Martin Johnson: Winning 1997 British & Irish Lions captain says South Africa the place to play
Martin Johnson led the British and Irish Lions to an historic series win against South Africa in 1997. As the Lions prepare to return, the...
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British and Irish Lions 2021: Touring party vaccinated before South Africa tour
Louis Rees-Zammit at the first gathering of the 2021 British and Irish Lions, carrying the mascot as the youngest player in the 37-man party The...
British and Irish Lions 2021: Who could be the bolters to tour South Africa?
Kieran Hardy, Sam Simmonds and Simon Zebo are among the outsiders hoping to be named in Warren Gatland’s squad A 23-year-old Martin Johnson made his...
Ben Youngs rules himself out of British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa
Ben Youngs scored tries against Wales and Ireland in this year’s Six Nations England scrum-half Ben Youngs has withdrawn from contention for the British and...
F1 in Africa: The fast and the fragile
Hill’s BRM team had been known for a series of expensive failures – but in 1962 had finally got on top of their reliability problems...
Pakistan in South Africa: Fakhar Zaman hits 193 but hosts win to level series
Fakhar Zaman now has five ODI centuries, including 210 not out against Zimbabwe in 2018 South Africa 341-6 (50 overs): Bavuma 92 (102), De Kock...
Pakistan beat South Africa by three wickets after last-ball victory
Babar Azam has scored 13 one-day centuries South Africa 273-6 (50 overs): Van der Dussen 123*; Shaheen 2-61 Pakistan 274-7 (50 overs): Babar 103; Nortje...
British and Irish Lions plan for tour to go ahead in South Africa
The British and Irish Lions drew their three-Test series against then-world champions New Zealand in 2017 The British and Irish Lions plan to tour South...
Chad disqualified from Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
Chad already had no hope of qualification for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations Chad will not take part in the final matches of qualification...
South Africa cricket captain Temba Bavuma inspired by England’s Eoin Morgan
South Africa’s Temba Bavuma in action Not only is Temba Bavuma the first permanent black African captain of a South African international cricket team but...