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New Black Leopards coach Lionel Soccoia conducted his first training session on Monday afternoon in Ladana, Polokwane and, he is pleased with how things started. Soccoia was announced last week as Dylan Kerr’s successor at the club. His two assistants Patrick Mabedi and Morgan Shivambu also reported for duty along with new signings Thuso Phala and Mogakolodi Ngele.

Founder of the South African Elderly women’s team Vakhegula Vakhegula, Rebecca Beka Ntsanwisi says she is proud of the trend set by the Grannies across the world. Ntsanwisi and the team landed in the country on Monday from the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France where they thumbed the host nation 10-0 in a friendly. Ntsanwisi reveals that she is going to start organising a world cup for the Gran...

National First Division side Cape Umoya United may only be beginning pre-season training next week, but the club’s head coach Dominic Isaacs was hard at work on Monday already, as Umoya hosted open trials at their Pinelands base. Hundreds of hopeful young footballers descended on the training ground in Cape Town hoping to impress Isaacs, who admits he is looking forward to start training next week...

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis has labelled their performances at the ICC Cricket World Cup as mediocre following their 49-run loss to Pakistan yesterday.

Chippa United coach Clinton Larsen says he is happy after he signed a two-year contract with the Chilli Boyz.

PAC President Narius Moloto on the Sharpville massacre

Andrew Hudson, the former national cricket selection convenor, believes there was nothing wrong with the team the Proteas selected for the World Cup, saying instead that they lacked the ability to play boldly in England. South Africa officially crashed out of the 2019 global spectacle yesterday (Sunday) when they meekly surrendered to Pakistan, although their fate had been more or less sealed with...

Cycling SA General Manager Mike Bradley was pleased to see KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Cycling Development Trust riders compete in their first major race as they rode in the SA Junior Championships that took place this weekend in Westville, KZN. Seventeen of the KZN Cycling Development riders competed with some learning the hard way why time trial is called the "Race of Truth" and Bradley the racers will...

Defending champions Western Cape Cranes comprehensively beat Northern Cape Diamond Kudus 3-0 in a Men’s National Indoor Volleyball League match at the Kempton Park Indoor Sports Centre in Johannesburg yesterday. Eastern Cape Eagles beat Mpumalanga Buffalos 3-1. Eagles Coach Kelvin Maarman was happy with a win and Cranes Coach Nathan Pretorius is confident they will retain the title.

Bafana Bafana get their 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign underway today as they take on 2015 African champions Ivory Coast at the Al Salam stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The two teams will go to this game fully aware of the need to get the maximum points after Morocco managed a last gasp 1-0 win against the Brave Warriors of Namibia courtesy of a cruel own goal. Baxter has been encouraged by...

Bafana Bafana opponents in their opening game of the 2019 African Cup of Nations Ivory Coast have got a strong French link in their squad and one man who can help Stuart Baxter to to plot their downfall is the French based striker Lebo Mothiba.

Zimbabwean and Kaizer Chiefs international attacker Khama Billiat has recovered from a knee injury that has kept him on the sidelines for the past week and went straight into the Zim Warriors starting line-up for the crunch African Cup of Nations (AFCON) opener tonight.

The Sharks have made just one change to their team to play the Brumbies in their Super Rugby quarter-final tomorrow.

TS Galaxy Coach Dan Malesela believes he is a trend-setter rather than a trend follower in football, saying that playing entertaining football was one of his key objectives as a coach.

World Boxing Federation (WBF) president Howard Goldberg is proud that yet another South African boxer in WBF featherweight female champion Nozipho Belll is going to fight for the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) title.

Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Cameroon midfielder Roger Feutmba reckons that there is a big number of contenders for the Africa Cup of Nations trophy.

Former Proteas all-rounder Albie Morkel says he is massively disappointed by South Africa’s early exit from the World Cup and their general performances in England.

Netball South Africa (NSA) President Cecilia Molokwane says the senior national team Spar Proteas knows what is expected of them at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool next month.

South Africa women’s hockey team beat Italy 2-1 in their second FIH Hockey Series Final Pool B game in Valencia, Spain yesterday with goals from Bianca Wood and Dirkie Chamberlain while Italy replied with a Eugenia Bianchi goal in the final quarter.

Leading the Warriors tonight will be the Belgian based striker and captain Knowledge Musona who has made it known that they don’t fear the hosts, who will be led by Liverpool’s Mo Salah.

What threatened to be another embarrassing moment for African football was averted last night when sanity prevailed in the Zimbabwean national team camp, as the players and the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) management found a common ground.

Limpopo MEC for Sport Arts and Culture Thandi Moraka welcomed the contribution by the Limpopo Gambling Board to the provincial U19 netball team.

Netball South Africa (NSA) president Cecilia Molokwane says she has high expectations from the President of the Republic Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) tonight.

Black Leopards chairman David Thidiela announced Lionel Soccoa as the side’s new head coach last night on SABC’s Phalaphala FM sports show Zwamitambo hosted by with Big-T Muavha.

Whilst Gouws suggests that short-term solutions that the President must are specific measures of how he will deal with ailing state-owned enterprises. “Looking at the parastatals specifically Eskom, that’s short term and long term. Both Eskom and SAA are in crisis.”