Football: AmaTuks to host Bloem Celtic at LC de Villiers Stadium Posted: Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Local National First Division (NFD) promotion hopefuls, University of Pretoria will host Premier Soccer League (PSL) relegation candidates Bloemfontein Celtic at the LC de Villiers Stadium in Hatfield on Saturday, 11 April 2009 in the quarterfinals of the 2008/09 Nedbank Cup. [Read More]

Football: Patrice Motsepe finally fires Henri Michel Posted: Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Mamelodi Sundowns high-profile French coach Henri Michel, who was fired this week by the club’s board after only five months at Chloorkop, was always leaving on borrowed times since his second month, when he was out of favour with club president Patrice Motsepe, who called for a review of his two-year contract at the end of the current season. [Read More]

Football: AmaTuks to host Bloem Celtic in Nedbank Quarters Posted: Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Local National First Division (NFD) promotion hopefuls, University of Pretoria will host PSL relegation candidates Bloemfontein Celtic in the quarterfinals of the 2008/09 Nedbank Cup. [Read More]

Rugby: Maties meet Pukke in Varsity Cup Final Posted: Monday, 23 March 2009
Maties will meet Pukke in the Final of the FNB Varsity Cup at the Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch, next Monday, 30 March. Maties qualified for the grand finale when they smashed Tukkies 38-14 at the same venue on Monday - outscoring them by eight tries to one. [Read More]

Football: AmaTuks lead Nedbank Cup’s weekend of upsets Posted: Sunday, 22 March 2009
In what must rank as the first real upset of the 2008/09 Nedbank Cup, National First Division(NFD) Inland Stream’s University of Pretoria knocked-out South Africa’s traditional Cup kings, Kaizer Chiefs, at the Last 16 stage of the SA version of the association cup played at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium on Saturday night. [Read More]

Rugby: Varsity Cup Semi, Maties vs. Tuks Posted: Sunday, 22 March 2009
Tuks Coach Freddie Grobler has named a new-look centre pairing for Monday’s Varsity Cup semi-final clash against the Maties (Stellenbosch University) at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch, kick-off at 18h45 (TV). [Read More]

Rugby/Leisure: High ball for Bulls on off weekend Posted: Saturday, 14 March 2009
With a bye in the Super 14 this weekend, the table-topping Bulls players and an Olympic swimming sensation Roland Schoeman visited the Legend Golf & Safari Resort at the Entabeni Safari Conservancy in Waterberg, Limpopo for an exclusive celebrities golf day to play the world’s most talked about and exhilarating par-three – the Extreme 19th. [Read More]

Football: AmaTuks, Downs drawn home in Nedbank Cup Last 16 Posted: Thursday, 12 March 2009
Local National First Division promotion hopefuls, University of Pretoria will get a taste of things to come after being drawn against Kaizer Chiefs in the Last 16 of the 2008/09 Nedbank Cup draw held at the Venue in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg on Thursday. [Read More]

Football: Tshwane derby on Thursday, 19 March Posted: Wednesday, 11 March 2009
It is yet to be confirmed by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) but, if programming schedule from influential broadcasting rights holder SuperSport is anything to go by, the recently postponed Tshwane derby between third-placed Mamelodi Sundowns and log leaders SuperSport looks like it's rescheduled for Thursday, 19 March at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium. [Read More]

Football: Klate, Dominguez remain key to SuperSport Posted: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Wingers Daine Klate and Elias ‘Dominguez’ Pelembe remain key to coach Gavin Hunt's game plan when SuperSport United, the South African Premiership champions take on their Ugandan counterparts, Kampala City Council (KCC), in the first-leg of the 2009 CAF Champions League first-round at the Nakivubo Stadium in Kampala on Friday night. [Read More]

Rugby: Bulls’ touring squad named Posted: Monday, 09 March 2009
The coach of the Bulls, Frans Ludeke, has named his touring squad for their five week tour to Australasia and expect for Jacques Burger, who is replaced by Dewald Potgieter, the same 22 that played against the Stormers have been selected and Jaco Engels, Francois Hougaard as well as Bryan Habana also made the cut. [Read More]

