 in Guadalajara.
The match will take place at the Estadio Akron, home to Liga MX power Chivas, and one of the three venues in Mexico hosting matches in the 2026 World Cup.
Kickoff  is set for 10:30 p.m. ET, with the game set to be broadcast on TNT and Max. 
The match looks likely to be the second in charge for Mauricio Pochettino, with the Argentine and U.S. Soccer reportedly reaching an agreement over a deal to take over as USMNT head coach.
The move hasn’t...

USMNT announces October friendly vs. Mexico in Guadalajara

NEWS: Exeter and Wales lock Dafydd Jenkins is set to miss the start of the new season after undergoing knee and shoulder surgery. Rob Baxter, Exeter’s director of rugby, said it was still a “little bit fluid” when it came to a date for the 21-year-old second row’s playing return, but that he would be unavailable for the English Premiership opener against Leicester on September 21.

Wales star Jenkins to miss start of new season

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: SA Under-18 coach James Winstanley has made 10 rotational changes to his starting team from the side that beat Ireland, for Tuesday’s U18 International Series clash with England at Paarl Boys’ High School. The South Africans scored a superb victory over a strong Irish outfit on...

SA U18s make 10 changes for England clash

Leverkusen (Germany) (AFP) – Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen beat Stuttgart 4-3 on penalties in the season-opening German Super Cup on Saturday, winning the trophy for the first time. Victor Boniface's 11th-minute goal was cancelled out four minutes later when Stuttgart's Enzo Millot levelled. Leverkusen were then reduced to 10 men...

Leverkusen defeat Stuttgart on penalties to win German Super Cup

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Player ratings: Argentina

OPINION: New Zealand got their Rugby Championship campaign back on track with a first-half blitzing of Argentina to secure a 42–10 win in Auckland. The victory...

Player ratings: Argentina

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