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The winger of the Springbok Makazole Mapimpi will join the Japanese NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes team for the upcoming season from September 2020 to April 2021. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. The hurricanes, which are trained by South African Johan Ackermann, had initially attempted to land Mapimpi during the transfer window in a permanent deal in a movement of large sums of money with a net worth of more than R9 million. However, the winner of the Rugby World Cup signed a contract extension until 2023 allowing him to take a gap year in Japan while increasing his earning potential. It also sees him retain a spot in the Cell C Sharks and keeps him in the crosshairs of selectors for the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour. The 29-year-old said the original Japanese offer was for one year, but that he couldn't leave for a year without knowing what would happen to his future thereafter. "I'm not sa...

Diego Costa will need to leave a superior impression than on his last outing to the Camp Nou when Atletico Madrid goes to play Barcelona on Tuesday. The striker has come back from lockdown fit as a fiddle and has been in the fine structure on the pitch, scoring three objectives in Atletico's initial five games back. Presently, he's getting ready to take on a Barcelona side that looks somewhat suspect at the back. Costa's last appearance at the Camp Nou, on April 6, 2019, kept going only 28 minutes before he was sent off by Jesus Gil Manzano. The profane words he utilized towards the arbitrator that night saw him get a straight red card and a resulting eight-coordinate boycott. That suspension shut down a season in which the Spanish worldwide had overseen only five objectives, remembering two for the UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid. It was September before the previous Chelsea forward came back to activity in LaLiga Santander and he just got twice in his n...

Springbok and Stormers, Damian Willemse, say rugby players should use their platform to ensure that gender-based violence in South Africa is addressed. Willemse and his fellow Boks Siya Kolisi and Herschel Jantjies As well as Blitzboks and Imbokodo captains Siviwe Soyizwapi and Zintle Mpupha, delivered food packages to a group of Peakview High School students in Athlone, Cape Town, yesterday as part of the #StrongerTogether for R32- 12 campaign. “Gender violence is very common in South Africa, and it is our responsibility as men to talk about it, said Willemse. It is something that we have to look at; it is our responsibility to make sure that our women are safe. We as rugby players have a platform to make a difference and we need to use it.” Players urged schools to join the #StrongerTogether for R32-12 campaign, which helps alleviate hunger. Food Forward SA is another charity that benefits from the campaign, where raffle tickets are sold for R32.12. Players give away some...

CAPE TOWN Springbok and Stormers, Damian Willemse, say rugby players should use their platform to ensure that gender-based violence in South Africa is addressed. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. Willemse and his fellow Boks Siya Kolisi and Herschel Jantjies, as well as Blitzboks and Imbokodo captains Siviwe Soyizwapi and Zintle Mpupha, delivered food packages to a group of Peakview High School students in Athlone, Cape Town, yesterday as part of the #StrongerTogether for R32- 12 campaign. "Gender violence is very common in South Africa, and it is our responsibility as men to talk about it, said Willemse. It is something that we really have to look at, it is our responsibility to make sure that our women are safe. We as rugby players have a platform to make a difference and we need to use it." Players urged schools to join the #StrongerTogether for R32-12 campaign, which helps alleviate hunger. Fo...

South African Rugby has confirmed there is a slight possibility the following summer's British and Irish Lions visit could be moved to suit an expected updated worldwide schedule. The Lions visit has an arranged July 3, 2021 beginning, with the three Tests on back to back ends of the week from July 24 onwards; however, a mooted change to the game's worldwide schedule could see a switch. "The visit is going on and the time is as yet fixed on where it is, however, there may be a date change," South African Rugby CEO Juries Roux said in a press preparation on Monday. "There is a slight possibility that to line up with another worldwide schedule, it may move to either a September/October or October/November window and that is simply because if that is the main obstacle of getting the worldwide schedule over the line, we would not have any desire to be the deterrent to that." Roux said a choice on the recommended worldwide schedule move, which wou...