Football/Rugby: Road closures around Loftus Versfeld Stadium Posted: Friday, 06 March 2009
The Tshwane Metro Police Services (TMPS) will start exercising extended road closures at Loftus during all matches, starting with the Super 14 clash between the Bulls and Stormers (from 11h00) on Saturday. [Read More]

Football: Elias ‘Dominguez’ Pelembe, PSL’s finest 2008/09 Posted: Thursday, 05 March 2009
With various political parties revealing their respective provincial and presidential candidates for the fourth general elections on April 22, and SocietyNews.co.za still hurt by the injustice of the past year, we thought it proper to do the same for the coming Premier Soccer League (PSL) Footballer of the Year and Premiership Player of the Year awards, and even the Players’ Player of the Year before the May end-of-the season ceremony. [Read More]

Football: Pirates, SuperSport in Nedbank Cup Posted: Thursday, 05 March 2009
Tshwane representatives in the Nedbank Cup that kicks-off this weekend, Mamelodi Sundowns, SuperSport United and University of Pretoria, all start their campaign for the R6 million first prize on the road this Saturday, with United’s clash against Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park in Johannesburg the pick of the Last 32 round. [Read More]

Rugby: Victor Matfield back to face Stormers Posted: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
The coach of the Bulls, Frans Ludeke, has named Victor Matfield among his reserves for Saturday’s fourth round Super 14 clash against the Stormers at Loftus Versfeld, whilst young winger Gerhard van den Heever comes in for the injured Bryan Habana. [Read More]

Football: Henri Michel’s big test Posted: Monday, 02 March 2009
Mamelodi Sundowns’ head Coach Henri Michel will be hoping for his first big win since arriving at Chloorkop four months ago, when his star-studded team visit on-form Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 4 March. [Read More]

Television: Cricket, Football and Rugby on TV this Weekend Posted: Thursday, 26 February 2009
A quick guide to what is on TV for a local sport fan, from football to rugby to cricket. Tickets are available at various Shoprite/Checkers and Computickets outlets countrywide for those who would like to go to the stadia. [Read More]

Rugby: Chiliboy to start against Lions Posted: Wednesday, 25 February 2009
The coach of the Vodacom Bulls, Frans Ludeke has only made one change to his team that thrashed the Blues by including Chiliboy Ralepelle at hooker for Saturday’s clash against the Lions in Johannesburg. [Read More]

Football: SA representatives in Africa get matches out of the way Posted: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
South Africa’s representatives in the 2009 African inter-club competitions, CAF Champions Leagues’ SuperSport United and Ajax Cape Town, and Confederations Cup’s Mamelodi Sundowns will be involved in Premier Soccer League (PSL) action on Wednesday to avoid backlog. [Read More]

Football: NFD Inland, It’s between Cosmos and AmaTuks Posted: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
With just three matches to go in the National First Division (NFD) Inland Stream, and judging by results of first two rounds, former Premier Soccer League (PSL) campaigners Jomo Cosmos are favourites to win the stream, just, ahead of University of Pretoria by a single point as ‘the stream of death’ goes to the wire. [Read More]

Football: Orlando Pirates vs. SuperSport United, Nedbank Cup draw Posted: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Three Tshwane football clubs, Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United, and National First Division’s (NFD) University of Pretoria were drawn away in the 2009 Nedbank Cup Last 32 draw conducted at the sponsor’s headquarters on Monday. [Read More]

Rugby: Monday blues for local Varsity sides Posted: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Local Varsity Cup sides University of Pretoria (Tukkies) and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) lost their Monday Varsity Cup games, dropping off the top of the log and to the bottom of the log respectively. [Read More]

Football: Tickets for Kaizer Chiefs vs. SuperSport United on sale Posted: Sunday, 22 February 2009
Kaizer Chiefs has announced that tickets sales have opened at various Shoprite/Checkers and Computickets outlets countrywide, for their home game against Premier Soccer League log leaders Supersport United to be played at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Sunnyside, Tshwane on Saturday, 28 February. [Read More]

