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Cricket South Africa stunned sports fans on Wednesday, June 18, when it announced that it would be introducing a new format to the game, per Independent Online. The return of competitive cricket in South Africa will also herald the 3 team cricket format, which will be known as 3TC. Strict Protocols For The Return Of […]

Nina Dobrev almost blended in with the adorable wildlife on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa. On Thursday, the 31-year-old star of The Vampire Diaries took to Instagram to share a throwback video from her vacation to the seaside city. She looked like she was having a blast hanging out with a group of […]

Nina Dobrev recently showed off one of the stylish swimsuits that she rocked during her lengthy trip to South Africa last month. On Friday, the 31-year-old brunette beauty took to Instagram to share a few gorgeous photos that were snapped during her stay at the Singita Lebombo Lodge. Nina’s post included a set of six […]

The coronavirus pandemic continues to cause numerous disruptions to everyday life and WWE events around the world. Despite moving ahead with weekly TV shows and WrestleMania 36 in a couple of weeks, the wrestling giant has had to cancel numerous other events. The latest casualties are a big event at Madison Square Garden scheduled for […]

Nina Dobrev showed off her impressive flexibility during an early morning excursion in Capetown, South Africa. On Sunday, the 31-year-old Vampire Diaries star took to Instagram to share a set of photos from her South African getaway. They were taken during a hike on Lion’s Head mountain, a steep and rocky peak that rewards the […]

South African resident Jérémy Schalkwijk and his new girlfriend, Athina Yalias, received quite the shock when they walked near his pond and discovered a giant nursery web spider sinking its teeth into Jérémy’s pet goldfish, Cleo, reports The Daily Mail. Jérémy, who happens to be a tour guide, managed to whip out his camera just […]

After England stunned defending Rugby World Cup champions New Zealand 19-7 in the first 2019 semifinal on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan, the South Africa Springboks followed up with a hard-fought, tactical 19-16 victory over the Brave Dragons of Wales, to set up a rematch of the 2007 World Cup final on November 2. The Springboks […]

Less than three months into the inaugural cricket World Test Championship, India has already accumulated a sizable lead, taking 200 points from four matches — well ahead of second-place New Zealand and Sri Lanka, who each sit on 60 from two matches each. The two-year long competition involves the world’s nine top-ranked Test sides, each […]

The South Africa Springboks, two-time Rugby World Cup champions, find themselves in a desperate situation in the 2019 tournament. They sit third on the Pool B table behind three-time champs New Zealand and, in one of the surprises of the tournament so far, the gli Azzurri of Italy, who lead the group with 10 points […]

Duchess Meghan is once again leaving fans entranced with her stunning style. The American-turned-British-royal radiated effortless beauty in a video posted to her and her husband’s official Instagram account just after 2 p.m. Tuesday. The video was offered in celebration of Heritage Day, a holiday in the African nation of South Africa, where both the […]

Before heading into their current, three-match T20 International cricket series, India and South Africa last squared off in the eighth match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, as The Inquisitr reported. India took the edge in that 50-overs match, taking a six-wicket win with 15 balls remaining — and so far, the results seem to […]

Last weekend, the South Africa Springboks traveled to Argentina, where they captured their first major international trophy in 10 years. This game saw the Springboks destroy the Pumas, 46-13, behind a pair of tries and five penalties scored by 25-year-old fly-half Handré Pollard, as Rugby Pass reported. Now, one Saturday later, the two teams shall […]

With just six weeks to go before they open their Rugby World Cup campaign in Japan, the South Africa Springboks can get the best dose of momentum possible, needing only a win over Argentina to clinch their first Rugby Championship crown since 2009, as Sky Sports reports. The ‘Boks will benefit from the result of […]

With the opening of the 2019 Rugby World Cup coming up less than two months from now in Japan, the annual Rugby Championship has been truncated this year. The competition for international rugby’s top four Southern Hemisphere teams has been shortened to just three matches per team, rather than six, with each side playing the […]

With the 2019 Rugby World Cup, held this year in Japan, getting underway in exactly two months, the world’s fifth and sixth-ranked teams, per World Rugby, open a shortened version of the eighth annual Rugby Championship — a tournament for the sport’s four top Southern Hemisphere teams. This year, South Africa hosts Australia in what […]

South Africa will attempt to follow up on their stunning upset of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations host and favorite Egypt when they face their continental economic rival Nigeria in a quarterfinal showdown against the team Captain Thulani Hlatshwayo calls their biggest rival, according to The South African. And the winner of the match will […]

