Adam Wakefield

When the Springboks left these shores they were considered favourites for the Tri-Nations title and now return in rags. South Africa has always been a fickle place for sports lovers and this was proven by the rumours, conjecture and very dismal view the public has of the Green and Gold since they stepped back into […]

I don’t know about you but SA is pretty boring without the World Cup isn’t it? Not really, but the Rainbow Nation has been experiencing the lamest of July hangovers. Doctors are calling it WCW (and it has nothing to do with wrestling) — World Cup Withdrawal. The economy might have gotten a bounce from […]

The Springbok performances over the last two weeks have left more questions than answers. Were the All Blacks better than the Bokke? Yes. How bad were the Boks? Not sure. How good were the All Blacks? Very good, but did they make the Boks play badly? The head-in-the-sand view is that South Africa were out-muscled, […]

June 11 seems like an age ago doesn’t it? It was only yesterday that us South Africans lost our collective shit in celebrating Siphiwe Tshabalala’s goal against Mexico in the opening match of the 2010 World Cup at Soccer City Johannesburg. Since then, 61 further matches have been played across the country featuring great goals, […]

On Tuesday, July 6, the news broke that Muttiah Muralitharan, at the age of 38, will play one final Test match, against sub-continental rivals India, before he retires from the longest form of cricket. The announcement follows months of candour and speculation about the world record holder’s (for the most wickets in Test and ODI […]

What should we make of Roger Federer’s loss in the Wimbledon quarterfinals to Tomas Berdych? The facts say that the Swiss maestro has won 16 Grand Slams, participated in every Wimbledon final between 2003 and 2009, and perhaps the most important of all given the context of his loss to Berdych: he is turning 29 […]

I was surfing the internet and found an interesting article by Telford Vice on cricinfo.com about this year being the tenth anniversary of one of the sorriest affairs to have ever gripped South African sport, let alone cricket. On April 11, 2000, a country that had once been labelled alongside England and Australia as incorruptible […]

We have entered the knock-out stages of the greatest tournament (arguably) on earth. The halfway mark is disappearing in the distance, so here are some of the best, and worst, things that have been a part of this World Cup so far: The best: Lionel Messi – World class and the engine that drives Argentina, […]

The Tri-Nations is looming large on the horizon, beginning in July as the Soccer World Cup will just be concluding. South African sports fan are certainly spoil for choice aren’t they? The question on the lips of those who cherish the oval ball will be: Can SA for the first time ever retain the Tri-Nations? […]

South Africa is a unique place in that there is a blend of cultures and creeds here that you cannot find anywhere else in the world. Sadly for football fans, SA is now also home to the unwanted and unique record of being the only hosts to have not progressed beyond the group stage at […]

I was on Long Street last night in Cape Town, and the scenes that greeted me were utterly fantastic. Germans, Australians, Greeks, Chileans, English, Americans, Uruguayans, South Africans and Frenchman were all over the show doing their best to inject their own particular national brand of energy into the evening’s proceedings. Even outside the Grand […]

South Africa begin their Test series against the West Indies, starting at Port-of-Spain, on a high after white washing the West Indians 5-0 in the ODI series. Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers both had very good series’, and Morne Morkel was the leading wicket taker with 11 victims at a touch over 15 per […]