by Tammi | Feb 3, 2024 | Columns
This week Gary Lemke has look at a below-strength Proteas outfit, Liverpool’s title charge, LIV Golf’s season-opener and more! ‘BIG 3’ DOMINATE SA20 CRICKET We’ve still got this weekend to get through before the SA20 playoffs start, but the most successful, and...
by Gary Lemke | Jan 9, 2024 | Columns
Golf, bloody hell hey? Thriston Lawrence had teed off in the final round of the Joburg Open at Houghton Golf Club with a three-shot lead over Dean Burmester. That lead evaporated just three holes into the final round and by the 5th hole, the 26-year-old was two shots...
by Gary Lemke | Dec 30, 2023 | Columns
‘IT WAS THE BEER’, SAYS BARTON Number of the week? 4. That’s how many pints former footballer turned-manager Joey Barton claims to have had when he first started climbing the hill that he seems determined to die on. He initially took to social media to rail against...
by Tammi | Dec 23, 2023 | Columns
BULLS HAVE STORMERS HOODOO TO BEAT The United Rugby Championship – as opposed to the European Rugby Champions Cup – resumes this weekend after a three-week break. There are seven games and the favourites are Glasgow (vs Edinburgh), Ulster (vs Connacht), Benetton (vs...
by Tammi | Dec 23, 2023 | Columns
NEW MANAGER BOUNCE AT FOREST? It’s never nice saying, “we told you so,” but “we told you so”. In last week’s column we mentioned that should Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest lose at home to Tottenham that could well be time for him to get his coat. And so it happened...
by Tammi | Dec 21, 2023 | Columns
THREE 0-0’S IN 150 EPL GAMES When are the 0-0 scorelines going to start dropping in the Premier League? Because the stats say they will. Last season there were 23 such scorelines from the 380 matches, which meant one in every 16 games was goalless. This season there...
