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The Rugby Africa Gold Cup will be played across seven match days between 16 June and 18 August 2018 The 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, which doubles as a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification tournament, has launched a new trophy and brand at the AIPS congress in Brussels on Tuesday 8 May. The Rugby Africa Gold Cup will be played across seven match days between 16 June and 18 August 2018 and features Africa’s top teams that have not already qualified for the Rugby World Cup 2019 – Namibia, Kenya,…

The stage is set once again as Barcelona and Real Madrid will take to the centre floor to lock horns in yet another epic El Clasico battle at the Camp Nou. The first leg of this encounter ended in a convincing fashion with Barcelona thumping Real Madrid 3 – 0 right in front of the Santiago Bernabeu faithfuls. From that period the Catalans’ have only recorded two losses in all competions. Succumbing to a narrow 1 – 0 loss to their Catalan neigbour, Espanyol in the first leg of the…

  Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby, ruled out any suggestions that his organisation might challenge the vote SA Rugby (www.SArugby.co.za) said it was “bitterly disappointed” at the decision by the World Rugby Council to overturn a recommendation that South Africa should host the 2023 Rugby World Cup and instead voted for France to host the tournament in a secret ballot. “We are bitterly disappointed at this decision and would like to apologise to the people and government of South Africa for raising their hopes,” said Mr Mark Alexander, president…

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero, who collapsed in the dressing room at halftime before they lost 4-2 to fellow World Cup qualifiers Nigeria after taking a two-goal lead, has now recovered. The Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said in a statement that Aguero, who scored in the first half of the friendly, was taken away for routine examinations but added: “The player is well”. His English Premier League club Manchester City said the 29-year-old Aguero had been cleared by doctors to return to England as planned after he suffered what they called…

Nigeria’s Senior men Basketball team, D’Tigers, have again proven their commitment to defend the continental title in basketball by beating Senegal 76-71 points in a semi-final FIBA Afrobasket encounter on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Nigeria will meet Tunisia, who jointly host the competition with Senegal, having won their semi-final encounter against Morocco 60-52 points. Nigeria’s match against Senegal was tagged ‘final before final’ by fans of African basketball and it proved its tag. Even as Senegal made the first few droppings after the jump ball, Nigeria…