How cute do you have to be?

On IOL, we’re carrying a report that the girl who sang a patriotic song during the the Olympic opening ceremony was miming - and was only put on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough.
The report says that pigtailed Lin Miaoke was selected to appear because of her cute appearance and did [...]

‘Do our players respect Stofile?’

Kemantha Govender, our Sport dutyed, felt Eddie’s letter should be given the chance to have his (extended) say on the blog. The comments on Was there a third force behind White? came in thick and fast, but this one dealt with the Stofile’s denials.
Unless everybody in this country agrees to the best players being chosen [...]

Was Mourinho pushed?

IOL: Jose Mourinho has left Chelsea.
And the speculation has begun - was he fired by Roman Abramovich?
I don’t think “Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today by mutual consent” quite covers what happened.
What’s your take on his shock resignation?

More please!

What a great sporting weekend for South Africa. We beat England in cricket and rugby!
I know of a couple of people who were particularly pleased with the dismissal of Kevin Pietersen - myself included.

Photo: AFP
We are at our happiest when our sport teams are winning - and at our worst when they lose.

Outcry about PSL’s deal with Supersport

Our sport sub-editor, Raymond, reckons that the deal the PSL have struck with pay channel Supersport will fall apart. Mostly because of the general outcry about how unfair it is…
We’re running a Poll at the moment - you can have your say or add your comment here.
Keep up to date with the latest developments.
Clearly more [...]

Is there still hope?

The last comment supporting the Proteas in their match against the Aussies came through at about the same time that SA was at 27/5.
Not a coincidence I think. It’s been painful to watch our team collapse and reach only 149 runs all out, and then there was a spark of hope when Charl Langeveldt and [...]

Go boys!

More of the same please! Photo: AP
IOL: Thousands of South Africans have sent their SMSes to support the Proteas.
Show your support by adding your comment!

Bafana Bafana coach’s salary

If comments around the IOL newsroom and on IOL’spoll are anything to go by, everyone is flabbergasted that someone is going to be paid R1,8-million a month to tell a bunch of soccer players what to do. Consensus round here is that Carlos Alberto Parreira should get his money when - and only when - [...]

White faces the axe

Jake White is in the firing line - again. The Boks were booed at Loftus and it’s not surprising, is it? They’re not playing well and those are kind words. Our diary meeting today discussed mostly how much more organised a team New Zealand is, and it always returns to the same question - is [...]