Football: “SuperSport United to defend PSL title” Posted: Sunday, 22 February 2009
Premier Soccer League (PSL) first round form book suggests league Champions SuperSport United will defend their title, albeit on yet another low points, with Orlando Pirates claiming the second spot. The prediction is solely based on a “therefore” replication of first round results of United and the traditional top four. [Read More]

Rugby: Monday Varsity Cup fixtures Posted: Sunday, 22 February 2009
The 2009 Varsity Cup enters round four with log leaders Tuks hosting third placed University of Cape Town (UCT) at the LC de Villiers Stadium in Hatfield on Monday at 18h45. [Read More]

Football: ‘Downs, United in tricky fixtures Posted: Thursday, 19 February 2009
It was Premier Soccer League (PSL) rookies Bay United back-to-back away wins in Telkom Knockout and league games in November that cost Mamelodi Sundowns’ immediate past coach Trott Moloto his job, and Umlilo should be confident going into Sunday’s second round clash against the Brazilians. [Read More]

Rugby: Rossouw in for injured Matfield against Blues Posted: Wednesday, 18 February 2009
The Bulls’ coach, Frans Ludeke, has opted for Danie Rossouw to pack down at lock at the side of Bakkies Botha for Saturday’s second round clash against the Blues at Loftus Versfeld. Rossouw replaces Victor Matfield, who will miss the next three matches as a result of his shoulder injury and with Rossouw in the starting XV Wilhelm Steenkamp will be on the bench as the lock replacement. [Read More]

Football: Kampala CC fancy their chances against United Posted: Monday, 16 February 2009
Ugandan Champions Kampala City Council, SuperSport United’s 2009 CAF Champions League first round opponents are excited, perhaps too optimistic about the possibility of meeting their 23-year-old Ugandan national goalkeeper Denis Onyango despite the clash only scheduled to take place in a month’s time. [Read More]

Football: Tshwane clubs still with a chance for honours! Posted: Monday, 16 February 2009
Tshwane teams, SuperSport United, Mamelodi Sundowns and University of Pretoria registered positive results in the CAF African Champions League, the Premier Soccer League(PSL) and National First Division (NFD) respectively, on Sunday. However, the action started on Saturday at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium with the adopted Kaizer Chiefs beating Bloemfontein Celtic 2-1 in an entertaining clash attended by capacity crowd. Kaizer Motaung Junior scored the winning goal after Mark Mayambela immediately cancelled-out Siphiwe Tshabalala’s opener with a superb free-kick. [Read More]

Football: Another Yo-Yo weekend on the cards in NFD Inland Posted: Thursday, 12 February 2009
The National First Division (NFD) Inland Stream, dubbed the stream of death, continues to live-up to its reputation with two mouth-watering top of the log fixtures this weekend. With four matches left to the playoffs, Jomo Cosmos lead the pack just on 29 points, followed by University of Pretoria (28) and Winners Park on 27 points. [Read More]

Rugby: Pretorius to start against Reds Posted: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
The coach of the Vodacom Bulls Frans Ludeke has selected Jaco Pretorius at outside centre for his team’s first round match against the Reds at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Pretorius, who is the only player in the starting XV who haven't played for the Bulls before, teams up with Wynand Olivier in the midfield, whilst Olivier’s regular partner during the last couple of seasons, JP Nel, is going to play off the bench. [Read More]

Football: Adebayor wins Aboutreika’s CAF Award Posted: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) named Togo and Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor as its CAF Footballer of the Year for 2008 at an event in Nigeria last night. Adebayor beat favourite and the reigning BBC African Footballer of the Year (AFOY) Mohammed Aboutreika, an African Nation Cup and African Champions League winner with Egypt and Al Ahly (Egypt) respectively to the podium. [Read More]

