Sport | Mike Procter, SA cricket legend and Proteas' first post-isolation coach, dies at 77
World cricketing great Mike Procter died in an Umhlanga private hospital on Saturday afternoon.
World cricketing great Mike Procter died in an Umhlanga private hospital on Saturday afternoon.
The Stormers came to Durban and conquered the gloomy weather and hostile crowd with a 25-21 United Rugby Championship win over the Sharks, consigning them to a ninth defeat in 10 starts this season.
Even by early-season standards, the play that was dished up here was depressingly poor before the Bulls, buoyed by two gnarled former Springboks in Akker van der Merwe and Marcell Coetzee, tightened up sufficiently to record an important 25-10 victory.
Andy Birkett and Matthew Fenn, and Abby Solms and Jessica Behn did exactly what was expected on Saturday and duly wrapped up their 2024 Dusi Canoe Marathon titles – but for the men's winners, the stage from Inanda Dam to Durban nearly turned into a disaster.
Australia were too good for the Proteas women as they defeated the visitors by an innings and 284 runs in the sole Test in Perth.
The South African Football Association felt it prudent to set the record straight following reports that claimed Bafana Bafana would not be paid their bonuses after they finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
The Border Rugby Football Union may have entered into a strategic partnership with the Sharks that was announced on Friday, but it is still without a home ground since 2019.
Ailing superstar Tiger Woods withdrew in the second round of the Genesis Invitational on Friday in the latest setback for the 15-time major champion.
SA Rugby's would-be equity partner, Ackerley Sports Group, is still reaching out to other parties for resources to fund the proposed deal, but the governing body is not concerned by the revelation.
The motley SA side's courage (in vain) in the second Test in NZ almost made the surrender of a 92-year record worse, says Rob Houwing.
India's Ravichandran Ashwin withdrew from the ongoing third Test against England due to "a family medical emergency", just hours after becoming only the ninth player in history to take 500 Test wickets.
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