Craig Ray 
The rugby world moves fast in the tumultuous weeks leading up to the World Cup. There is little time to reflect on previous success or failure because the next challenge always comes close to the inevitable waves hitting the shoreline. Results matter, but at this point, coaches are flocking to the demos and processes for … Read more
By the time you read this, Dane Jonas Vinggaard should have finished with his second Tour de France title after resisting a challenge from two-time Slovenian champion Tadezh Pogacar. The ‘Resistance’ fit in the first two weeks of the tour as the main champions punched and counterpunched across Spain, the Pyrenees and central France. Vingegaard … Read more
22-year-old Christo Lambrecht, 2.06m, was the talk of Hoylake on Thursday after sharing the lead in the 151m race.street open yet Opening five under the age of 65. He recently won the British Amateur, which secured him an invitation to Royal Liverpool and the Grand Final Championship of the 2023 season. And he seized the … Read more
The 151street The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake this week enjoyed a strange kind of peace that permeates the air yet The latest merger between the PGA/DP World Tour/Saudi Arabia Golf. But this does not mean that the sharpness has completely faded away. Many golfers remained loyal to the PGA Tour when offered … Read more
Rugby has fought hard to be included in the Olympic Games in the 21st century, nearly 100 years since it was last played. The 1924 Paris Olympics was the last time the oval ball game was included until 2016 in Rio, when it returned in a sevens format. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made this … Read more
New Zealand 35 (20) South Africa 20 (3) Tests in New Zealand are hard to beat at the best of times. It’s impossible to barely touch the ball in the first quarter and give up a 17-0 lead to the home team. The Springboks were beaten in the first 20 minutes of this match, and … Read more
The Springboks rarely need extra motivation when they play the All Blacks – the history, rivalry and quality of the contest ensure that every time they meet, the Test generally goes to the column marked “great”. But at the unfamiliar 25,000-capacity Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland’s southeastern industrial suburbs, the world champions will have something … Read more
It was the most anticipated encounter between the two old foes in years because so much was riding on it. Eden Park was (and still is) a fortress, but the 2013 Boks felt they had a chance. And they had a good reason. Du Plessis, in the form of his life, won three penalties in … Read more
France Stein has spent much of his rugby career doing things on his terms, but in the end he was unable to craft the perfect exit from the game in the way he often produced a great moment of brilliance. A knee injury and body hit the 36-year-old who had 18 years of professional rugby … Read more
It’s a mark of experience and deep consistency of thought and selection that the Springbok’s first team to face New Zealand’s All Blacks in four years, featuring 16 players who did home in 2019. The Boks got 16 draws in Wellington four years ago, which is a clear indication that they believe in the same … Read more