Football: Curepipe Starlight tactics backfire at United Posted: Sunday, 01 February 2009
As expected, South African league champions Supersport United easily defeated their Mauritian counterparts Curepipe Starlight SC (CSSC) 3-0 in the first leg of the 2009 CAF Champions League preliminaries at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium on Sunday. CSSC came to South Africa very aware of the strength of their opponents, who remain top of the ABSA Premiership with three points after nearest opponents Ajax Cape Town, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs all dropped points in United’s absence this weekend. [Read More]

Football: Desperate or robbed, Sundowns disappoints supporters Posted: Friday, 30 January 2009
With the Premier Soccer League’s last transfer window of the season closing on Monday, 2 February, beleaguered Mamelodi Sundowns must rank as the biggest losers of the 16 clubs. And even their techno savvy fans are not happy. It started with Sundowns losing an estimated R9-Million in combined transfer fees when star players Josta Dladla, Lerato Chabangu and Dillion Sheppard joined close rivals Kaizer Chiefs, SuperSport United and Platinum Stars respectively as free-agents. And as if it couldn’t get any worse, all hell broke lose on Friday when Sundowns management agreed for an early release of Dladla in exchange for Chiefs benchwarmer-midfielder Thuso Phalo. [Read More]

Football: United’s opponents arrive to wet Tshwane Posted: Friday, 30 January 2009
Two-time Mauritian champions Curepipe Starlight SC (CSSC), SuperSport United’s opponents in the preliminary round of the 2009 CAF Champions League scheduled for Atteridgeville Super Stadium on Sunday, arrived to the rainy capital yesterday but immediately went to the LC de Villiers Stadium in Hatfield, home ground to National First Division’s AmaTuks to stretch their muscles. However, according to the South African Weather Services, the wet weather which has set in over Gauteng is expected to last only until Saturday. [Read More]

Rugby: Ludeke calls on strong Bulls team for Cheetahs Posted: Thursday, 29 January 2009
The coach of the Bulls, Frans Ludeke, has selected his strongest available team for Friday's warm-up match against the Cheetahs which will take place at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. Victor Matfield leads a star studded team that includes fellow Springboks such as Bakkies Botha, Pierre Spies, Fourie du Preez, Bryan Habana, Wynand Olivier and Gurthrö Steenkamp while Danie Rossouw will be used as an impact player off the bench. [Read More]

Social Responsibility: Donate old sports gear to a worthy cause Posted: Thursday, 29 January 2009
Let’s Play, in association with Mr Price & Mr Price Sport, is once again launching “Gear Up Our Kids”, a nationwide project to collect sports equipment for children. Let’s Play is a corporate social responsibility initiative developed by SuperSport and partners in response to a national need of keeping children active. “Over the past 18 months, this campaign has had astounding results, collecting about R2 million worth of sporting equipment which has helped change the lives of thousands of our children” said Let’s Play’s Vaughn Bishop. [Read More]

Football: United’s Champions League opponents “lack punch” Posted: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
SuperSport United’s opponents, Mauritius’ Curepipe Starlight SC (CSSC), whom they meet at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium in the preliminary round of the 2009 CAF Champions League on Sunday, have only played one competitive game this year. And they struggled on attack in that match, and it could get worse this weekend as they are expected to arrive in Tshwane on Thursday without at least three strikers. According to media reports from Mauritius, CSSC will travel to Tshwane without their four little-known Nigerian players who are not registered with CAF. [Read More]

Football: Aces, AmaTuks match postponed Posted: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
The National First Division Inland Stream match between Mpumalanga Black Aces and Pretoria University has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The match was due to kick-off at 19h30 this evening at the Jan van Riebeeck Stadium, also known as the Emalahleni Stadium, Pumas Rugby Stadium or @lantic Stadium. [Read More]

Website Review: Sundowns’ ‘new’ website, a damp squib Posted: Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Mamelodi Sundowns re-launched their official website, SundownsFC.com on Wednesday, but the “final product” was disappointing. Yours truly was hoping for an improved offering but apart from a small improvement in aesthetic appeal of the website, perhaps I'm blinded by the bright yellow colours, the new design offers nothing new. Interactivity, navigation and user friendliness scores low, as on the old website. [Read More]

