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Sport
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The Ultimate Rugby Community
13 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Together with International Lions and Irish rugby legend, Brian O’Driscoll, tech entrepreneur Ray Nolan recently launched Ultimate Rugby – the first ever global rugby app and online community which brings fans up to the minute news of all professional games around the world.
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The World’s Most Extreme Rube Goldberg Machine [VIDEO]
13 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Red Bull’s marketing strategy seems to be, “I see what you did there. Hold on while we do something 1 000 times more awesome and post it on YouTube.” Well, they’ve nailed it again with the craziest Rube Golberg machine ever. Bigger and more intense than ‘ol Rube could ever have imagined.
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Lance Armstrong Poses With Tour de France Jerseys In Provocative Tweet
12 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 9 Comments
Wow, Lance Armstrong sure knows how to troll the internet. You gotta see this pic he posted on Twitter this weekend, with the words “Back in Austin and just layin’ around … ” Click through to see pic.
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R100 Makes You R2,200 If These Five Rugby/Football Predictions Come True This Weekend
09 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Actually, I’ve got two Multiple predictions for you. The one makes you R1,700 if you put down R100 and they all come true – and the other makes you R2,200! Click through to see the multiples!
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Sky Diver Felix Baumgartner Convicted Of Road-Rage Assault
08 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Austrian sky diver Felix Baumgartner has been convicted of punching a lorry driver during a road-rage incident in 2010. Baumgartner was driving in Salzburg when he overtook a queue of four cars waiting at a roundabout, only for his car to become wedged in front of the other drivers.
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Cricket South Africa May Extend Gary Kirsten’s Contract
07 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wouldn’t it be lovely if Cricket South Africa came to the party early and extended Gary Kirsten’s contract as national coach? There’s no guarantee that they will.
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Scumbag Arsenal Fan Teaches Three-Year-Old Son To Sing Rape Chant [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
British moral fabric eroded further on Monday when a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a man teaching his three-year-old son how to sing vile chants about Robin Van Persie.
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Top SA Cyclist Bust For Doping
06 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
One of South Africa’s most prominent cyclists, David George, has been caught with his hand in the needle jar, testing positive for the banned performance enhancing drug, EPO. He faces a charge of doping, and the scorn of people wearing spandex in coffee shops, everywhere. Thus spake the CEO of the South African Institute for […]
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The New York Marathon Has Been Cancelled
03 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
After 9/11 the New York mayor contemplated cancelling the New York marathon, but they decided not to, saying the race would be a symbol of strength and unity for New York and indeed America. Sadly, this was not the case following hurricane Sandy.
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Firm Sends R100 Million Letter Of Demand To Lance Armstrong – Should He Sell The Jet Or The Ranch? [Photos]
01 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Lance Armstrong might want to consider selling his private jet (above), as it looks like the insurance firm who paid out all his Tour de France win bonuses, want their money back. They were always talking about it, but now they’re REALLY doing it..
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Don’t Hate The Player – Western Province Rugby Apologises For Tossing Cash Like It Ain’t No Thing From Victory Bus
31 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Western Province Rugby have issued a public apology for the actions of a few players during the provincial rugby side’s ticker tape through Cape Town following their victory over the Sharks in the 2012 Currie Cup Final. A number of players tossed R50 notes to fans who had lined up to catch a glimpse of […]
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Sharks Are Favourites, John Plumtree – Deal With It
26 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Sharks coach John Plumtree says that Western Province labeling the hosts as favourites for this Saturday’s Currie Cup final is nonsense. Really? The Western Province team selected for the final has six players that are still eligible for the U21 team (including the whole front row), has an average age of 23 and finished third […]
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Cycling South Africa Are More Concerned About Sport Than The Law
24 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 14 Comments
It seems Cycling South Africa is more concerned about prizes and competitive cycling, than safety on our roads. Surely the ACTUAL law should be more important than a SPORT’S law? Or do you only take something seriously when your now-fallen saviour Lance is involved? Read on…
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Two Teams Sent Off During Paraguayan Soccer Match [VIDEO OF BRAWL]
23 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nestor Guillen on Sunday equalled the world record for the most number of red cards handed out during a soccer match, er, brawl, when he sent off 36 players in a Paraguayan junior league match.
