Mbokazi will have to wait a month to get his MLS debut as Chicago Fire play their opening match against Houston Dynamo on 22 February.

Wales coaching trio Dan Lydiate, Rhys Patchell and Duncan Jones will again be involved in Steve Tandy’s backroom for the Six Nations.

Rory Smith believes Tottenham are stuck in a “stagnant” phase, with expectations to compete at the top but without the resources.

Former Great Britain bobsleigher and track athlete Mica Moore will compete at next month’s Winter Olympics for Jamaica in the monobob.

England will host Iceland in a Women’s World Cup qualifier on 7 March at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground.

Filipino Alexandra Eala lost a see-saw first round Australian Open battle with American Alycia Parks on Court 6.

Fan favourite Alex de Minaur easily accounted for American Mackenzie McDonald in his first round Australian Open match on Rod Laver Arena.

Cypriot club AEL Limassol have confirmed the arrival of Thapelo Maseko from Betway Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

It was Sekhukhune United who handed Orlando Pirates their first defeat of the season at the Orlando Stadium in August.

The Betway Premiership fixture between Marumo Gallants and Kaizer Chiefs at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Mangaung has been rescheduled.

Alexandra Eala may have only played one Australian Open singles match but she was the biggest first-round draw by far at Melbourne Park.

Orlando Pirates striker Tshegofatso Mabasa and Mamelodi Sundowns’ Kobamelo Kodisang and Mosa Lebusa, have joined Stellenbosch FC in the Cape Winelands.

Dominik Szoboszlai spoke to Mohamed Salah “almost every day” when he was at Afcon but refuses to speculate on the Egypt forward’s future at Liverpool.

Katie Boulter exits the Australian Open after being outclassed by Belinda Bencic in a straight-set first-round loss in Melbourne.

Mercedes chief designer John Owen, a key figure in multiple drivers’ and constructors’ championship wins, is to leave the team later this year.

‘I could feel the pain but we were fighting for three points,’ says Saleng as he opens up on his injury struggles after joining Sundowns.

The Detroit Pistons hold on to beat the Boston Celtics 104-103 in a game between the Eastern Conference’s top two teams on Martin Luther King Jr Day.

With the top three in the Premier League pulling away, could fifth be enough for Champions League football again?

Andy Farrell will name his Ireland squad for the Six Nations squad on Wednesday but a number of the usual contenders are struggling for form, fitness or both.

There have been 158 teams who have played in Europe’s premier competition since 1992-93.

Kaizer Chiefs co-coach Cedric Kaze is happy with the current squad and does not look to sign any new players in the current transfer.