As we reflect on the Springbok triumph of 1995, it is a curious fact from the era of professional rugby that the travels of the British and Irish Lions to South Africa correlate with the Springboks as world champions, and it is also a fact that in every The Boks have a different coach than the one who won the World Cup two years earlier. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. In 1996, poor health saw Kitch Christie turn the reins over to Andre Markgraaff, who after being dishonored when a racist comment was released resigned and was succeeded by the inexperienced Carel du Plessis for the '97 series against the Lions Carel should never have been named and the momentum generated by the 1995 World Cup victory was lost and the Boks lost a series to a fairly average Lions team. It was a different story when the Lions returned in 2009. The team Jake White had built to win the 2007 World Cup was preserved by incoming...

Children’s drawings from ten UEFA Foundation for Children projects will feature in the design of the 2020 UEFA Super Cup match ball. Today, UEFA begins telling the stories of the youngsters whose creativity made this unique initiative happen on its Instagram platforms. This season’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League winners will play the annual UEFA Super Cup match in Porto on 12 August with a special match ball featuring a series of children’s drawings integrated into the ball’s design. The drawings are the work of 18 children with different backgrounds from ten European organizations who work together with the UEFA Foundation for Children, who were selected by the chairman of the foundation’s board, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. Children from across the continent were encouraged to submit drawings showing what football meant to them in a contest organized by the foundation together with its ten partner organizations. Mr. Čeferin chose the 18 drawings fro...

Some stories of the past that led to sporting headlines around the world on June 25. 1983 India wins their first-ever Cricket World Cup, beating the West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's.  Set 184 for victory, the West Indies were cruising at 50/1, but quickly found themselves at 76/6 and eventually out for 140.  Back then, games were 60 overs, with Man of the Match awarded to Mohinder Amarnath for his 26 runs and 3/12. Kris Srikkanth led all scorers with 38. 2005 The All Blacks open their test series against the British & Irish Lions with a 21-3 win at Jade Stadium in Christchurch.  The win was overshadowed by a dangerous tackle that saw Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll dislocate his shoulder in the opening minutes of the match.  O'Driscoll was driven head-first into the ground by opposite number Tana Umaga and hooker Keven Mealamu.  Dan Carter kicked three penalties and a conversion, with Ali Williams and Sitiveni Sivivatu scori...

UEFA has revealed several significant decisions from their Executive Committee meeting, with ramifications for the Irish League and the Northern Ireland national team. Dates set for Northern Ireland's Euro play-offs Northern Ireland's Euro Cup 2020 play-off semi-final against Bosnia & Herzegovinia has been confirmed for October The continental governing body confirmed that the match, along with other playoff semis, will take place on Thursday 8 October, with Northern Ireland's potential final against either Republic of Ireland or Slovakia at Windsor Park set to take place on Thursday 12 November. Both of those games are due to be played as the first matches in triple-header international windows along with Nations League fixtures. Northern Ireland will host Austria on October 11 and travel to Norway on November 14 in the Nations League. They will then welcome the Austrians to Windsor on November 15 and host Romania on November 18. Confirmation o...

CAPE TOWN - While Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber is expecting teething problems when South African teams get back onto the field, he reckons intensity won’t be a problem when that day comes. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. Nienaber was speaking at the Food Forward South Africa warehouse in Cape Town yesterday, where he and Bok skipper Siya Kolisi, assistant coach Mzwandile Stick, Steven Kitshoff, Bongi Mbonambi, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Blitzboks and Imbokodo captains Siviwe Soyizwapi and Zintle Mpupha assisted in packing food parcels to aid hunger alleviation. On the initiative, he said: “In January and February, when we started talking about the year, everybody felt that they wanted to give back, and then came COVID and this initiative. When the idea came out in our Whatsapp group, within second the guys started responding saying ‘I will give this’, so the guys were in it, boots and all, right from the ...