Rugby: Bulls trek to Limpopo for rugby feast Posted: Tuesday, 27 January 2009
A feast of rugby hits Limpopo province on Friday when a Super 14 warm-up match will be contested in Polokwane between the Bulls and the Cheetahs. The match will take place at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Friday night, 30 January and most of the Bulls' senior Springboks will be in action. The coach of the Bulls, Frans Ludeke grew up in Polowane and he is extremely excited about the prospect of playing in his hometown. [Read More]

Football: Aces, AmaTuks clash back in Witbank and on TV Posted: Tuesday, 27 January 2009
University of Pretoria FC will seek to regain their top spot in the National First Division (NFD) Inland stream from Jomo Cosmos when they finally play the game in hand, away to Mpumalanga Black Aces, at the Jan van Riebeeck Stadium in Witbank on Wednesday. AmaTuks come into this game after thrashing Winners Park 0-4, while MP Black Aces lost to Cosmos 1-0. However, MP Black Aces’ spokesperson Thabo “Tbose” Moroape is upbeat, saying it is a must win against AmaTuks. [Read More]

Football: Opportunity for PSL players to shine, Teko Modise Posted: Monday, 26 January 2009
South Africa Men’s National team Coach Joel Natalino Santana was confident on Monday as the team arrived at the Southern Sun Hotel in Arcadia, Tshwane ahead of Bafana Bafana clash with Zambia’s Chipolopolo in a friendly match at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium tomorrow evening. “We have identified the bulk of our team for the Confederations Cup and we are looking at strengthening key positions. So, the game against Zambia will also enable us to select the team that will feature in the friendly game against Chile,” said Santana. [Read More]

Football: Sundowns steal match at the death, United extend lead! Posted: Sunday, 25 January 2009
Amazulu’s striker Dumisani Ngwenya continued with his good goal scoring run against Mamelodi Sundowns when Calvin Marlin’s lack of communication handed him a chance to put Usuthu 1-0 ahead on the 73rd minute setting them for victory at the Chatsworth Stadium in Durban on Sunday. So they thought! But a red card to their Zambian goalkeeper Kalililo Kakonje, with just three minutes left on the clock and all substitutes’ exhausted, exposed Usuthu. [Read More]

Football: Tshwane derby postponed, giving way for Bafana clash Posted: Thursday, 22 January 2009
The South African Senior National Coach, Joel Natalino Santana today announced a 24-man squad to face Zambia on Tuesday, 27 January at the Super Stadium in Atteridgeville, Tshwane. The team will assemble on Sunday and kick-off training sessions on Monday, with a clash against Zambia scheduled for 20h30 on Tuesday. Tickets for the Bafana – Zambia clash are already on sale at Computicket and Shoprite Checkers outlets, and they are selling at R30 for grandstand and R20 for open stands. [Read More]

Cricket: Another exciting domestic cricket kicks-off Posted: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
The new-look Standard Bank Pro20 Series kicks off on Wednesday with the Chevrolet Warriors hosting the Nashua Titans, the Pro20 defending champions and the recently crowned kings of 45-overs cricket (MTN Domestic), at Sahara Oval St Georges in Port Elizabeth. With the sponsors introducing more exciting crowd-pleasing activations in the stadiums – DJ’s and dancing girls, new fire tunnels and water-slides – the players will emerge in new rock-star uniforms to deliver boundary-bashing, seam-splitting action. [Read More]

Football: Diyo Sibisi in, Josta Dladla out at Chloorkop Posted: Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Mamelodi Sundowns have finally confirmed the signing of Free State Stars marksman Diyo Sibisi. The Kwa-Zulu Natal-born striker will fight for position with Collins Mbesuma (Zambia), Dario Monterio (Mozambique) and South Africans Katlego Mphela and Lungisani Ndlela. According to Sundowsfc.com, the 26- year old Sibisi finally put pen to paper on Tuesday agreeing to join the Brazilians on a two and half years deal with the option to renew. [Read More]

