India’s star opening batter Shafali Verma has hailed the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup as the perfect breeding ground for the next generation of stars. Verma had captained India to victory in the inaugural staging of the tournament in South Africa in January 2023.
There was a time, not too long ago, when the mere mention of money was anathema in sports ~ professionals were allowed in Wimbledon for the first time in 1968, and in the Olympics only from 1988.
Traveller movement at South Africa's main border crossing point with Mozambique is now open "until further notice," the country's Border Management Authority (BMA) announced.
Business confidence has significantly improved in South Africa since the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in June 2024, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said on Tuesday.
Former South Africa spinner Paul Adams believes Delhi Capitals made a smart decision in retaining South African power-hitter Tristan Stubbs for the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
South Africa have thus completed a 2-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka in the series, having won the first Test by an innings and 45 runs.
Let us not make too much of the fact that a later round of tests nullified results that had earlier been said to be positive, given that well might a third one have upheld the first: Covid-19, after all, is yet to be tamed.
Quinton de Kock will lead South Africa in series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia respectively in the upcoming months.
Political pardons cannot be a tool of self-protection or for furthering a partisan purpose they should remain a progressive tool for the larger good of society, civic evolution and societal heal, depending only on the circumstances, sensitivities and implications involved.
The South African cricket board had earlier said that they will retest its players and the hotel staff after the first ODI against England.
