Bernie Ecclestone, the age-old, talismanic director of Formula One’s holding company is to step down from his role until the court proceedings against him have ended.
We don’t care much for the winter olympics here in South Africa. But in the Northern Hemisphere, people tend to get pretty excited about it. Especially Norwegians.
Tired of cycling that same old route? Check this out. The Carretera Austral is known as one of the most spectacular and challenging cycle tours in the world.
The “Pipeline” on Hawaii’s north shore is one of the most storied surfing spots in the world. Known for its (perilously dangerous) waves, this little spot attracts surfers the world over to test their mettle. A new video from aerial photographer Eric Sterman shows the area in all its glory. He did it by attaching a GoPro camera to a DJI quadcopter – and this is what he caught on tape.
Australia experienced one of the hottest days in it’s history yesterday, as temperatures soared to a sizzling 42.2 Celsius.
Spencer McKinley, just your average Grade School kid, has pulled off an unlikely buzzer-beater that most NBA players can only dream of. Get your eagle eye out, the magic happens around second 52.
Guys. GUYS. It’s 2o14. That means that Nitro Circus is happening this year. Nay, it’s happening NEXT MONTH. We can’t even breathe. Have you seen it? Have you seen how amazing it’s going to be? Have you seen that video above? See that video above. See it. Know it. Internalise it. Make it inside you.
Welcome to the new year, kids. R75,000 should be enough to take the edge off of the middle of Januworry, shouldn’t it? Listen closely – these are the best multiple odds we’ve ever offered. In the multiple this weekend, we have five football games from the Premier League. Premier League: Man United vs Swansea Newcastle […]
If you think that shoelace-untying ended in High School, you are sadly mistaken.
If you still haven’t gotten round to snapping up tickets for the 153rd running of the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, then this may well be your last chance. You can win one of three double tickets to the Style Lounge, valued at R250 each!
Ageing basketball star, Dennis Rodman sings happy birthday to brutal dictator Kim Jong Un in the style of Marilyn Monroe to JFK, eliciting frenzied cheers from hundreds of spectators, who are hoping to appear enthusiastic enough to avoid execution. Welcome to 2014. If you missed it, here is Rodman losing on CNN. [Source : YouTube]
Headlines about freezing temperatures in the Midwest, US are everywhere with it dropping as low as – 56 degrees in some areas. The cold front has been dubbed “the Polar Vortex” and is achieving epic feats like turning boiling water into snow and creating a steam effect on Lake Michigan.
Trust a Japanese game show to turn the beautiful game into some sort of arcade-ninja-ball-blaster-nightmare. Shinji Kagawa (we all know him, right?) and Hiroshi Kiyotake (not so much) were asked to score a goal on a full-field football pitch against a team of 29 in-field children, and three goalkeeper children. Easy. 55 kids? That’s harder.
A sailor aboard a yacht competing in the 2014 Cape 2 Rio race has died from injuries sustained during a storm, 16 hours after the race commenced on calm waters from Table Bay on the weekend.
While England are busy taking an ass-whuppin’ from Australian in the current Ashes, we’d like to take you all back to the day when English batsman Michael Carberry broke his bat in the Ashes some years ago.
On Tuesday we told you to follow Chris Bertish as he live-Tweeted his attempt to break the world record for the longest continuous stand up paddle (SUP). Well friends, he did it! We’re proud to announce that the Cape Town waterman completed the 121 kilometer trip in 12 hours, ending his journey at 19hoo at Saldanha Bay.
We’re focusing on Premier League Football again this week, and you’d be hard pressed not to take one last dip before Christmas. In the multiple this weekend, we have five football games from the Premier League. Premier League: Man United vs West Ham Stoke vs Aston Villa Sunderland vs Norwich Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur Swansea […]
Google has released it’s 12th annual year end zeitgeist – a summary of the year’s key data points on the world’s most popular search engine. Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela and Oscar Pistorius topped the list of South Africa’s most searched for terms. Thankfully, Steve “Relevance” Hofmeyr didn’t make the top trending list in South Africa. Nelson claimed the top trending spot globally for 2013, while Oscar limped in at sixth place for most searched for people in the world.
Cape Town waterman, Chris Bertish is attempting to break the world record for the longest continuous stand up paddle (SUP), right now. If all goes to plan, he’ll arrive in Saldanha Bay at 19h00 tonight after 121 kilometres and 12 hours on the water. In classic form, he’s tweeting his journey. Follow his record attempt in real time.
Luis Suarez, hated universally for his unsportsmanlike conduct, was in the headlines again this week after a Tottenham Hostpurs mascot snubbed his handshake on live TV.
We’re focusing on Premier League Football once more this week, and I can tell you that the odds are sorely tempting. In the multiple this weekend, we have five football games from the Premier League.
What can a professional trick-cyclist do with two assistants, a customised track and a R200,000 bike? Quite a lot, actually.
Goalkeepers have it hard, harder than most sub-groups of athletes. Regardless of the context, if you let that ball slip in, you WILL get a bollocking from your whole team. Which is presumably why these Slovenian footballers in the fourth division team SD Gorisnica decided to use actual cannons to launch soccer balls at their keeper.
The 2014 edition of Africa’s classiest horse race is around the corner, people – chronologically and geographically speaking. The 153rd running of the LQP will feature 12 races instead of the usual 10 for the first time ever.
You may remember in February this year we told you about Titus, the toddler capable of beating you at basketball. Titus is back with his third trick shot video, and apart from featuring cameos from Bradley Cooper and Channing Tatum, the video reaffirms once more that this tiny child is a better athlete than you. […]
This handshake between England’s Kevin Pietersen and Joe Root went down in a recent Ashes test in Australia. Played in slow motion, it may well be the most difficult sequence of play to have besmirched a cricket field in 2013. Yuck, man. [Thanks, Ross!]
This is like one of those bad dreams. A base jumper near Moab, Utah, fully collided with the cliff he’d just jumped off – and then had to face an age-long tumble to the ground.
It’s all about the football this weekend with the 2ov and Bet Flash Sports Multiple. There is however a separate pot focusing on the PE Sevens taking place this weekend. Check that out here. Hopefully the Blitz Bokke and go one better than last weekend after finishing second to Fiji. In the multiple this weekend, we have […]
The 2014 edition of Africa’s classiest horse race is around the corner, people – chronologically and geographically speaking. The 153rd running of the LQP will feature 12 races instead of the usual 10 for the first time ever. A variety of ticket options are available, starting with the premier Jockey Club ticket, valued at R2, […]
It has been a while since Luis Suárez bit the arm of Branislav Ivanović during a match between Liverpool and Chelsea. Lest you forget again, local artistic genius, Regis Matare has stepped up to the plate, producing a stunning portrait of the event. Check it out.