Football: Repeat offenders Sundowns to pay R140 000 Posted: Monday, 19 January 2009
Mamelodi Sundowns and their coach, Henri Michel, were found guilty of misconduct earlier this evening by the Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) Disciplinary Committee (DC). This was after Michel failed to attend the post match television interviews in their Absa Premiership match against Ajax Cape Town on Saturday, 20 December 2008. [Read More]

Football: Mohamed Aboutrika, BBC African Footballer of the Year 2008 Posted: Monday, 19 January 2009
By an overwhelming majority, football fans have voted Egyptian footballer, Mohamed Aboutrika, the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2008. The competition received a record 155,643 votes - twice as many compared to last year. The Al-Ahly player received more than half the total number. Aboutrika beat Samuel Eto’o of Barcelona and Cameroon; Didier Drogba of Chelsea and the Côte d'Ivoire; Amr Zaki of Wigan Athletic and Egypt; and last year’s winner, Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal and Togo. [Read More]

Cricket: Titans defends Championship Posted: Monday, 19 January 2009
The Nashua Titans pulled out all the stops to successfully defend their MTN Domestic Championship title after crushing the Gestetner Diamond Eagles by eight wickets at OUTsurance Oval in Bloemfontein on Friday. A tough and tightly contested battle was expected but the Titans made it look easy as the Eagles buckled in front of 10 500 spectators. [Read More]

Football: AmaTuks set sights on PSL football! Posted: Friday, 16 January 2009
The pick of National First Division (NFD) Inland Stream matches this weekend is top of the table clash between Winners Park and University of Pretoria at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday. While Carara Kicks are setting the pace in the Coastal Stream, Inland’s log, at least the top four, changes almost weekly. AmaTuks currently edge Badumedi, as Winners Park is known, on goals difference atop the 8-team inland league. Both teams have 21 points after 13 matches. [Read More]

Rugby: Eric Sauls joins Tuks/Bulls Academy coaching team Posted: Thursday, 15 January 2009
The highly successful SA Under-20 coach Eric Sauls has been appointed as coaching coordinator of the newly established Blue Bulls Tuks Rugby Academy, Blue Bulls announced on Thursday. Blue Bulls Tuks Rugby Academy was born of a merger between Blue Bulls Rugby College and Tuks Rugby Academy in November 2008. Sauls’ role at the Academy will be hands on coaching as well as to manage and direct the coaches and he says he really looks forward to this new challenge. [Read More]

Cricket: All the action on TV as Titans defend MTN Domestic Posted: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
The 45-overs MTN Domestic Championship final in Bloemfontein on Friday promises a hectic battle when the Nashua Titans defend their title against the Gestetner Diamond Eagles. The Eagles battled at home to get past the Nashua Dolphins in the semis and their challenge is to stop the Titans ace spin bowler and pinch-hitter Roelof van der Merwe from making another big statement. [Read More]

Football: Who is fooling who, storm clouds gather at Chloorkop Posted: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
The storm clouds are gathering over Chloorkop as record 5-times Premier Soccer League (PSL) Champions Mamelodi Sundowns attempt to resurrect what is fast becoming their worst season in the Absa Premiership since the competition was formed 13 years ago. This follows disharmony in the dressing room, a host of high-profile players seeking an exit and a coach in Henri Michel who has publicly rebuked his players, calling the expensively assembled squad “average”, culminated in a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to rivals Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday. [Read More]

Football: Cristiano Ronaldo rules the football world Posted: Monday, 12 January 2009
Portuguese international and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo was named the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year on Monday night at the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland. The 23-year-old Ronaldo, full name Cristiano Ronaldo Santos Aveiro, picked up his first FIFA World Player of the Year award on the men's side with Barcelona and Argentina gem Lionel Messi finishing second in the voting with Fernando Torres (Spain and Liverpool) rounding out the top three finishers. [Read More]

Football: United, Amatuks challenging for honours Posted: Monday, 12 January 2009
Local Premier Soccer League (PSL) sides, Supersport United and Mamelodi Sundowns had an indifferent start to the year after their weekend visits to Johannesburg Stadium, where they played Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs respectively. And in the tightly contested National First Division (NFD) Inland stream, University of Pretoria ascended to top of the table, albeit on goal difference. [Read More]

