Category: Sport

Three-time F1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. The former racing driver “passed away peacefully”, his family said on Monday in a statement reported by the Austria Press Agency.   Tributes poured in for the Austrian, who was called a “legend” by British racing driver Jenson Button. He tweeted: “A […]

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) says there is no cause for “panic” and backed Egyptian authorities to host a safe Africa Cup of Nations finals in the wake of an attack on a bus that injured 27 South Africans in Cairo on Sunday. The explosion had no fatalities‚ with 24 of the […]

Manchester City are on the brink of a domestic treble, with only Watford standing in their way in Saturday’s FA Cup final, but a potentially historic season risks being overshadowed by several probes into the club’s off-field conduct. City became the first side in a decade to retain the Premier League title last weekend, holding […]

Tiger Woods chases more golf history in next week’s 101st PGA Championship at Bethpage Black, the same public course where the 15-time major winner captured the 2002 US Open. The 43-year-old American superstar completed one of the great comebacks in sports history last month with a dramatic victory at the Masters for his fifth green […]

Cape Town – South Africa’s track queen Caster Semenya is ready to sacrifice her 800m world championship title to mount her latest legal fight within weeks of the landmark ruling against her on testosterone-reducing drugs. Semenya’s lawyer told The Daily Telegraph she would continue to defy the enforced medication as the deadline expired on Wednesday, May 8 for athletes with Differences […]

Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge is to make another attempt at breaking two hours for the marathon later this year, probably in Britain, in a project backed by Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of chemical firm INEOS. Kipchoge ran two hours and 25 seconds in his “Breaking Two” project on Italy’s Monza motor racing circuit […]

Dr Sindeep Bhana says lowering Caster Semenya’s testosterone levels could have harmful effects. The court ruling on the IAAF’s new regulations means she will now have to reduce her hormones artificially in order to compete. But doctors say this could lead to increased risk of hypertension, diabetes and cholesterol problems, among other health issues. Bhana also […]

The panel of three judges who ruled that Caster Semenya would have to take medication to manage her testosterone levels admitted that the regulations were discriminatory. However, it said they were “a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of achieving the IAAF’s (International Association of Athletics Federations) aim of preserving the integrity of female athletics in […]

ive-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was humbled to be put in the same league as Formula One legend Ayrton Senna but his boyhood hero would always have a place of his own in the sport’s annals. The late Brazilian triple champion’s former teammate Gerhard Berger said earlier this month that Hamilton was the […]

Former Bidvest Wits midfielder Papy Faty has sadly passed away on Thursday during a match involving his team, Malanti Chiefs, and Green Mamba at the Killarney Stadium in Piggs Peak outside Mbabane. Faty spent four seasons at Bidvest Wits from 2012 until 2016 where he established himself as a first team regular. However, in 2015/16 […]