While you were keeping up with the footage of the Oscar Pistorius trial, the lovely people over at BrandsEye have been getting their nerd on, collecting all the stats of online conversations that related to the trial. The stats make for an interesting read – check out the breakdown here.
You might have grown accustomed to Oscar Pistorius’s courtroom drama and his behaviour. Some may think that Pistorius’s tears and vomiting may indicate remorse. But experts warn people not to let Pistorius’ anguish fool them.
Yesterday’s courtroom drama lead to a crucial moment in Oscar Pistorius’s trial proceedings. Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel again lambasted Pistorius’ credibility and his inability to take responsibility for his actions.
June Steenkamp has stoically endured every account of the day her daughter died. She has seen images of her daughter’s lifeless body that she will take to her grave. And through all the heartache, she can’t take her eyes off Oscar Pistorius, the man that took her daughter’s life.
Earlier today we reported that a UCT rugby player was accused of punching a woman in the face during a brawl. We have the ALLEGED video of the assault. You can read all about that, here.
Can you taste it? Can you smell it? It’s the weekend. It’s bearing down on you – on us. And do you know what that means? Do you KNOW what that means? That means that you get to watch sport. And if you’re smart, it means that you get to make money, too.
A young lady named Irini Agathagelou has posted a message to Carte Blanche on Facebook, telling of an alleged attack carried out by a UCT 1st XV player, after their historic comeback win against NWU Pukke.
An incredibly hard-core scene has just emerged in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius. Gerrie Nel played the video of Pistorius at a shooting range and compared the watermelon to Reeva’s brain. He shouted at Pistorius and told him to look at an image of Reeva.
High drama today in the Oscar Pistorius murder-trial courtroom as Gerrie Nel has submitted a video showing Pistorius at a shooting range where he says “It’s not as soft as brains but fuck it is a zombie stopper.”
This photograph is doing the rounds at the moment. We have received it from a number of people and allegedly shows Pistorius having a good time at Koi restaurant in Sandton last Thursday.
Oscar Pistorius’ ex, Samantha Taylor, made it know yesterday that she didn’t believe a word that was coming out of his mouth as he took to the stand yesterday. This subsequently deleted tweet spread like wildfire..
We have three recordings from today’s trial. The first is Oscar explaining how he and Reeva went to bed that night. The second is what happened once he woke up to a noise. The third is the dramatic ending.
The 2oceansvibe office was wondering if the voice Oscar is using on the stand (click here to listen) is his usual voice, it turns out it isn’t. Click through for an interview he did with Larry King a few months before he killed Reeva Steenkamp.
No man, this is just blady ridiculous! In a good way, obviously. The Fanie du Toit Stadium was the setting of arguably the greatest Varsity Cup comeback of all time in rugby during the 2014 final between the NWU-Pukke and the UCT Ikey Tigers. Decide for yourself with this uninterrupted last seven minutes of the match. Commentary from SuperSport’s Owen Nkumane and Warren Brosnihan.
Marketed as a match between New York’s “Finest and Bravest,” the charity hockey game between New York City police and firefighters was very far from a peaceful occasion. Check out the massive brawl that occurred on Sunday.
And he’s bawling his eyes out. “I can’t imagine the pain, the sorrow and the emptiness I’ve caused you,” and “I have terrible nightmares. I wake up in a complete state of terror.”
It’s critical stations for Chelsea, and the lacklustre Stormers clash with the best offensive team in the Super Rugby tournament this weekend. Mark Keohane reckons the Lions can pip the Crusaders. Who are YOU betting on? Put your money where your mouth is, and step inside.
When Anders Helstrup jumped out of a plane over Hedmark, south east Norway, he didn’t anticipate getting within high-fiving distance of a meteor traveling at 470km per hour.
That’s right, shoppers. You can LITERALLY selfie yourself (and a friend) all the way to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ final. This is what you need to do. Are you listening closely? Good. FIRST: Buy something with your Visa card. NEXT: Take a selfie. THEN: Share the hell out of that selfie on Visa’s radical Facebook […]
Watch this incredible Italian with a couple of planks strapped to his feet, clad in latex, go at a speed the average car doesn’t even reach. On Monday, Simone Origone beat the world record for speed skiing, clocking in at 252.454km/h, at the French ski resort Vars.
320,000 pints of beer means there was a lot of spillage, guzzling, downing, bad decisions and drunk rugby fans at the Hong Kong Sevens. Here’s another cool fact: fancy dress sales rise by 40% in the lead up to the event. Check out some other amazing facts about the biggest annual rugby event in Hong Kong.
The All Black Seven’s team have a habit of ripping off their shirts when they win a tournament, but fans were in for a special treat in Hong Kong this past weekend, when the weather gods conspired to deliver a sopping wet shirtless haka.
The Springbok rugby jersey has undergone a design overhaul at the behest of their main sponsors, Absa. From today onward, the Springboks will play in the corporate colours of Absa, one of South Africa’s largest banks.
It isn’t a man strapped with a GoPro to his head falling from the upper stratosphere, but still cool nonetheless. It’s strange how kayaker Dane Jackson’s ball’s of steel didn’t cause him to drown, when he dropped 18.3m down a waterfall in his kayak.
In an apocalyptic future, the remaining humans might look back on October 2016, as judgement day; or most likely the advent of the coolest new sporting games: Cybathlon. The Swiss National Competence Center of Research will be hosting a championship for “robot-assisted parathletes” during October 2016 in Zurich.
Sochi, Russia, post the 2014 Winter Olympics is looking a little, er, dead. Deader than dead actually. In fact we would go as far as to say that the next time Hollywood sends out a location scout to find the perfect spot to shoot a block-buster Zombie apocalypse flick, Sochi should be the location of choice.
Arsenal are desperate to reverse their losing streak, and the top of the table Sharks clash with the best offensive team in the Super Rugby tournament this weekend. R250 says you can make R10,000, just for watching sport. Last weekend a guy called Rudi bagged R25,000. Be like Rudi.
In Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing, Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair made the observation that there were a lot of “improbabilities” in Oscar’s account of the events that happened. Barry Bateman has compiled 10 questions, that he thinks will illuminate these observations.
The annual Laureus Sports Awards honours sport’s most remarkable individuals. This year the prestigious award ceremony celebrated, among others, two talented individuals who have proved to be world-beaters despite their age, namely Sebastian Vettel and swimmer Missy Franklin, who at 18 is the youngest ever recipient of the Sportswoman of the Year award.
Oscar Pistorius’s penchant for porn aggregator, YouJizz.com isn’t exactly the newest news. But American legal commentator Nancy Grace is obsessed with this topic; derailing an otherwise serious analysis on the Pistorius trial with her focus on porn.