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The Buccaneers drew 2-2 with Wayne Rooneys Plymouth Argyle in the first game of the preseason tour last Friday. They followed that draw with a convincing 2-0 win over La Liga side Sevilla before playing to a 1-1 stalemate against Spanish Segunda division side Granada in their last game

One of the strangest things I have found about the Springbok coaches and management team is their insistence on not calling their back-up players a second string or B team. Whenever they make sweeping changes to their side for certain games, like they did for this weekends clash against

United said they had signed the 18-year-old until June 2029. British media reported that United were paying Lille 62 million euros (52.2 million pounds) with 8 million euros in potential add ons. Signing for a club with the stature and ambition of Manchester United so early in my career

Bulls utility forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels is set to realise his childhood dream when he makes his debut for the Springboks in their one-off Test against Portugal at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The 23-year-old Wessels was a schoolboy prodigy, playing at loose forw

Now that hes run twice over the last couple of weeks, it is clear that Luxolo Adams should not go to the Olympics. The removal of the 27-year-old sprinter from the SA team for the Paris Games has not only caused controversy but has landed up in court . Adams, however, should no

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has released several players from the national rugby squad to allow them to rest ahead of the start of the Rugby Championship early next month. The majority of the players who have been sent home are those who featured in the two-Test series against Irelan

Ntseki, who initially joined Chiefs as the head of development in 2021, was appointed as Amakhosi coach in July 2023 after the club fired Arthur Zwane. The former Bafana Bafana coach, however, only lasted for few months at the helm of South Africas biggest supported club and was replace

South Africas Blitzboks are now just one week away from launching their Paris Olympics Sevens title challenge when they get play under way in their pool at the Games next Wednesday. The Blitzboks, under the guidance of coach Philip Snyman and captain Selvyn Davids, will fly out of South

Speculation has been rife that DStv and the PSL are set to part ways after the League sent a letter to clubs earlier this month asking them to postpone printing the DStv logo on the sleeves of their respective jerseys ahead of the new season. This is despite the fact that the sponsorshi