| Sun, 05 February 2012 | Hi | Lo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 22° Johannesburg | Partly cloudy | 29C° | 21C° |
 | 27° Cape Town | Clear skies | 37C° | 23C° |
 | 25° Durban | Partly cloudy | 30C° | 22C° |
 | 19° Port Elizabeth | Cloudy | 24C° | 17C° |
| East London | Cloudy | 25C° | 18C° |
Safa gives Pitso ultimatum
SOUTH African Football Association has given Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane an ultimatum: Get to the final of next year's Africa Cup of Nations - or else. 101 Comments
Safa sets targets for national teams
SOUTH African Football Association laid out plans for all their national sides to be in the top three in Africa by 2020 and inside the world's top 20 in the longer term. 7 CommentsPoor crowd turn-out at African football games
LIBREVILLE - A depressingly common sight at many 2012 Africa Cup of Nations games has been the ranks of empty seats at stadia in both Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. 0 CommentsAFCON schedule
LIBREVILLE - Schedule of knockout round matches at the Africa Cup of Nation finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (kick-off times GMT): 1 Comments
Afcon redeems itself with flair
FOOTBALL isn't just about quality, sometimes it's also about excitement and the creation of memories, and the group stages of the Afcon provided two moments that will live forever in the minds of those who witnessed them. 4 Comments
April skips SA championships
LUSAPHO April is giving this year's national marathon championships a miss because he is afraid of spoiling his chances at the London Olympics in August. 1 CommentsEx-Zim football boss arrested
Former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested Thursday on charges of corruption, bribery and match-fixing, state television said. 1 CommentsEgypt tragedy observed
LIBREVILLE - A minute of silence will be observed at the Africa Cup of Nations this weekend in memory of the scores killed and hundreds injured when rival fans clashed in Egypt on Wednesday. 1 CommentsD-Day for goal-line technology
BERLIN - A final decision on the introduction of goal-line technology is set for July 2, world football governing body Fifa said. 0 Comments
Jozi run to mark Rights Day
MOTORISTS and pedestrians who happened to pass the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg on Tuesday night should be forgiven for thinking that people were belatedly celebrating the dawn of the new year. 2 CommentsCalls to strip Terry of armband
LONDON - England captain John Terry faced mounting calls to be stripped of the armband yesterday after the Chelsea star's trial on racial abuse charges was delayed until July. 0 CommentsCan Barca end poor run?
MADRID - Barcelona are in the unusual position of having drawn their last three matches as they prepare for tomorrow's home La Liga game against Real Sociedad and Pep Guardiola's unwillingness to commit to a new contract is not helping settle jangled nerves. 3 Comments
Toffees loan lifts Pienaar
BAFANA Bafana captain Steven Pienaar got some peace of mind minutes before the January transfer window closed on Tuesday night - a loan deal back to his former club Everton until the end of the season. 20 CommentsGhana top group after Guinea draw
Ghana drew 1-1 with Guinea here Wednesday to finish top of Group D and qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals 0 Comments
Terry pleads not guilty to racism charge
LONDON - Chelsea and England soccer captain John Terry pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of racially abusing opponent Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October. 0 Comments
Celtic want Mulenga's side of story
BLOEMFONTEIN Celtic are waiting for Clifford Mulenga to explain himself after he was expelled from the Zambian squad at the Africa Cup of Nations tournament under way in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. 6 Comments
UEFA controls put brakes on spending
LONDON - European football's January transfer window closed on Tuesday with clubs reining in the lavish spending of recent years in an apparent response to Uefa's strict new financial controls. 0 Comments
Afcon breaks the mould
MALABO - Uefa President Michel Platini, a staunch supporter of Europe's smaller teams, may be casting an envious eye towards Africa, which has seen a dramatic levelling out in the past two years. 4 Comments
Mayweather to box Cotto
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will challenge Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight title on May 5, less than a month before the American is due to report to jail. 27 Comments
Boxing great Teofilo Stevenson out of hospital
Olympic heavyweight champ spent 15 days in intensive care after doctors detected a clot in an artery near his heart 0 Comments
Taliwe happy to play underdog
SIPHO "Tsunami" Taliwe admits that he is still the most underrated boxer in South Africa despite continuing to blow his opponents away. 0 CommentsNew rules for Super 15
NEW disciplinary rules will go on trial during this year's Super 15 competition in an effort to create a more effective and consistent system. 0 CommentsMokoka bolstered by Ramaala
RISING South African marathon star Stephen Mokoka is excited about the return of experienced campaigner Hendrick Ramaala, who has also qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. 0 CommentsSoftball icon dies
THE founder member of one of the oldest softball clubs in the country, who died in Pretoria after a long illness, is to be buried on Saturday. 1 Comments
Djokovic to rest for Davis Cup
BELGRADE - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will not play in Serbia's Davis Cup match against Sweden this month. 0 Comments
An African at the Super Bowl
AFRICA will have a representative on Sunday in that most American of sports events, the Super Bowl. 0 Comments
Beast faces long lay-off
SOUTH Africa prop Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira has been ruled out of rugby for three to four months after breaking his ankle, the Sharks have confirmed. 0 Comments
Dippenaar in sevens mix
STEPHAN Dippenaar, the former Bulls centre, will make his Springbok Sevens debut in Wellington this weekend after he was named in the Blitzbokke team for the New Zealand Sevens tournament. 0 CommentsFrom Yalo's pen