South Africa can fairly be called lucky to still be playing in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, sneaking through thanks to the newly-expanded, 24-team format that includes a Round of 16. That means out of the six groupings, the third-place teams with the four best records advance to the next round. On that third-place […]

Morocco has two wins and sits atop what was considered the most difficult group in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Their final opponent in Group D play, South Africa, comes in feeling that they have steadily improved throughout their first two matches and that shocking upset of the group leaders will be in the […]

South Africa looks to test themselves against one of the top teams on the African continent, when they open their campaign in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations “Group of Death” by facing 2015 champions Ivory Coast. The Ivory Coast coach said that they are building toward reclaiming the Cup of Nations title not this […]

Two teams who have struggled in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, with just one win each, find themselves playing for survival on Sunday. No matter who wins, Pakistan or South Africa, the climb into the top four and advancement to the semifinals will be difficult, to say the least. For Pakistan, being one of […]

After reaching the ICC Cricket World Cup semifinals in the 2015 tournament, South Africa entered the 2019 edition with high expectations, only to see their campaign crumble under the combined weight of sloppy play, injuries, and internal turmoil. On Monday, still looking for their first victory after three consecutive losses, according to CricBuzz, the Proteas […]

With all nine other entrants in the 2019 Cricket World Cup already with at least one game under their belts, the second-ranked one-day international team in the world, India, finally get their Cup competition underway, as they look for the third trophy in their history. But they face a South Africa team that has already […]

The Bangladesh Tigers open their 2019 Cricket World Cup tournament with expectations sky-high among their countrymen. This comes after the team qualified for the knockout stage for the first time in the 2015 World Cup, scored big ODI series wins over India, Pakistan, and South Africa, and advanced to the final of the Asia Cup […]

The South African Women’s National Team has been on an inspiring run to their first-ever 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, as the combination of exciting young players and the veteran experience of manager Desiree Ellis has supporters ready to shock the world in France. The team is one of the most attack-minded in the tournament, […]

The last four years of international cricket have all been building toward this — the opening match of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England. The Cup opener sees the host nation, who enter the tournament in the unfamiliar position of favorite, as The Inquisitr reported, take on South Africa in a 50-over match […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger may be 71, but he can still take a hit like a true action star, as a new viral video shows. A video has surfaced from Schwarzenegger’s visit to South Africa showing the movie star and former politician taking pictures and mingling with participants at a fitness event when a man took a […]

At first, the passerby in Durban, South Africa, thought they could hear the sounds of a cat trapped in a drain. However, they soon realized it was the cries of a newborn baby. After the discovery, shortly after 6 a.m. local time, a grueling four-hour mission was undertaken by emergency workers to rescue the baby […]

South Africa have already clinched all three series trophies available on the current tour by visiting Pakistan, as CricInfo reported, but the Proteas can earn perhaps the most satisfying win of the three if they can complete a whitewash of the Men On Green — the world’s top-ranked T20 side — when they meet in […]

The world’s top-ranked T20 cricket team, per the ICC, Pakistan, suffered just their third loss in their last 20 matches in the opener of their tour-concluding three-match T20 series in South Africa. But the hosts plan to rest their captain, Fas du Plessis, for the second match, giving the Men in Green an even better […]

After suffering a three-Test match whitewash to open their tour of South Africa, followed by a disappointing 3-2 defeat in the subsequent one day international series, Pakistan wipes the slate clean as it fields the ICC world’s top-ranked cricket team in the T20 short format of the game. The two countries open a three-game T20 […]

The 2019 Cricket World Cup opens in exactly five months to the day, but two of the teams who will compete to unseat reigning world champions Australia — South Africa and Pakistan — will get final test of their mettle in a high-pressure game, as CricBuzz reports, as the two nations square off in the […]

After winning a rain-shortened third one-day international match to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series against visiting Pakistan, South Africa will once again don their pink cricket kits for their annual breast cancer research fundraising match, known as the “Pink ODI,” per CricBuzz, as they look to seal the series. And if history […]

The series-leveling victory by South Africa in the second one-day intentional cricket match was overshadowed by controversy surrounding what appeared two be a racist remark made on the pitch by Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed, as CricBuzz reported. Now, the two sides hope to resume what is shaping up to be a tight and […]

After dropping five of their last six one day international cricket matches against Pakistan, as ESPN reported, the South Africa Proteas will hope that the springier pitch in Durban will help their bowlers stifle the Pakistan batting attack. The Men in Green hope to chase down the highest total they have ever faced in South […]

