Sun May 19 06:44:48 SAST 2013

Baxter, Khune not done

COACH Stuart Baxter and goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune of newly crowned Absa Premiership winners Kaizer Chiefs have been nominated for the Absa Premiership Coach of the Season and Goalkeeper of the Season awards.   142 Comments

2012/13 Nedbank Cup final tickets sold out

The 2012/13 Nedbank Cup Final to be played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban has been sold out eight days before the fixture.   4 Comments

Golden boot up for grabs

BERNARD Parker fired blanks against SuperSport United on Wednesday night and that would have left Katlego Mashego grinning.   29 Comments

This title's special for Khune

FEW would argue that captain Itumeleng Khune hasn't played a starring role in Kaizer Chiefs' "reclaim the glory" tale. The goalkeeper has been singled out by opposition coaches as one of the stars of the show in Amakhosi's championship- winning season after an eight-year drought.   10 Comments

Injuries spoilt players' season

AS THE curtain comes down on the PSL season, those who have seen little or no action will be happy to see the back of it.   22 Comments

Beckham calls time on stellar career

Football megastar David Beckham announced on Thursday that he is to retire after a glittering 20-year playing career in which he became one of the most widely recognised figures in world sport.   7 Comments

African Warriors boss Khumalo dies

TOP soccer administrator and African Warriors chairman Jabu "Little Corporal" Khumalo has died at the age of 51 after a short illness.   2 Comments

Some of the best buys in Premier League this term

EVEN though there haven't really been any outfield players who sizzled in a season largely dominated by goalkeepers, there have been good buys worth recognition.   6 Comments

Ngobeni may rejoin Pirates

CLIFFORD Ngobeni could return to Orlando Pirates for the 2013-2014 season where he would hope to reignite his floundering career, but he is still locked in a pay dispute with the club and Lamontville Golden Arrows.   11 Comments

Spurs hope for gunners slip

MANCHESTER - Tottenham Hotspur hope to turn the tables on bitter rivals Arsenal on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday by snatching a top-four finish at their expense.   0 Comments

SA boxers fail in Oz bids

MALCOLM Klassen and Sipho Taliwe did not heed Lovemore Ndou's advice of not allowing their fights in Australia yesterday to be decided by judges - and they paid the price.   1 Comments
 

Middendorp's future not secure

DESPITE guiding Maritzburg United well clear of the relegation zone, Ernst Middendorp's future at the KwaZulu-Natal club is in doubt.   3 Comments

Atletico desperate to get Real

MADRID - Rarely in world football has a major team gone so many years without beating their local rivals as Atletico Madrid.   0 Comments

United's warning to Chiefs

SUPERSPORT United have issued some brotherly advice to Kaizer Chiefs: don't bring along any champagne for tomorrow's Absa Premiership clash in Polokwane to avoid huge disappointment.   13 Comments

Rantie shows Sweden how

TOKELO Rantie netted for Malmo after just 55 seconds with a superb goal at the weekend to add to his growing collection of top strikes.   6 Comments

Cairo giants don't scare Pirates

ORLANDO Pirates players are not intimidated by being drawn in the same group as Egyptian giants Al-Ahly and Zamalek for the African Champions League group stages.   46 Comments

A record AmaZulu don't need

AMAZULU are on the verge of setting an unwanted new club record for the lowest number of goals scored in a Premier Soccer League season.   3 Comments

Rio Ferdinand's not going to Rio

LONDON - England and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand announced his retirement from international soccer yesterday.   1 Comments

Man City sack manager Mancini

Roberto Mancini was sacked as manager of Manchester City on Monday-- a year to the day after leading the club to the English Premier League title.   3 Comments

Knock tomlinson out, ndou warns Klassen

IF MALCOLM "The Stone" Klassen yearns to come back from Australia as the IBO junior lightweight champion, then he must not allow his title challenge against Australian champion Will "Wild Will" Tomlinson today to be decided by the judges.   0 Comments

Sedibeng's fighters to face off

THE "Battle of Supremacy" between Sedibeng fighters Bongani "Wonderboy" Mahlangu and Themba "Slow Poison" Lesiba will take place at the Orlando Communal Hall.   0 Comments

Mayweather in dominant mood

LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather showed little sign of ring rust after a year out of the sport as he used sublime defence and a steady parade of right hands to dominate fellow American Robert Guerrero and retain his WBC welterweight championship on Saturday.   5 Comments

Plan to take boxing to a new level ready

THE Premier Boxing League - the brainchild of former SABC television boxing commentator Dicksy Ngqula - will be launched on May 16 but Boxing South Africa's (BSA) director of operations Loyiso Mtya already cant stop gushing.   0 Comments

Klitschko subdues gutsy foe Pianeta

BERLIN - World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko defended his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts on Saturday as he outclassed challenger Francesco Pianeta with a sixth-round knockout to register the 60th win of his career.   2 Comments

Eastern Cape rules the ring again

EASTERN Cape has reclaimed its spot as the Mecca of boxing in South Africa, thanks to the provincial government's backing of promoters' attempts to keep boxers active - with or without television.   0 Comments

Mamabolo gears for another victory

NEWLY crowned Comrades Marathon champion Ludwick Mamabolo has lined up two races in Limpopo as part of his final preparations for the Up-Run on June 2.   6 Comments

Kuwait launches sports clubs for women

Muneera al-Shatti has loved playing basketball since she was a child but it wasn't until Thursday that she had chance to show off her skills at a public arena in Kuwait.   0 Comments

Arendse now oldest pro footballer in SA's history

ANDRE Arendse became the oldest player in professional football history in this country when he played for BidVest Wits against Pretoria University, beating by months a more than 30-year-old record.   20 Comments

Drug-free weighs Mamabolo case

THE SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport will meet its legal team over the next few days to study the decision of an independent disciplinary committee that cleared ultra-marathoner Ludwick Mamabolo of a doping offence.   13 Comments

Chanel impresses at Soweto Open

CHANEL Simmonds will again have to dispose of another compatriot today to advance to the quarterfinals of the women's Soweto Open at the Arthur Ashe Complex.   0 Comments

Stormers fined by Sanzar

SYDNEY - The Stormers have been fined close to R230000 by Sanzar after club members were found guilty of insulting and offensive conduct towards a match official in their Super 15 match against the Hurricanes last month.   0 Comments

John Smit hangs up his boots

FORMER Springbok skipper John Smit has formally retired after Saracens lost the English Premiership semifinal 27-13 against the Northampton Saints on Sunday.   0 Comments

Chanel to challenge old foe

CHANEL Simmonds yesterday won in straight sets to become the only South African player to progress to the quarterfinals of the Soweto Open.   0 Comments

Kings not willing to be deposed

DESPITE three straight defeats, the Southern Kings are adamant they are not focusing on a possible "winner-takes-all" promotion-relegation showdown against the Lions in July.   0 Comments

Eastern Cape rugby 'on the rise'

RUGBY in Eastern Cape - as the provincial union's slogan suggests - is "on the rise". Much of this is because there is now big-time rugby in the province, with the Southern Kings involved in Super Rugby, says former Springbok Robbie Kempson.   0 Comments

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