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THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2026, 19:31

Would you condone this, Bucs fans?

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Premier Soccer League giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates meet for the first Soweto Derby of 2025/26. We have five things to expect at the FNB Stadium.

Keep track of the live scoring as the Proteas take on the West Indies in their next T20 World Cup clash on Thursday.

Rumours before the Derby.

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An ‘awful’ decision, or ‘always going to be a red’? Why Juventus’ Lloyd Kelly’s second yellow card became a straight red in his side’s Champions League exit at the hands of Galatasaray.

Mohamed Salah would be happy to stay at Liverpool until 2027, there are six Premier League clubs interested in Frankfurt’s Nnamdi Collins, while Casemiro wants to keep playing in Europe.

Galatasaray survived a 10-man Juventus comeback, scoring twice in extra time to win 7-5 on aggregate, despite Lloyd Kelly’s red card.

As Italy faced the embarrassment of having no clubs in the Champions League last 16, Atalanta became the saviours of national reputation – and pride.

PSG held on despite a late Jordan Teze goal, after Marquinhos and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in quick succesion to seal the tie for French champions, as Mamadou Coulibaly was sent off for Monaco.

Alexander Sorloth’s hat-trick sees Atletico Madrid progress to the Round of 16, after 4-1 win against Club Brugge (7-4 on aggregate). Sorloth becomes only the second player in Atletico’s history to net a treble in the competition since 2014.

Bayer Leverkusen advance in the Champions League after a 0-0 draw against Olympiakos. The result was enough to secure a 2-0 aggregate victory, following their first-leg win in Greece. Leverkusen will face either Arsenal or Bayern Munich in the Round of 16.

Bodo/Glimt produced one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history as they knocked out last year’s finalists Inter Milan to reach the last 16 for the first time.

Atalanta score a penalty with the last kick of the game, as the Italians stage an incredible fightback to beat Borussia Dortmund and progress to the last 16 of the Champions League.

Newcastle progress to the Round of 16 in the Champions League, after comfortably beating Qarabag 3-2 (9-3 aggregate) in the knockout phase play-offs.

Martin O’Neill is of the view VAR is “debilitating” for officials on the pitch as he brands the Scottish FA process for appealing against decisions “worthless”.

Daniel Dubois says his fight against Fabio Wardley will be the biggest of his career so far. The world title fight between two of Britain’s biggest punchers takes place at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena on 9 May.

The world title fight between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois takes place in Manchester on 9th May. Wardley – with 19 stoppages in 20 wins – will make the first defence of his WBO crown, having claimed the ‘interim’ title against Joseph Parker before being upgraded to full champion when Oleksandr Usyk vacated the belt.

Springboks and Sharks star Vincent Tshituka’s rugby story begins thousands of kilometres from any South African rugby field.