Handre Pollard and Manie Libbok are obviously two very different players, but attack coach Tony Brown views them as the same when it comes to driving the Springbok attack.

Botswana FA’s president, Tariq Babitseng, is confident that South African coach Morena Ramoreboli will guide the Zebras back to the Africa Cup of Nations, where they have been absent for 12 years.

The race to succeed Bill Beaumont as chairman of World Rugby comes to a conclusion in a vote in Dublin at the governing body’s headquarters on Thursday.

Jannik Sinner hit the accelerator at the end of each set as he cruised past Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday to close in on a semi-final spot at the ATP Finals in Turin.

Evidence Makgopa wore a sheepish smile when Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos showered him with praise before literally patting the forward on the back, making him blush at Dobsonville Stadium.

Former Kaizer Chiefs legend Brian Baloyi says that holding the Kaizer Chiefs No 1 jersey requires a hardened mentality, but he is upbeat over Amakhosi’s chances this season.

The first battle cry has sounded ahead of the showdown at Twickenham on Saturday, with English winger Tommy Freeman reckoning that the Springboks are ‘still human’ and ‘still playing the same game’.

Sri Lanka’s cricket board named former South African batsman Neil McKenzie as a consultant coach ahead of their Test tour of South Africa.

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has welcomed the number of young players who are given a chance and backed in the premier division, but has warned that to build on their progress, agents must prioritise players’ development over their personal enrichment.

Proteas all-rounder Marco Jansen, while acknowledging that spin has been a challenge for them in the ongoing T20 series against India, reckons things could be a bit different for Wednesday’s third T20 in Centurion.

Sir Kenny Dalglish hailed nine-time Major champion Gary Player and expressed his delight at Liverpool’s position at the top of the Premier League during his visit to South Africa this weekend.

Alexander Zverev opened his campaign at the ATP Finals in Turin on Monday evening by dispatching Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-4 in their round-robin opener.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus wants a tour whitewash and, with the Scotland win, he’s a third of the way there. And he didn’t say it was going to be pretty, as Sunday’s success at Murrayfield showed.

Tristan Stubbs’ Gqeberha homecoming wasn’t just for him, but for the friends and family who came up from Knysna, where he grew up, to watch him play against India on Sunday.

Premier League referee David Coote was Monday suspended after a video was posted on social media appearing to show him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

Kwagga Smith still can’t quite believe that he has completed the journey from being a Sevens legend to a 5-cap Springbok, writes Lloyd Burnard in Edinburgh.

Hugo Broos is so confident that Bafana Bafana will qualify for the 2025 Afcon that he has vowed to take the first flight out of South Africa never to return, should they fail.

Norway’s Casper Ruud eased to a straight-sets victory over Carlos Alcaraz on Monday as the Spanish star’s bid for a maiden ATP Finals title got off to a poor start.

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend believes his team defused the Springboks’ Bomb Squad at Murrayfield on Sunday.