Proud baseball representatives fly Bay flag high at national event
Two proud representatives from the Mandela Bay Baseball Association will fly the Bay’s flag high when they don South Africa’s colors at the under-23 African Championships.
Eymael out, Mpengesi confirms Vilakazi as Chippa’s new coach
Chippa United boss Siviwe Mpengesi has confirmed to The Herald that Vusumuzi Vilakazi will replace Luc Eymael as the club’s new head coach.
Five years of exciting growth for Khulani AC
The Khulani Athletics Club, based largely, but not solely, in Mdantsane will celebrate their fifth anniversary in November and what an incredible five years of growth they have enjoyed.
EL trio gunning for provincial rival dominance in Gqeberha
Three East London boxers will travel to Nelson Mandela Bay, determined to prove their region’s dominance when the two provincial rivals clash in a tournament dubbed Gqeberha versus EL at the Lillian Ngoyi Hall on Saturday.
Kuse jets out to realise world title dream
Mdantsane’s Siyakholwa Kuse jetted out to the Philippines on Tuesday with the double mission of realising his world title dream and breaking the curse of Eastern Cape boxers never having won a WBC title. Kuse will challenge Filipino Melvin Jerusalem for the WBC mini-flyweight belt — considered the most coveted in boxing — on Wednesday next week.
Proteas get fifth World Cup win in a row in rain-hit game against Pakistan
The Proteas Women marched to their fifth consecutive win and the top of the table as they beat the rain and Pakistan by 150 runs via the DLS Method in their ICC Women’s World Cup match in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Tuesday evening. Rain played havoc with the fixture at the R Premadasa Stadium and it was a feat that a result was achieved in the end as Pakistan stumbled to 83 for seven while chasing 234 for victory in only 20 overs, after a number of revisions due to persistent rain.
Stubbs restores Proteas’ confidence with hard-working half century
Two wickets in the last half an hour for the elderly debutant Asif Afridi, removed the gloss off a workmanlike effort produced by Tristan Stubbs and Tony de Zorzi and kept Pakistan in the ascendancy in the second Test. The Proteas delivered a Test batting ‘throw-back’ digging in and scoring at around two runs and over for much of their innings on Tuesday and just when it seemed the fruits of all that labour could be enjoyed, Afridi removed De Zorzi and then Dewald Brevis to leave SA on 185/4 ...
No hard feelings between Mayo and Mmodi over that ‘offside goal’
There are no hard feelings between Kaizer Chiefs players Khanyisa Mayo and Pule Mmodi after that much-publicised and embarrassing ‘offside goal’ bungle against AmaZulu earlier this month.
Proteas Women aim to stay ruthless in Colombo
Winning breeds winning, and the Proteas Women will be determined to build on the consistency they have displayed of late when they face Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World Cup at the R Premedasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday (11.30am). Laura Wolvaardt’s team have been irrepressible while winning all of their last four matches.
Shock and fury as Cape Town Marathon cancelled
There was surprise and, in some quarters, great displeasure after the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon was called off on Sunday morning with organisers saying both the venue and route were deemed unsafe for runners and spectators. High winds lashed Cape Town overnight, leading to structures at the start and finish lines being blown over, which prompted organisers to cancel the event by sending bulk WhatsApp messages to the 24,000 competitors shortly before 5am on Sunday.
Proteas their own worst enemy on frustrating first day
Even though they were the superior team in the second half of the first day, Monday was still a deeply frustrating start to the second Test for the Proteas. Pakistan were 259/5 at stumps at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, and hold the upper hand even though they weren’t as progressive as they were in Lahore, when Shan Masood also won the toss, and chose to bat.
Sponsors ‘said they would leave’: Motsepe on why he ran for second term at Caf
Patrice Motsepe says he stood for a second term as Confederation of African Football (Caf) president because major sponsors he helped pull in threatened to leave too if he left. Caf this month announced a profit “for the first time in several years” for the 2023-24 financial year along with several major new investments in infrastructure and development, plus new payments to clubs taking part in its competitions and increases in prizemoney.
Ngxeke defection takes new twist
The saga over Landile Ngxeke’s boxing defection took another twist on Wednesday when his new team announced his approval to contest for the vacant IBF bantamweight title on the same day his former pro
Sundowns put a foot in group stage blowing Remo away in Abuja
Sundowns put a foot in group stage blowing Remo away in Abuja
