Let’s celebrate our atheletes
What will it take for the Free State province to celebrate its own athletes? With utmost confidence, I can safely say this particular question has never been more relevant than it is today, let alone overdue and it’s high time that the responsible parties begin to furnish us with answers to this imperative question. I might be stepping on people’s toes here, especially the powers that be, but some things have to be said and this is one of those issues worthy of proper responses, or rather engagement. This week I want to reflect on two prominent athletes from the…
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MDC race goes down to the wire
Bloemfontein Celtic’s dream of claiming the 2016/17 MultiChoice Diski Challenge looks ever so close to becoming a reality as they enter the penultimate round of the competition, this week, at the summit of the log following a late onslaught on the championship. Siwelele leapt to apex of the Diski Challenge log courtesy of a 3-2 win over Orlando Pirates, which saw them topple Mamelodi Sundowns who were held to a 1-1 draw by Free State Stars in a game they dominated but failed to win. The MDC has for a better part of the current season been a two-horse race…
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Faf: Proteas need pressure to improve
Russell Domingo will surely be keeping one eye on the Momentum One-Day Cup, and in particular Morne Morkel’s fitness, despite being thousands of miles away in New Zealand from next week. South Africa may currently be comfortably 4-0 up in the ODI series against Sri Lanka but after Tuesday’s fourth ODI at Newlands, it is clear that the Proteas’ fast bowling division will need to be reinforced before the ICC Champions Trophy in England in June. The national selectors yesterday retained the 14-man squad that are on duty in the Sri Lanka series for the single T20 and five ODIs…
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