FILE | Bafana Bafana versus Egypt at AFCON The Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture has wished Bafana Bafana success for their game on Sunday night. Bafana Bafana take on Cameroon at the El Barid Stadium in their last 16 knockout encounter. Committee chairperson Joe McGluwa has described the game as a big moment…
A soccer ball on the stadium pitch. Aston Villa roared into 2026 with a resounding 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest that lifted them to second in the Premier League table as Wolverhampton Wanderers finally managed to get their first league win of the season at the 20th attempt. Wolves, who collected a mere three points…
The Lions have secured a dramatic 23-22 win over the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship in Durban. The visitors scored in the dying seconds of the match to record their fourth win of the URC season. The Sharks, though, ran in four tries to three. The URC will now take a three-week break, with…
Morocco’s coach Walid Regragui Africa Cup of Nations hosts Morocco have been warned not to get too confident about their chances in Sunday’s last-16 clash against underdogs Tanzania, with coach Walid Regragui saying lack of humility has cost them in the past. Morocco are the top ranked team at the tournament and runaway favourites and…
Experienced Quinton De Kock gets the nod for the T20 World Cup South African cricket coach Shukri Conrad has named his 15-player squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be held in India and Sri Lanka from the 7th of next month. The only real surprise was the exclusion of batters Ryan Rickelton…
Senegal players during an AFCON match. Senegal has become the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Teranga Lions beat Sudan three-one in Tanger. Pape Gueye scored two goals with Ibrahim Mbaye also on target for the West Africans while Aamir Abdallah scored a consolation…
Bafana Bafana in Marrakech, Morocco. The Round of 16 fixtures of the 2025/26 Africa Cup of Nations tournament have now been confirmed. South Africa will be up against five-time champions, Cameroon, in Rabat on Sunday evening. Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos guided the Indomitable Lions to one of their five titles eight years ago. And…
Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi with teammates. The past three Africa Cup of Nations finals were littered with giant slaying performances and shock results but the latest edition in Morocco has gone with form and assured a heavyweight line-up of teams for the knockout fixtures at the weekend. The first round of matches concluded on Wednesday with…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in action Gabon’s government have announced the suspension of the national team, the sacking of the coach and kicked Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang off the squad in the wake of three defeats at the Africa Cup of Nations finals. Gabon’s Minister of Sports announced on television the suspension of the national team after they finished…
Former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca reacts after a match. Chelsea have parted ways with manager Enzo Maresca, the Premier League club said on Thursday, after the London side won just one of their last seven league games. The Italian, who joined Chelsea in 2024 after steering Leicester City to Premier League promotion, guided the London…
