Curly-haired golf star, Rory McIlroy has dumped his blonde tennis-star girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki. It’s fair to say that she is in a different league to him, but at the same time, he does have the means to aim high..
Pride is a big deal for world championship boxers – especially those who have been retired for 10 years. Undisputed heavyweight champs need big bucks to mess with their legacy. Check this out.. Check this out from ESPN: Lennox Lewis is weighing up a comeback fight against one of the Klitschko brothers for a staggering […]
Welcome to Friday. Here’s a guy jumping off the top of a mountain, flying down the slopes with a wing suit, and gliding on to the service of a lake for his landing. The jump took place at Lake Garda in Italy on September 30th 2013. Raphael Dumont, the guy who nailed it, has over 600 flights under his belt.
Yes, okay last weekend we slipped up a little. We admit. Time for redemption then. It is pretty simple this weekend – 3 Currie Cup games and 2 Momentum One-Day Cup matches. Easy. Well… On the rugby side of things there are some very interesting match ups. Given that this is the last weekend before […]
In 2009, film maker Alex Gibney set out to make a film documenting Lance Armstrong’s comeback year in cycling. For the whole year, Armstrong lied to Gibney’s face. In ‘The Armstrong Lie’, Lance finally sets the record straight. “A cancer survivor overcoming the disease comes back and wins. Yeah, they liked that.”
Golf hasn’t seen its fair share of streakers, but this Sunday at the Presidents Cup, the 18th fairway may have become home to one of the most famous streakers in history.
Red Bull, being the excellent sports media company that they are have produced a 21,000-photo Instagram stop motion film of cliff diving in Wales. As one does.
Because North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jung Un, thinks what his country really needs right now is not more food or electricity, but a multimillion dollar ski-resort, construction has begun on the Masik Pass ski resort.
It was a distressing weekend for motorsport, with 8 people dying as a monster truck went out of control in Mexico, and this – a horrific crash in Houston, USA – during an IndyCar series grand prix.
Jake White was announced as the new Director for Rugby at the Sharks Rugby Union in Durban about two hours ago. White begins his tenure immediately.
Alex Ferguson has sat down with American broadcaster Charlie Rose for an hour-long interview in which he dishes on his fraught relationships with David Beckham and Wayne Rooney, and Chelsea’s desire to land him as their manager.
Not to mention ALL meals, game activities and non-premium brand drinks at a 5-star resort Chobe as well as a sunset cruise on The Zambezi. Still interested? Then we suggest you get involved in this weekends Betflash Multiple, currently offering you 68 – 1 odds on the following: SA to beat The All Blacks Argentina […]
Shaun Carter is the cover star of the November 2013 edition of Vanity Fair. His wide-ranging interview covers a variety of topics including his child, money, poverty, Barack Obama, and most interestingly, the business skills he managed to glean from dealing drugs in his adolescence. Check it out.
Local columnist, Andile Mngxitama has launched a scathing attack on Springbok rugby in a column published by the City Press, titled ‘Springboks are a perfect metaphor for SA’. Regarding the Bok loss to the All Blacks in Dunedin some weeks back due to what has been widely recognised as on of the worst examples of refereeing in the history of the game, Mngxitama said, “The bad refereeing that cost the Boks the game was merely poetic justice and karma.”
Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympian who shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is preparing for his March trial, by hiring a team of American forensic investigators.
I don’t know what was more incredible to read in this weekend’s Sunday Times. The fact that Joost van der Westhuizen’s wife farts loudly, or the fact that it is indeed a ‘penchant.’
American wingsuit pilot, Jeb Corliss, performed a death defying stunt this weekend in China’s Zhejiang Province. He jumped out a helicopter and flew through a narrow crevasse in the Langshan Mountain. The stunt was dubbed ‘The Flying Dagger.’
Last weekend the 5 – 1 multiple came good and as a result there were a few happy people here at The Compound. This weekend is probably one of the best spreads to date, offering some very interesting options and involves the following matches:
Good guy Kyrie Irving visited a school in Gauteng to participate in an educational program supported by UNICEF’s Schools for Africa initiative. While visiting the kids, an impromptu dance battle kicked off with the Cleveland Cavaliers’ point guard and one brave student. The rest of the class provided the soundtrack.
This video takes the saying “desperate times call for desperate measures” to a whole new level. Watch what happened during this Premier League match between Aston Villa and Tottenham on the weekend.
Righto, the gang over here at The Compound has yet again done all the hard work for you. This weekend’s sports multiple dishes up some interesting options and includes 2 Currie Cup rugby matches and 3 English Premier League games with odds ranging from 5 -1 to 150 – 1.
Rugby player, Manu Tuilagi says he’s sorry for playing a prank on British Prime Minister David Cameron. Tuilagi was at 10 Downing Street on Monday afternoon for a visit along with the British and Irish Lions. The group posed for a photo outside the entrance to honour the Lions’ 2-1 defeat over Australia, and Tuilagi pulled this stunt.
Okay, okay so last week we may have been a tad off with our predictions, but after the Bok win we were happy to forget about the multiple and rather revel in the joy of getting one over the Aussies. That said, we have had a report from one happy camper who signed up using the 2OV voucher code (see below) who placed a R180 bet last weekend and won R3,600.
Well this is just adorable. Check out these little surfer dudes and dudettes ripping waves like pros. This is sure to make you smile, unless you are a robot, then I’m afraid there is no hope for you.
From the duo that brought you the ‘History Of Rap’ part one, part two and part three, comes the ‘Evolution Of End Zone Dancing’. Justin Timberlake (late night television seems to be his home away from home these days) and Jimmy Fallon cranked out this hilarious performance to showcase the way the football end zone dance has evolved throughout the years.
Two Cape Town surfers Benji and Davey Brand, as well as local film maker Dan Mace have produced a video highlighting what may well be one of the last great undiscovered surf spots on an African coastline. And barely a day after upload, the video has racked up over 100,000 views. It’s beautiful, and you should watch it.
Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal won his second US Open title on Monday night, and secured his 13th Grand Slam title. On Tuesday morning this piece of advertising gold hit the airwaves.
Eminem joined ESPN’s Saturday Night Football on the weekend for the half time show at the Michigan – Notre Dame game. Check out Eminem with hosts Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit. So extremely uncomfortable and awkward.
Angry mobs of teenage girls everywhere are most likely plotting revenge, because Louis Tomlinson, of One Direction has been injured. Click for more on these dramatic scenes 😉
If you watched the U.S. Open quarterfinal match on Thursday you experienced a little blast from the past. Andy Murray, defending U.S. Open champion, seemed to channel himself circa 2010 and completely lost it on the tennis court.He was playing against Stanislas Wawrinka at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and had good reason to be upset.