The 2020 UEFA Super Cup, initially due to be facilitated by Porto, Portugal, will presently be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary on September 24, as indicated by a choice taken at a videoconference held today by the Executive Committee of the Union of European Football Associations. The match will see the champ of this yearʼs Champions League set in opposition to at the victor of Europa League. The accompanying releases of the Super Cup will occur as initially planned for Belfast, Northern Ireland (2021), Helsinki, Finland (2022), and Kazan, Russia (2023 UEFA Super Cup match to be held in Budapestaption EURO 2020 to be held next summer T he association affirmed that the matches of EURO 2020 will be held the following summer, in the 12 unique host urban communities. Every current ticket stays legitimate for the competition in 2021. The individuals, who wish to restore their ticket, will have the last chance to demand a discount from June 18 to June 25  ...

South Africa Rugby has confirmed they are considering moving the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour from the summer to the autumn as World Rugby continues discussions over a global rugby calendar. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. A major overhaul of rugby’s calendar has long been in the works with the Six Nations and SANZAAR recently releasing a joint statement revealing that discussions have begun in recent weeks amid the current global crisis. The goal is to ensure genuine alignment of the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres with Test rugby set to take place in March and April and again in October and November. As part of this, the Lions tour could be moved from July and August to October and November. Jurie Roux SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux confirmed they have looked at a number of contingency plans and said it would be a shame if the tour had to be played behind closed doors. “The d...

Lions bosses are increasingly frustrated by club-country disputes as they run out of time to organize their South African tour until the fall. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. The Warren Gatland side is open to changing the trip to September of next year, rather than July and August, to accommodate a new global structure. But sources have indicated that the Lions are still unclear on whether they will have to reschedule it. A group of six Nations executive directors, SANZAAR, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales, and RF Sweeney Bill Sweeney were tasked with creating a new global season structure and will meet with club representatives and president EPCR executive of the European Cup, Vincent Gaillard. Monday. EPCR will not move from its proposed dates for the conclusion of this year's tournament in September and October nor for the plan for next season, a unique 24-team tournament played over eight weekend...

JOHANNESBURG SA Rugby Chief Executive Jurie Roux says the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa next year is the most important thing in rugby after the Rugby World Cup. Rugby enthusiasts can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. "I can talk about the British and Irish Lions for a long time. After the Rugby World Cup, it is probably the most important thing in rugby and we have the opportunity to play them only once every 12 years," said Roux after the tour will continue next year. The most important thing at this stage is that the tour continues. There may be a change of date, but we can manage it. The Olympics, scheduled for Tokyo this year, have already been postponed until 2021, while many of the major annual sporting events have been rescheduled for later in the year or canceled entirely in 2020. We are very excited to welcome them to South Africa, but also a completely different business model: We basic...

As a once in every 12 years event approaches SA Rugby is keen to assure the public that the visit of the British and Irish Lions in 2021 will go ahead. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. SA Rugby has been in constant conversation with the northern powers that unite to form the Lions. The Lions' visit dates back to the first tours of South Africa and the genesis of the Springbok rugby. British and Irish Lions tours South Africa Rugby CEO Jurie Roux said this was something they could not allow to fall even in a global crisis. “I can talk about the British & Irish Lions for a really long time after the Rugby World Cup it’s probably the biggest thing in rugby and we get the opportunity to play them only once every 12 years,” said Roux. The most important thing at this stage is that the tour continues. There may be a change of date, but we can manage it. We're very happy to welcome you to South Af...

South African players from the victorious squads in the 1995, 2007, and 2019 Rugby World Cups have teamed up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rugby fans can book British and Irish Lions Tour Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices. 2007 team captain John Smit recently shared a photo of himself alongside half of the 1995 fly Joel Stransky, former teammates Jannie du Plessis and Pierre Spies, as well as recent winners Elton Jantjies and Trevor Nyakane. They were all buying and packing food packages to deliver as part of the South African Rugby Legends Association. Nyakane, whose 2019 campaign in Japan was cut short due to a calf injury, wrote on Instagram: “A challenge worth taking, thanks for the invitation Elton Jantjies, this is a great cause, I hope that I and the Blue Bulls we can continue the great work you are doing and feed more people." These are not the only Springboks that have been active during the pandemic, as Captain Siya Kolisi's tireless wor...