The semi-final match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the 2014 Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam in Melbourne is currently underway, and Rafael Nadal’s hands are being shredded to pieces.
January is almost over, and so is the week. In the multiple this weekend, we have five spicy football games from the FA Cup, the Serie A, and a high-scoring affair from the Bundesliga. FA Cup, Bundesliga, and Serie A: Birmingham vs Swansea Chelsea vs Stoke Wigan vs Crystal Palace Monchengladbach vs Bayern Munich Lazio Roma […]
Genie Bouchard, the up and coming 19-year-old tennis superstar, made easy work of former French Open winner Ana Ivanovic on Tuesday.
God bless the Royal Air force, for they have just given us all the opportunity to sit inside the cockpit of a RAF Typhoon jet.
Just about how many times have you had to go to toilet mid-conversation with your buddy, only to sit on the toilet and feel desperately alone?
FLOTUS was crushing apples and throwing down mini-rim dunks with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra to promote her “Let’s Move!” campaign to end childhood obesity this past week. The first lady, James and Chris Bosh make cameos of their own – photobombing Wade and Allen […]
This is too good to be true! The Jamaican bobsled team has raised over R1 million on Crowdtilt so they can compete in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
We’ve seen dogs do it, so why has it taken so long to see a cat on a skateboard?
The Winter Olympics in Russia have not yet begun, but the scandals surrounding the games in Sochi started a while ago. One would think that hosting an international event in a country run by a despotic, homophobic regime would be a bad idea. Washington Post journo, Charles Lane seems to think so – he called the olympics a “corrupt quadrennial exercise.”
At the Short Track European Championships, the final proper tune-up before the Winter Olympics, Russia’s Viktor Ahn had defeated the Netherlands’ Sjinkie Knegt in the men’s 5000m team relay. The race wasn’t a close one at all – and Knegt felt he needed to vent some anger. This is how he did it.
Despite a frenzied crowd at the Green Point Stadium on Sunday, Bafana could only muster a single goal in reply to the attacking onslaught that saw Nigeria thump three goals past a lacklustre South African defence. While dejected fans filed out of the stadium, some were vocal about their disappointment – but none were quite as loud as sports minister Fikile Mbalula, who called Bafana’s performance “a disgrace.”
One day after reports emerged that Michael Schumacher might never wake up from his medically-induced coma, a brain surgeon has warned that should Schumacher survive his injuries, his life will be irrevocably changed.
Bernie Ecclestone, the age-old, talismanic director of Formula One’s holding company is to step down from his role until the court proceedings against him have ended.
We don’t care much for the winter olympics here in South Africa. But in the Northern Hemisphere, people tend to get pretty excited about it. Especially Norwegians.
Tired of cycling that same old route? Check this out. The Carretera Austral is known as one of the most spectacular and challenging cycle tours in the world.
The “Pipeline” on Hawaii’s north shore is one of the most storied surfing spots in the world. Known for its (perilously dangerous) waves, this little spot attracts surfers the world over to test their mettle. A new video from aerial photographer Eric Sterman shows the area in all its glory. He did it by attaching a GoPro camera to a DJI quadcopter – and this is what he caught on tape.
Australia experienced one of the hottest days in it’s history yesterday, as temperatures soared to a sizzling 42.2 Celsius.
Spencer McKinley, just your average Grade School kid, has pulled off an unlikely buzzer-beater that most NBA players can only dream of. Get your eagle eye out, the magic happens around second 52.
Guys. GUYS. It’s 2o14. That means that Nitro Circus is happening this year. Nay, it’s happening NEXT MONTH. We can’t even breathe. Have you seen it? Have you seen how amazing it’s going to be? Have you seen that video above? See that video above. See it. Know it. Internalise it. Make it inside you.
Welcome to the new year, kids. R75,000 should be enough to take the edge off of the middle of Januworry, shouldn’t it? Listen closely – these are the best multiple odds we’ve ever offered. In the multiple this weekend, we have five football games from the Premier League. Premier League: Man United vs Swansea Newcastle […]
If you think that shoelace-untying ended in High School, you are sadly mistaken.
If you still haven’t gotten round to snapping up tickets for the 153rd running of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, then this may well be your last chance. You can win one of three double tickets to the Style Lounge, valued at R250 each!
Ageing basketball star, Dennis Rodman sings happy birthday to brutal dictator Kim Jong Un in the style of Marilyn Monroe to JFK, eliciting frenzied cheers from hundreds of spectators, who are hoping to appear enthusiastic enough to avoid execution. Welcome to 2014. If you missed it, here is Rodman losing on CNN. [Source : YouTube]
Headlines about freezing temperatures in the Midwest, US are everywhere with it dropping as low as – 56 degrees in some areas. The cold front has been dubbed “the Polar Vortex” and is achieving epic feats like turning boiling water into snow and creating a steam effect on Lake Michigan.
Trust a Japanese game show to turn the beautiful game into some sort of arcade-ninja-ball-blaster-nightmare. Shinji Kagawa (we all know him, right?) and Hiroshi Kiyotake (not so much) were asked to score a goal on a full-field football pitch against a team of 29 in-field children, and three goalkeeper children. Easy. 55 kids? That’s harder.
A sailor aboard a yacht competing in the 2014 Cape 2 Rio race has died from injuries sustained during a storm, 16 hours after the race commenced on calm waters from Table Bay on the weekend.
While England are busy taking an ass-whuppin’ from Australian in the current Ashes, we’d like to take you all back to the day when English batsman Michael Carberry broke his bat in the Ashes some years ago.
On Tuesday we told you to follow Chris Bertish as he live-Tweeted his attempt to break the world record for the longest continuous stand up paddle (SUP). Well friends, he did it! We’re proud to announce that the Cape Town waterman completed the 121 kilometer trip in 12 hours, ending his journey at 19hoo at Saldanha Bay.
We’re focusing on Premier League Football again this week, and you’d be hard pressed not to take one last dip before Christmas. In the multiple this weekend, we have five football games from the Premier League. Premier League: Man United vs West Ham Stoke vs Aston Villa Sunderland vs Norwich Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur Swansea […]
Google has released it’s 12th annual year end zeitgeist – a summary of the year’s key data points on the world’s most popular search engine. Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela and Oscar Pistorius topped the list of South Africa’s most searched for terms. Thankfully, Steve “Relevance” Hofmeyr didn’t make the top trending list in South Africa. Nelson claimed the top trending spot globally for 2013, while Oscar limped in at sixth place for most searched for people in the world.