TTM parades Nedbank Cup in Polokwane

English fans attending the Champions League final in Porto between Manchester City and Chelsea will have to fly in on the day of the match and will need to stay in a 'bubble' before flying back straight after the game, the Portuguese government said on Thursday.

Australia and New Zealand will revive Super Rugby as an international affair when the Trans-Tasman competition kicks off on Friday.

MasiSports says a new sports field which is currently under construction at the Ukhanyo Primary School, in Masiphumelele near Fish Hoek, will help create an environment for young learners to build a better life for themselves.

In the men's singles at the Italian Open in Rome, Germany's Alexander Zverev, who won in Madrid last week, is through to the round of 16. The sixth seed recorded a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 victory over Hugo Dellien of Bolivia.

Newly-appointed Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos would not put his head on the block on whether the South African national football team will qualify for the Fifa World Cup to be played in Qatar in 2022.

A top executive of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games sponsor Toyota Motor Corp said officials of the Japanese company felt "conflicted" over the desire to see the Olympics succeed and public concerns about holding the event during a pandemic.

Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after second-placed rivals Manchester United lost 2-1 at home to Leicester City on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia will host the world heavyweight boxing title unification fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in August, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Tuesday.

The new Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is a bit relieved that the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, that were scheduled to kick off next month, have since been moved to September.

The recent success of younger players on the men's tour points to an "inevitable" shift at the top of the ATP rankings, said world number one Novak Djokovic.

Fulham were relegated from the Premier League on Monday after goals from Ashley Westwood and Chris Wood gave Burnley a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage.

Representatives of Manchester City and Chelsea supporter groups have called on UEFA to switch the Champions League final from Istanbul.

Serena Williams will this week play her first match since her Australian Open semi-final exit in February but the American does not feel unprepared for the WTA 1000 event having had enough practice before arriving in Rome.

New Zealand's Lydia Ko said she will skip the next two events on the LPGA Tour as she steps up her preparations ahead of the US Women's Open in June.

All Blacks winger Caleb Clarke, who lit up international rugby with an eye-catching debut season last year, has put his hand up for selection in New Zealand's Olympic rugby sevens team for the Tokyo Games.

A visit by International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach to Japan that had been set for May 17-18 has been postponed due to the extension of the state of emergency, Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said on Monday.

Nearly 60% of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled, an opinion poll showed on Monday, less than three months before the Games are due to begin. 

Paris St Germain's Ligue 1 title hopes took a major knock on Sunday when the defending champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Stade Rennes, leaving Lille holding a three-point advantage at the top with two games remaining.

Manchester United recovered to beat Aston Villa 3-1 away in the Premier League on Sunday as Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani scored in the second half to put on hold the title celebrations of champions-elect Manchester City.

Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix for a record-equalling fifth year in a row for Mercedes on Sunday.

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha has congratulated Nedbank Cup victors, Tshakuma Tsha Madvivhandila (TTM) football club.

Former world number one Ariya Jutanugarn hit a flawless nine-under-par 63 in the final round of the Honda LPGA Thailand on Sunday to become the first local winner of the $1.6 million tournament.

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila has made history by winning their first-ever major trophy.  They lifted the Nedbank Cup at the Free State Stadium on Saturday evening after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Chippa United.

The La Liga title race was blown wide open after Barcelona and Atletico Madrid played out a 0-0 draw at Camp Nou on Saturday (May 8).

Alexander Zverev avenged his defeat by Dominic Thiem in last year's US Open final in clinical fashion on Saturday, beating the Austrian 6-3 6-4 to reach the final of the Madrid Open.

 Manchester City will have to wait a little longer to be crowned Premier League champions after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Chelsea on Saturday.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton took the 100th pole position of his Formula One career at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said he will make any decision that they wish to take about his position "easy" for the club.

Organisers of the diving World Cup in Tokyo hailed on Friday the "successful" staging of the event after implementing strict COVID-19 countermeasures for the more than 400 participants.

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has defended its decision to appoint 69-year old Belgian Hugo Broos as the new Bafana Bafana coach.