Locked Down Spectator

The South African sports landscape is in upheaval, as if an earthquake has just struck it. The sports world is coming to terms with the fact that SuperSport (parent company = Multichoice) will not be broadcasting the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations starting on Saturday, 13 January in the Ivory Coast. Instead, and one cannot stress this hard enough, SABC Sport will SHOCKINGLY be broadcasting the tournament where Bafana Bafana will make a welcome return after missing the 2021 event in Cameroon. SABC News gleefully reported that it will air all 52 matches of the 34th edition Africa's showcase footballing event. Naturally, the amazing, unforeseen and life-altering news caused a buzz for the ages on social media, whether it was skepticism or joy. We have selected a few choice quotes related to this development. @kabelomolekwa said: "Dear fellow South Africans, please, let us pay our TV license. What SABC did to us is really massive. It's only R265 per year. They deserve something af

The longest ever recorded successful drop goal is at a staggering 77.7 metres long! This record belongs to the late former Springbok Gerry Brand, who sent a missile sailing over the goals from the sideline near the halfway line against England on 02 January 1932. Almost (exactly) 92 years later, it was the turn of another Springbok in the form of the mercurial showman Manie Libbok to attempt breaking, or at least matching, this ridiculous record. He did so with the help of DHL Stormers teammate Herschel Jantjies at the team’s training ground in the Cape Town suburb of Belville. The difference between Brand and Libbok’s attempt was that the latter did not have an entire team of Englishmen bearing down on him as he tried to slot the kick, having all the time in the world to do so. At the time of publication, the video, uploaded by World Rugby on its YouTube channel, had gone viral with just over 60 000 views. The immensely gifted Libbok has been a spectacular success in the Cape followin