TS Galaxy head coach Sead Ramovic says his side showed their fighting spirit to come from behind and secure a point against Kaizer Chiefs. The Rockets walked away with a point after they came from a goal down to secure a 2-2 draw against Amakhosi at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Tuesday. The draw sees Galaxy sit in fifth place on the log with 39 points from 26 matches, while Chiefs remain in eighth place with 34 points after 27 matches. “It was a fifth game after 15 days, it’s unbelievable how we came into it with a lot of energy. Unbelievable opportunity after two minutes, we missed a goal from ..read more

Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson has heaped praise on Ranga Chivaviro after he scored a brace in their draw against TS Galaxy on Tuesday evening. The Glamour Boys were forced to share the spoils with the Rockets after playing out to a thrilling 2-2 draw at the Peter Mokaba Stadium. The draw sees Chiefs remain in eighth place with 34 points after 27 games, while Galaxy are placed fifth with 39 points from 26 matches. Chivaviro came into the squad in place of Ashley Du Preez and Johnson was pleased with his performance on the day as he stepped up to score two goal, “I’ve got to tell him he put ..read more

Borussia Dortmund advanced to the Champions League final for the first time in 11 years following their 2-0 over Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals. After the first half of the semi-final, Dortmund led 1-0. Mats Hummels extended Dortmund’s lead five yards out after receiving a left-wing corner from Julian Brandt. That goal came shortly after PSG’s Warren Zaire-Emery missed a golden opportunity to score early in the second half when he volleyed a close-range shot against the post. After falling behind 2-0 on aggregate, PSG had a pair of near-misses in the first encounter in Germany, with Nu ..read more

Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro admits the game against Chippa United was “rough” and “very physical” but he felt his side were deserved winners. The Buccaneers secured a 3-1 victory over the Chilli Boys in the Nedbank Cup semi-final at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. The Buccaneers have now advanced to the final of the competition, where they will take on Mamelodi Sundowns at the Mbombela Stadium on June 1. Riveiro admits his side battled hard for the win but was happy with his side’s overall performance. “Ja, it was a rough game, very physical with the opponent playing a lot o ..read more

Having played Kenya twice in the last year, the Springbok Women are well aware of the physical confrontation that awaits them at Stade Makis in Antananarivo on Wednesday when the two sides meet in the second round of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup. The two teams faced off last May at the same tournament and again four months later in Cape Town as both were preparing for WXV, and according to Springbok Women captain Nolusindiso Booi, the match on Wednesday will be a physcal affair, as the previous two turned out to be. “I think both teams have prepared accordingly,” said Booi. “We saw in the firs ..read more

Cape Town Spurs coach Ernst Middendorp admits it would take a lot for his side to survive relegation from the DStv Premiership. The Urban Warriors recently suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Polokwane City through an own goal from Rushwin Dortley at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town. Spurs will be hoping to bounce back when they take on Royal AM at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Tuesday evening. Middendorp admits that it would take a miracle for them to secure their status in the DStv Premiership. “I’m busy all day with finding solutions for these games. We have several players not available,” Middendorp ..read more

AmaZulu coach Pablo Franco Martin admits that his side have to become “more realistic and more humble”. Usuthu were forced to endure a defeat against Richards Bay following their 2-1 loss at the King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium after goals from Justice Figuareido and Sanele Barns cancelled out Augustine Mulenga’s opening goal. The Durban-based outfit will be looking to bounce back when they take on Stellenbosch FC in their next DStv Premiership encounter at the Danie Craven Stadium on Wednesday. Martin believes they are still far from the level of the teams that need to fight for these higher ..read more

Argentina, playing for the HSBC SVNS league title, came back hard in the second half of their fifth-place playoff to edge the Springbok Sevens by 14-10 in the teams’ final clash in Singapore this weekend. Despite an unbeaten run in their three pool matches, the Blitzboks unfortunately came unstuck in both their playoffs, going down by 29-24 to Australia in the quarter-final on Saturday – with their opponents clinching the victory with a golden try in extra time – before Sunday morning’s second successive close result against Argentina. The Blitzboks led by 10-0 at the break after first-half tr ..read more

One try was enough for the Springbok Women’s Sevens team as they finished the HSBC SVNS Singapore on a winning note and secured ninth position with their second victory of the weekend over the USA. The 5-0 victory over the USA early on Sunday morning meant that South Africa finished the tournament at the National Stadium with three wins and two defeats from their five games, their second-best performance of the season. Maria Tshiremba scored what turned out to be the match-winner just before the break against the USA, and the Bok Women then threw everything they had into the last seven minutes ..read more

The South African Rugby Union thanked the judges and the South African public on Monday after a record-breaking night at the SA Sports Awards at the Sun City Superbowl. Rugby was honoured in eight categories collecting the awards for Federation, Administrator, Team, Coach, Sportsman, Newcomer, Sports Star, and People’s Choice winner, with Springbok captain Siya Kolisi collecting the latter two awards. The eight awards exceeded rugby’s previous best showing (five awards in 2022) and is believed to be the most collected by a single sport in the history of the 17-year-old awards. “We are greatly ..read more