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Tyler Day (Bonitas) benefited from a perfect lead out by his team to win the 2011 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. The 21-year-old crossed the finish line of the 110km mass-participation event in a time of 2 hours 32 minutes ahead of experienced teammate Malcolm Lange. It was Lange’s last race as he […]

We are well into the Cricket World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh — by all accounts it would seem that the organisation is very good — unlike the Commonwealth Games earlier. Haroon Lorgat opened his stance on the World Cup very early on calling for reduced Cricket World Cup in 50-over format. There […]

The Super Rugby universe has known the Bulls as the most feared South African team, with their large pack of forwards and unwavering devotion to the boot epitomising what many from Australasia think is the “typical” South African style of rugby. With three Super Rugby titles, second only behind the Crusaders and tied with the […]

Arsenal have had a topsy-turvy time of it since their calamity against Birmingham in the Carling Cup final a fortnight ago. Victory against Leyton Orient seemed set to get them back to winning ways but a draw against Sunderland, with referee Anthony Taylor playing no small part in that, and defeat at the hands of […]

Reading an extract of Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book, The Thank You Economy. You can grab the same extract here. First thoughts, it looks a lot better written than the first. More mature. Excited. Here’s a paragraph: At its core, social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. They’re going to have […]

Maybe Jermain Defoe has a future as a soothsayer. Just months after the often misfiring Tottenham Hotspur finisher was derided for saying Harry Redknapp’s side could do better than illustrious rivals Arsenal on the club game’s biggest stage, he has been proven right. Of course this had as much to do with the incompetence of […]

Firstly, before Arsenal throw their toys out the cot blaming ref Massimo Busacca, they must remember they had 90 minutes in which all they needed to do was match Barca goal for goal on an aggregate basis. That is all. Teams often come to the Nou Camp with greater tasks than theirs. They must remember […]

Only South Africans would, faced with the prospect of having two genuine world-class pivot prospects, seek to align among provincial lines and do their utmost to tear them down week in week out. I am talking here of Pat Lambie of the Sharks and Elton Jantjies of the Lions. Ex-teammates at age group level, now […]

“We have to pick ourselves up. We haven’t become bad players because of one performance. We’ll have to work on our decision making.” — Graeme Smith, January 15 2011. “We’ve got to learn from today, pick ourselves up.” — Graeme Smith March 6 2011. Urm, yeah. Because that is an all new lesson which needed […]

The South African Police Service, commendably, have confirmed that they will be investigating the allegedly unauthorised visit by crime intelligence officials last Wednesday evening to the offices of the Public Protector. Public Protector spokesperson Kgalalelo Masibi on Friday said that two policemen — a Colonel Maluleka and a Captain Nkuta — arrived at their offices […]

  The Compton Cricket Club in Australia (c) Katy Haber   It’s been a summer of strange in the south of Victoria, Australia’s second most populous state. Victoria is normally prone to dry summers, where temperatures march relentlessly into the mid-40s but this year rain and wet weather have loitered about since winter. In similar […]

Dear Andile and Thulani, South Africa is a country blessed with an abundance of raw and natural talent but only a few manage to make it to the top and actually make an impact. And you boys are just two of the few lucky ones. Some made it but somehow fame and fortune become too […]