Publications
Partners
Some of the headlines in the Sport section this week:
Why Pirates see red
Three red cards in four matches is a sign that things are not going well at Orlando Pirates and further points to the lack of discipline. Timothy Molobi and Daniel Mothowagae dig deeper.
Players Union to reopen basic wage talks with PSL
Now that there is a new bargaining agreement in place between the PSL and the SA Football Players Union (Safpu), discussions over the minimum wage will soon resume, writes Daniel Mothowagae.
PSL is letting everyone down by not quickly resolving cases
I don’t subscribe to the saying that the wheels of justice grind slowly, but rather to the axiom that justice delayed is justice denied, writes Timothy Molobi.
Have soccer, rugby and cricket lost the ability to hire good help?
For some reason, this has been a year in which the country’s supposedly leading sporting codes have consistently found it hard to get coaching or behind-the-scenes help.
Each time they’ve tried, they’ve pulled a Jack and the Beanstalk by giving up the family silver for magic beans that turned out to not be so magic after all, writes Simnikiwe Xabanisa.
Gideon Sam reflects on a messy end
Leaving with a cloud hanging over his head, the outgoing Sascoc president tells Daniel Mothowagae the past decade at the helm has been “sweet and sour”.
Terrific Griquas season ends in retrenchment talk
The Kimberley-based franchise’s successful 2019 season appears to have come at a cost, with the Griquas apparently in the throes of retrenching staff as they go into the Christmas break, Simnikiwe Xabanisa reports.
England uses technology to break penalty hoodoo
By integrating data analytics into training, coach Gareth Southgate has found formula for penalty shootouts as Muhammad Hussain discovered at the Google Cloud Next 2019 convention in London.
Taking flight within and outside Africa
Riedoh Berdien is one of South Africa’s most highly qualified specialist coaches, yet not much is known about him. Daniel Mothowagae caught up with the Capetonian whose expertise has been sought-after for years in six countries on three continents.
Nkwe: It’s time to get off the back foot
Interim Proteas team director Enock Nkwe is feeling the pressure as test series against England looms.
Olympics a driver and a distraction for Blitzboks
If the Blitzboks go on to win the World Rugby Sevens Series as well as the Olympic gold medal they so covet, the abridged Currie Cup will probably be due a significant part of their gratitude, writes Simnikiwe Xabanisa.