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GAME OVER: Armstrong Stripped Of Tour De France Titles – All Records Wiped From UCI Books
22 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
And just like that, fourteen years of Lance Armstrong’s career have been wiped from the record books. In addition to losing his titles, the International Cycling Union has banned Armstrong from the sport for life, citing “insurmountable evidence” that Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs over the course of his career, and in every one of […]
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South African Wins World’s First Wingsuit Championship [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South Africa’s Julian Boulle was announced as the first winner of the World Wingsuit League (WWL) Grand Prix late last week.
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Badvertising: Lance Armstrong’s Anti-Doping TV Advert For Nike [VIDEO]
19 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, we reported on Lance Armstrong being dumped by Nike. Other endorsements lost by him in the past week include Trek, Giro, FRS, Honey Stinger, 24 Hour Fitness, Anheuser-Busch, and Radio Shack.
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Lance Armstrong Quits As Livestrong Chairman
17 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s official: Lance Armstrong will step down as the chairman of Livestrong, his cancer-fighting charity, so that the group can focus on its mission, and not on its founder’s problems.
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Tyler Hamilton: Armstrong Paid Motorcyclist To Deliver Bloodbooster [LISTEN]
16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lance Armstrong’s former team mate Tyler Hamilton said in a BBC radio documentary yesterday that during the 1999 Tour de France, Armstrong paid a motorcyclist to deliver the banned bloodbooster EPO to him.
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Violence Breaks Out In Dakar During Soccer Match [GALLERY]
16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, the second leg of a qualifying match for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations took place between the Ivory Coast and Senegal in Dakar. But the game had to be abandoned before the end due to violent riots by Senegalese fans.
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All The Footage From Felix’s Stratosphere Jump [PICTURES & VIDEO]
15 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last night, at about 8pm local time, an Austrian by the name of Felix Baumgartner rose 128 000 feet into the air and jumped, free-falling 128 000 feet from the stratosphere. Part of the Red Bull Stratos project, this is the highest skydive ever attempted. He even landed on his feet. We’ve got the video.
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Safa Too Incompetent To Grab Fifa Freebies?
11 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sepp Blatter is no-one’s favourite guy, but his Goal project – started in 1999 – has funded 600 projects in 199 member associations. Artificial pitches, association HQ’s, training centres have all been built totally on Fifa’s dime. How many projects have we got funded? Zero.
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Oscar Pistorius Appears On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno [VIDEO]
10 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following Trevor Noah’s spot on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno earlier this year, another South African has appeared as a guest on the popular American talkshow. Yesterday Oscar Pistorius sat down for an interview and spoke to Leno about his gold medal-winning experience at the 2012 Paralympics.
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Chinese Blogger Apologises For Roger Federer Death Threat
10 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A Chinese blogger who goes by the alias of “Blue Cat Polytheistic Religion Founder 07”, has apologised for saying he planned to kill Roger Federer.
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Michael Phelps Sinks Amazing 48-Meter Putt, Longest Ever Televised [VIDEO]
10 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
This past weekend, multiple gold medal winning Olympian Michael Phelps made waves in a different arena. Phelps was competing in the Pro-Am Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrew’s, in Scotland, when he set a new world record for the longest televised putt, ever.
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Felix Baumgartner Jumps From 23 Miles Above The Earth At 14h30 Today
09 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
At approximately 14h30 South African time, skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt the highest, fastest free fall in history – 37 kilometres above Earth.
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Red Bull’s Incredible Rube Goldberg Parkour Machine [VIDEO]
09 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jason Paul from Germany is a total boss when it comes to freerunning (also known as parkour). He was recently invited by Red Bull to take part in an incredibly awesome human-powered Rube Goldberg parkour machine. Their goal? To switch on a television.
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UK Prop Loses Testicle In Rugby League Grand Final
08 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You just can’t ignore a headline such as “Wood loses testicle in Grand Final.” We know rugby isn’t a game for sissies, but this brings a whole new meaning to pain. You can wince a little bit gents, it’s OK. I did.
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Michael Schumacher Announces Formula One Retirement…Again
04 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Michael Schumacher announced earlier today that he will be retiring from Formula One at the end of the current season. This will be the second time he is retiring from professional racing.
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Naming An Unchanged Springbok Team
04 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
2oceansvibe’s sports columnist, Sean Wilson, debates the controversial perils of what happens when you name an unchanged Springbok team. It’s something a Bok coach hasn’t done since 2009.
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