Sport

Action shifts up a gear in second round of club championship

Soweto Marathon sponsors African Bank have announced a reprieve for runners affected by the cancellation of last weekend’s Cape Town Marathon at the 11th hour due to strong wind.

Chippa United boss Siviwe Mpengesi has confirmed to The Herald that Vusumuzi Vilakazi will replace Luc Eymael as the club’s new head coach.

Dafabet Warriors captain Matthew Breetzke is a short man but he stood impressively tall with the bat as most of his teammates floundered around him to guide his side to a total of 244 on the first day of their Cricket SA 4-Day Series match against the Titans in Centurion on Tuesday.

The vehicle partner for the Herald Cycle Tour 2026 is Eastern Cape Motor (ECM) Group Ford. This long-standing partnership is driven by shared values of supporting local families and the economy of the region of Nelson Mandela Bay.

The Proteas Women marched to their fifth consecutive win and to the top of the table as they beat the rain and Pakistan by 150 runs via the DLS Method in their ICC Women’s World Cup match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday evening.

The countdown to the Investec Champions Cup rugby clash between the DHL Stormers and crack French outfit Stade Rochelais in Gqeberha on December 13 started when organisers announced ticket sales would open on Wednesday.

Highbury FC are facing a venue crisis with no home ground to call their own after the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality missed the deadline to renew the Gelvandale Stadium’s safety certificate.

It will be the opportunity of a lifetime for Gelvandale Rugby Academy players when they compete at the Day of Dolphin tournament in Swakopmund in Namibia on November 1, academy founder Enrico Grootboom says.

There are no hard feelings between Kaizer Chiefs players Khanyisa Mayo and Pule Mmodi after that much-publicised and embarrassing ‘offside goal’ bungle against AmaZulu earlier this month.

Plans are being hatched for the star-studded Maori All Blacks, renowned for playing an exhilarating brand of coast-to-coast rugby, to face a South Africa XV in Gqeberha during 2026.

Highbury’s first defeat in the Motsepe Foundation Championship this season was tough to take, but his players will regroup and come back stronger, coach Kabelo Sibiya said.

The Dafabet Warriors can expect a backlash of serious proportions when they take on the Titans in their fourth Cricket SA 4-Day Series fixture in Centurion, starting on Wednesday, before a break of about six weeks.

The first decisive step in the Springboks’ grand plan to conquer Europe was taken on Monday when they named a 36-man squad bristling with power among the forwards and pace to burn among the backs.

Angry Eastern Cape road runners cried foul after their hopes of competing in the Cape Town Marathon were dashed, as strong overnight and early morning winds led to organisers cancelling the event an hour before the start on Sunday.