Golf: Champion Richard Sterne favourite at Joburg Open Posted: Thursday, 08 January 2009
Tshwane-born golfer Richard Sterne will start defence of his title at the third annual Joburg Open Tournament today as favourite. The 27-year-old Sterne, the 2008 Joburg Open winner, will be joined by inaugural winner Ariel Canete of Argentina (2007), Retief Goosen and David Frost over the four day event. The €1.1 million (R14-million) Joburg Open is being held at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club from Thursday, 8 January to Sunday, 11 January. [Read More]

Cricket: Local cricket action hots up in MTN Domestic Posted: Wednesday, 07 January 2009
The drama and excitement of the historic test series between Australia and South Africa Down Under is all over, but the thrills and spills are far from done. It is showdown time at home in the MTN Domestic Championship with the two semi-finals on Friday and Sunday. In MTN 45-overs action, Friday’s first semi from 16h15 sees the second-placed Nashua Titans hosting the third-placed Nashua Cape Cobras at SuperSport Park. [Read More]

Football: 'Downs star Chabangu joins Supersport United Posted: Wednesday, 07 January 2009
SuperSport United have announced that they have secured the services of current Mamelodi Sundowns forward, Lerato Chabangu, as a free agent, with effect from 1 July 2009. Chabangu’s contract with United was lodged with the Premier Soccer League this morning. However, Chabangu’s contract with United is only effective from 1 July 2009 until 30 June 2011 with an option for a further season, until 30 June 2012. [Read More]

Rugby: McFarland set for Loftus return Posted: Monday, 05 January 2009
Ex- Bulls defence coach John McFarland is more than likely to return to Loftus in time for the Super 14 tournament, which starts in February, should the two parties succeed in ironing “few outstanding issues” in their ongoing negotiations. This was confirmed by Blue Bulls Company in a media statement released on Monday. Barend van Graan, the Chief Executive Officer of the Blue Bulls Company said that he would dearly like to have McFarland back on board and they will go out of their way to accommodate him. [Read More]

Football: Window opens for clubs to beef up their squads Posted: Thursday, 01 January 2009
Premier Soccer League 2008/09 mid-season transfer window has opened as of Thursday, 1 January 2009 allowing affiliate clubs to register new players. Already, rumours coming out of the silly season have linked SuperSport United and sometimes Bafana Bafana striker Katlego Mashego with a move to Orlando Pirates while elsewhere ex-United’s Koena T Mathopa and Phil Evans are out-of-favour at Santos and Bidvest Wits respectively! [Read More]

ARCHIVED SPORTS STORIES • 2008 ¦
• December ¦
• ‘Downs coach Michel going, going and ... ¦ Football
• Motsepe homeless as Loftus chases FIFA deadline ¦ Football
• Nothing to celebrate at Christmas for Tshwane clubs ¦ Football
• City clubs aim to remain on top as Zuma returns ¦ Football
• AmaTuks through to 2008/9 Nedbank cup proper ¦ Football
• Egyptian Footballers dominate BBC Africa shortlist ¦ Football
• November ¦
• Blue Bulls and Tuks Academies join forces ¦ Rugby
• Henri Michel officially Sundowns Head Coach ¦ Football
• University of Pretoria still top in NFD’s Inland Stream ¦ Football
• October ¦
• Tukkies goes top in National First Division’s Inland ¦ Football
• Matsatsantsa at home in Telkom KO Last 8 ¦ Football
• TuksNetball focus on the bigger picture ¦ Netball
• Matsatsantsa plough back into Phelindaba ¦ Football
• Roodt announces his retirement ¦ Rugby
• No serious injuries in the Bulls' camp ¦ Rugby
• Kaplan to referee ABSA Currie Cup Final ¦ Rugby
• August ¦
• Good start for Tshwane clubs ¦ Football
• Blue Bulls planning Birthday Bash ¦ Rugby
• 'Downs still loving MTN, dirty but orgasmic ¦ Football