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The Proteas went 1-0 up in the One Day International Series against England, when they convincingly beat the tourists by seven wickets at Newlands on Tuesday. Having been sent into bat after Quinton De Kock won the toss, England were restricted to 258 for eight in their 50 overs, Joe Denly top-scoring with 87. Chris Woakes who was the pick of England’s bowlers and also scored 40 says that De Kock,...

The Proteas went 1-0 up in the One Day International Series against England, when they convincingly beat the tourists by seven wickets at Newlands on Tuesday. Having been sent into bat after Quinton De Kock won the toss, England were restricted to 258 for eight in their 50 overs, Joe Denly top-scoring with 87. The pick of the new-look South African attack was Tabraiz Shamsi, who took three for 38...

Maritzburg United coach Eric Tinkler believes the past few months have been tough on Jeremy Brockie, not least because of the weight of expectation he was carrying on his shoulders.

Meanwhile, Da Gama has stopped short of confirming that former Orlando Pirates midfield livewire Musa Nyatama who was handed his clearance by the Buccaneers last Friday has signed with the Tembisa club.

The 1-0 win through a controversial goal against Baroka FC this past weekend has seen Highlands Park rising back to the top eight.

SABC Sport is aware that it was during this period when club directors were alleged to be bombarded with communication from certain football agents offering them some coaches. And then reports on Da Gama’s resignation started to fly around.

The rumours of Highlands Park head coach Owen Da Gama having resigned in the past few weeks didn’t sit well with him and this is something that is taking him long to forget.

South African long distance runner Stephen Mokoka says that SA athletes need to sacrifice in order to get medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in July.

Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane says it would be unfair for the league to ban his star player Gaston Sirino.

Billiat has been out of action since since December last year and his injury rehabilitation has taken longer than anticipated.

In the past Chiefs has struggled against teams from lower divisions in this tournament, last season they lost in the final to another team from First Division TS Galaxy.

Kaizer Chiefs head coach Ernst Middendorp has confirmed that newly signed Kenyan international midfielder Anthony Akumu is most likely to make his debut for the club during the Nedbank Cup last 32 match against Royal Eagles this weekend.

ICC U19 Cricket World Cup tournament director Sivuyile Mqingwana confirmed that the event, hosted in South Africa for the first time ever, has been a great success thus far.

The versatile Mousley, who scored his maiden century for England Juniors, says he really enjoyed being promoted up the order on his way to setting up a great platform for his team to launch.

England U19 batsman Dan Mousley described their ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Plate title triumph as a silver lining following a disappointing tournament that saw the English fail to qualify for the Super League Quarter Finals.

Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane’s contract negotiations with the PSL Champions have hit a snag. Mosimane’s contract is set to expire at the end of the season. Few weeks ago he revealed that his contract was 80 percent concluded, but nothing has changed ever since. It appears that Mosimane is fighting for his image rights to be included in the contract.

Sharks coach Sean Everitt is mightily impressed with rookie scrumhalf Sanele Nohamba after his stunning debut this past weekend. The Sharks got their Super Rugby campaign off to a winning start, curbing a nine-game winless streak against the Bulls last Friday. Key to that victory were the efforts of the 21-year-old Nohamba, who sparkled on debut and scored the decisive try at King’s Park.

Nedbank Cup reigning champions TS Galaxy will start the defense of their title with a crucial away encounter in the last 32 stage against Chippa United at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday evening. The game comes at a critical time when Galaxy are not doing well in the Glad Africa Championship, currently occupying the 12th spot just four points above the the relegation zone...

Alan Clark is happy to have started his care-taker stint at Black Leopards with a win though he would have loved the victory to have come with a clean sheet. Leopards recorded their first win in seven matches a 2-1 defeat of Stellenbosch FC in the Absa premiership in Thohoyandou on Sunday.

Mwape Musoda and Thabo Matlaba scored in each half to help Black Leopards defeat Stellenbosch 2-1 in the Absa Premiership in Thohoyandou on Sunday. The losing coach Steve Barker says both sides played well but he’s disappointed Stellies got nothing from the encounter.

Mwape Musoda and Thabo Matlaba scored in each half to help Black Leopards defeat Stellenbosch 2-1 in the Absa Premiership in Thohoyandou on Sunday. Leopards care-taker coach Alan Clark.

Mamelodi Sundowns Coach Pitso Mosimane is yet to sign a contract with his current deal set to expire at the end of the season. The former Bafana Bafana mentor revealed few weeks ago that his new contract was 80 percent concluded. The former African Coach of the year cited principles as opposed to money as the stumbling block.

Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) head coach Vladislav Heric says they were not at their best when they lost 2-0 to Amatuks in a Glad African Championship game which took place at the Tuks stadium in Pretoria on Sunday.

Veteran Zambian international striker Collins Mbesuma scored a spectacular goal as University of Pretoria (AmaTuks) returned to winning ways when they beat Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) 2-0 in a Glad African Championship game which took place at the Tuks stadium in Pretoria on Sunday. AmaTuks head coach Zipho Dlangalala says this was a vital win.

Polokwane City boss Clinton Larsen conceded that they only had themselves to blame for the loss against AmaZulu.