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The International Masters Cricket (IMC) Over-40’s World Cup got underway in Cape Town on Monday February 19 and will culminate in the final being played on Friday March 1. The spin trio of Abdul-Aziz Temoor, Ridiwaan Williams and Yasser Ditta are ready to make an impact. FEROZ...

THE Athlone Stadium in Cape Town was once again adorned in Palestinian flags and banners as Palestine beat an SA Invitation XI in the final match of their South African tour. FEROZ SHAIK reports. The Palestinian national team's positive ending to their tour of South Africa, courtesy...

Meet Uwais Saeed, a 19-year-old football prodigy whose journey from the KZN Academy to the professional football scene in Portugal is nothing short of inspiring. Excelling as a striker and earning multiple player of the year awards, Saeed's dream of becoming a professional footballer has become a...

The Athlone Stadium in Cape Town became a canvas of solidarity, adorned with Palestinian flags and banners, echoing chants of ‘Free free Palestine’ when their national football team took on a Western Cape XI. FEROZ SHAIK reports. THE Palestinian national team has reached our shores and has...

UMR HURTER FOR the eighth consecutive year, the South African Youth Hundred Cricket Tournament was hosted by Awqaf SA in collaboration with Primrose Cricket Club and the Western Province Cricket Association. Approximately 3 000 spectators watched the four days of play on the Primrose Cricket Club grounds...

The South African Rugby Union must stand by its decision to withdraw its invitation to the Israeli rugby team, Tel Aviv Heat, argue JAAMIA GALANT and IQBAL JASSAT. THE decision by South Africa's premier rugby body South Africa Rugby Union (SARU), to outlaw an Israeli rugby team's...

The Over-50s World Cup comes to Cape Town next month and two of the players are sure to have strong local support. FEROZ SHAIK reports. THE Primrose Cricket club duo of Goolam Taliep and Saleem Mukuddem has been selected in the South African Over-50s team to play...

Hashim Amla’s retirement from cricket has ended one of the most glorious careers in cricketing history. The ‘Mighty Hash’, or the ‘Silent Assassin’ (so named by the great West Indian fast bowler, Michael Holding), has been an enigma ever since his entry onto the national and international...

ASLAM KHOTA pays tribute to two cricketers – one who served the game as the greatest cricket manager and the other, like many other during his era, were denied full international honours because of apartheid. The third wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage communities...

SEDICK CROMBIE SOUTH Africa’s 24 years of democracy has brought forth many positive developments as the country strives to build a society based on universal human rights and the dignity of the individual. South Africa was ravaged by racism, subjugation of its people and prejudice, yet its...