IOC President Thomas Bach speaks to Reuters – Costa Navarino, Pylos, Greece 2 minutes Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was named honorary president for life on Wednesday, with the German due to step down in June after 12 years in charge. The proposal was passed by acclamation with a teary-eyed Bach, whose successor will…
Simone AVONDETTO and Luca BRAIDOT win the Prologue of the 2025 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held at Meerendal Wine Estate, Cape Town, South Africa on the 16th March 2025. Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic 1 minute The Italian duo of Luca Braidot and Simone Avondetto has won the second stage of the…
Bafanan Bafana coach Hugo Broos. 1 minute Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has expressed frustration over what he calls the lack of transparency and communication concerning players’ availability. Broos was bemoaning the unavailability of players such as Orlando Pirates talisman, Patrick Maswanganyi, who will miss out on Bafana World Cup qualifying games against Lesotho and Benin. Bafana…
IOC President Thomas Bach 3 minutes The International Olympic Committee executive board on Monday recommended the inclusion of boxing in the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, ending a years-long saga regarding the sport’s Olympic future. The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step towards the sport’s inclusion in the…
FC Barcelona’s Ferran Torres scores their fourth goal. 2 minutes Barcelona’s Ferran Torres scored twice to help secure a late 4-2 comeback win at Atletico Madrid in a pulsating LaLiga clash yesterday that took the Catalans back to the top of the table. Barca have 60 points and a game in hand after last week’s…
Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak in action with Liverpool’s Caoimhin Kelleher and Virgil van Dijk 1 minute Newcastle United ended a 70-year domestic trophy drought as they beat Liverpool 2-1 to win the League Cup with goals in each half by Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sparking a Geordie party at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Local…
A soccer ball on the stadium pitch. 3 minutes There have been plenty of activities in various towns in Limpopo to mobilise soccer fans to attend the Bafana Bafana FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho on Friday. The two Southern African nations will go head-to-head at the new Peter Mokaba Stadium in Limpopo. The local…
Royal AM players during a match. 1 minute Football supporters in the country are still waiting to hear who the successful bidder is to take ownership of the cash-strapped KwaZulu-Natal Premiership club, Royal AM. The curator who decided to put the club under the hammer because of SARS debt amounting to approximately R40 million, is…
A soccer ball on the stadium pitch. 1 minute Orlando Pirates have revived their ambition to challenge for league honours this season. Pirates beat Sundowns 2-1 in the Betway Premiership fixture played at the FNB Stadium earlier this afternoon. Bucs, who are still four games behind Sundowns, have now reduced the gap at the top…
Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber in action with Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella 2 minutes Arsenal defeated London rivals Chelsea 1-0 for their first win in four Premier League games on Sunday as a headed goal by stand-in striker Mikel Merino boosted their faint hopes of catching up with runaway leaders Liverpool. Merino scored in the 20th minute when…
