Articles tagged ‘South Africa Sport’
Cape Town’s Rugby Museum Holds Vast Treasures
By Ben | July 25th, 2006 |
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It’s surprising how many tourists come to South Africa on a rugby footing. True, we’re an on-again, off-again rugby world power, with a semi-glorious history (let’s not forget that the Springboks, as the national side are known, were “whites only” for about a century) - and then there’s the power of sport to compel people [...]
Springboks Escape Utter Humiliation This Time
By Ben | July 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
South Africa’s Springboks, last week’s sorry excuse for a rugby team (they lost their first Tri Nations test match, against Australia, 49-0, in one of their worst defeats ever), magically morphed into this week’s reasonably-perky union footballers, falling to a far-superior All Blacks side in Wellington by just a whisker less than half their opponent’s [...]
Reds De-throne Chiefs
By Ben | July 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
In the end, Man U’s purchasing power prevailed over the Kaizer Chiefs’ pluck. South Africa’s Amakhosi dominated a somewhat lacklustre match, outfoxing their opponents with dazzling dribbling, and gamely playing by “English Prem” rules in the mosh-pit of a midfield - but for all their control of possession, they couldn’t score. The scoring was left [...]
There are Still a Few Man U - Chiefs Tickets Left
By Ben | July 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Tonight’s clash between UK Prem giants Manchester United and SA Prem giants Kaizer Chiefs at Newlands, Cape Town, isn’t completely sold out - there are still a number of tickets available at the pricey end, I’m told by Computicket. (Pricey = R170 if you’re lucky, and R350 if you’re not; see our currency converter of [...]
Oh Yes, There Was Also a Horse Race Yesterday
By Ben | July 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
The World Cup casts a long shadow over all the rest of sport - including yesterday’s Durban July, which SA Logue confesses to having forgot. Sorry, Durban. C’etait la faut des onze vieux hommes de la France.
The Durban July is the country’s premier horse race, more or less - though the folks over at Cape [...]
Comrades Marathon Final Countdown Begins
By Ben | June 14th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It’s “t-minus two days ” for the Comrades Marathon, South Africa’s premier ultra-distance running event, which takes place between Durban and Pietermaritzburg on 16 June each year. (16 June, Youth Day, is a public holiday.)
The starting and finishing places alternate: this year, the Comrades is an “up” run, starting at sea level in Durban and [...]
South Africa’s Cricketers Win a Test!
By Ben | April 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
By golly, they’ve done it! South Africa’s national cricket side, known as the Proteas, have won a bona fide-five day test - for the first time in the long and soon-to-be-finished season - and against credible opposition, no less.
The first test against the visiting Black Caps from New Zealand was a see-saw affair, with both [...]
Ellis Park Disaster Commemorated Today
By Ben | April 11th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Every nation has its stadium disasters, and today, in South Africa, SA Blog’s 2010 World Cup coverage takes a somber turn. For it was on this day, five years ago, that 43 people were crushed to death in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg, during a derby between the two giants of SA football, [...]
South Africa vs. New Zealand: Cricket Schedule
By Ben | April 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Their subjugation to the Australians in test cricket complete (SA suffered a 3-nil whitewash during the Aussies’ recent visit here, though we won the ODI series in spectacular fashion) the Proteas get a chance to rebound against New Zealand, who’ve arrived in the country for three tests, and begin a 4-day warm-up against the “Rest [...]
South African Cricketers in Miracle Win
By Ben | March 13th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
South African cricket fans stampeded to the newsstands this morning, seeking assurance that it wasn’t all just a dream. Yesterday they had witnessed what has been christened in most parts of the cricketing world as the “greatest one-day match in history” - in which the Proteas chased down, and surpassed, an unprecedented 434/4 by a [...]
