News Bites

Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final tie between Liverpool and Manchester City lived up to its billing as a showdown between the greatest rivals in the history of English football, as the Reds beat their opponents 3-2 in a thrilling encounter.

Mamelodi Sundowns suffered a shock 2-1 in Angola to Petro De Luanda in the first leg of their CAF Champions League encounter on Saturday.

Cricket South Africa have confirmed that former Proteas captain Graeme Smith will not renew his contract as director of cricket after it expired at the end of March.

Spinners Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer needed only an hour in Port Elizabeth on day four to take the remaining seven Bangladesh wickets as the Proteas win the test series 2-0.

The body of Therese de Villiers, wife of former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, was found floating in a pool on Monday afternoon.

Forty-eight people have been killed and dozens more injured after two suicide bombers targeted a polling station in rural Somalia on Wednesday evening.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation at 8pm tonight to explain how the government will manage lifting Covid-19 restrictions.

France had it all to do at Stade de France in Paris – and the prize would be winning the Six Nations Championship, something Les Bleus hadn’t done for 12 years.

The FIA, the Formula 1 governing body, admitted that “human error” played a part in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix championship decider.

Frozen food company McCain were forced to recall several green bean and stir fry products after small pieces of glass were found inside the bags.

Formula One team Haas have terminated the contract of Russian driver Nikita Mazepin and ended their sponsorship contract with Uralkali over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A phenomenal display from Harry Kane helped Tottenham Hotspur to claim all three points against the league leaders Manchester City at the Etihad on Saturday.