Nina Dobrev is celebrating the start of a new era the best way possible: traveling with her best friends. The actress, who turned 30 on January 9, took to Instagram to share a few vintage-looking photos from her trip to Cape Town, South Africa, and she looks stunning in all of them. In the first […]

Thirty-seven-year-old Odessa, Florida, woman Kristen Yaldor was reportedly the victim of a hippopotamus attack that took place while she and her husband were canoeing down the Zambezi River in Africa. As related by the Tampa Bay Times, the incident took place when Kristen was celebrating her 37th birthday with her husband Ryan Yaldor as they […]

The South African Constitutional Court has ruled that it is legal to cultivate and consume marijuana for personal use. As reported by News24, the decision was originally made in 2017 in the Western Cape High Court that the possession, use, and cultivation in small amounts is legal, but the state insisted on appealing the decision. […]

American scientist Dr. Katy Williams and son Finn, 3, are both in stable condition at a Johannesburg hospital after having life-saving surgery following an attack by a giraffe near their home on a wildlife preserve. Dr. Williams and her son were on the grounds of the Blyde Wildlife Estate near Hoedspruit, 150 yards from their […]

According to ABC News, British Prime Minister Theresa May was spotted dancing with a group of school children during her recent visit to Cape Town, South Africa. While May’s first visit to the continent was to announce her plans to boost the United Kingdom’s investment in Africa post-Brexit, May also met up with a group […]

Between tweets criticizing Michael Cohen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump took a moment to tweet inaccurately about a Fox News story about white farmers allegedly being mistreated in South Africa and having their land taken away. In a late night tweet, Trump reached out to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with concerns […]

On August 22, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he ordered Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “closely study” the situation in South Africa, alleged farm seizures, expropriations, and the “large scale killing” of farmers in the country. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers,” Trump concluded the tweet with a […]

South Africa is swiftly becoming a very important place for astronomy with its Square Kilometre Array (SKA), and now an exciting new project known as HIRAX is going to allow scientists to learn even more about dark energy and fast radio bursts. The Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX) project will be run by […]

Two female relatives of Queen Elizabeth have been killed in a head-on collision in South Africa. The deceased have been identified as 53-year-old Louise Sword and her daughter, 13-year-old Tabitha Sword. The Sun reports that Louise’s brother, 55-year-old Tim Taylor, is married to Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Lady Helen Taylor. Tabitha was declared dead at the […]

South Africa have already won their five-match one day international cricket series against host Sri Lanka with a 78-run victory on Sunday, as ESPN CricInfo recorded, but on Wednesday the Proteas will look to extend their ODI domination of the Lankans with their 11th straight win in head-to-head matches, in a day-night affair that will […]

Just six months ago, the South Africa cricket team suffered a hammering at the hands go India, losing a six-match home series 5-1, as CricInfo records. In the first two matches of five away against Sri Lanka, the Proteas appear to have turned their ODI fortunes around just 10 months before the 2019 Cricket World […]

With the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup a mere 10 months away, two of the world’s top teams begin their preparations for the sport’s biggest competition when they open a five-match, one day international series with the first ODI on Sunday, a match that will live stream from Sri Lanka. South Africa lost a heartbreaker […]

Sri Lanka was missing Captain Dinesh Chandimal, as well as the team’s coach and manager for the first Test against South Africa earlier in July, due to a suspension for “conduct contrary to the spirit of the game,” as the ICC reported. The hosts nonetheless dominated with a 278-run victory. The Proteas plan to take […]

Earlier today, South Africa unveiled its new super radio telescope, a 64-dish instrument dubbed MeerKAT. Built by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), MeerKAT is stationed in the semi-arid Karoo region of the Northern Cape, and is part of a scientific mega-project which seeks to unravel the secrets of the universe, reports Reuters. According […]

South Africa have lost two of their top stars, world-ranked batsman A.B. de Villiers and fast bowler Morne Morkel, to retirement, but the first Test match against Sri Lanka will see the return of the world’s No.-1-ranked Test bowler to the South African side — 23-year-old Kagiso Rabada, as Times of India reports — when […]

Park rangers at the Sibuya Game Reserve near Kenton-On-Sea in South Africa found the mauled body parts of at least three people in a lion enclosure. A few pairs of shoes, axes, wire cutters, and guns with silencers were also found in the enclosure, leading officials to believe that they were poachers looking to secure […]