SPOTLIGHT: Rugby365 shines a light on reigning champions Shimlas, the long Western Cape trophy drought, and Tuks’ return to the big time ahead of the 2025 Varsity Cup tournament. Varsity rugby returns this month, with Varsity College tackling the Madibaz in the opening game of the Shield tournament on Valentine’s Day, and the UCT Ikeys
Martin Brundle believes Lewis Hamilton’s ‘probationary’ period at Ferrari will last just three races before pressure increases. Hamilton is currently undergoing private Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) running with his new Ferrari team ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain between February 26-28. Part of his orientation at the Scuderia is to get adjusted to Ferrari’s
Mick Schumacher will be joined by Frederic Makowiecki and Jules Gounon in Alpine’s World Endurance Championship line-up for 2025. It means the ex-Formula 1 racer will have two new full-season team-mates in the #36 Alpine A424 LMDh for his second year of sportscar racing. In 2024 he was joined by Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere, who
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-news-fighting-families-ufc-fighters-brothers-sisters-family February 5, 2025 12:45 am ET (Editor’s note: This list originally published Aug. 4, 2022.) For some, fighting is the family business. We’ve seen siblings break into the UFC together or years apart, and there’s
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martín suffered a horror crash just two hours into the the Sepang MotoGP test on Wednesday, forcing medical services to take him to a nearby hospital. At around ten minutes to twelve in Malaysia, the Spaniard was approaching the entrance to Sepang’s second corner, a tight left-hand turn, when his Aprilia
Dricus Du Plessis is determined to clear up any questions about his first fight with Sean Strickland in Saturday’s UFC 312 title rematch. After Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) took the middleweight title from Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) in a debated split decision at UFC 297 in January 2024, the pair will run
Vodacom Bulls hooker Akker van der Merwe is holding out hope that Rassie Erasmus will recall him to the Springbok fold in the near future. Van der Merwe earned all three of his Test caps in 2018, Rassie Erasmus’ first season as Springbok coach. Despite excelling for the Sale Sharks and then the Bulls, since
Vodacom Bulls coach Jake White says his team won’t be short of leaders for Saturday’s Vodacom URC north-south derby against the Stormers. The Bulls suffered two big blows in the first half of their previous match, against the Lions at Ellis Park two weeks ago. Lock Ruan Nortje left the field in the fifth minute
France loosehead prop Jean-Baptiste Gros says it’s not in his nature to seek the limelight. France’s hopes of a rare away win over England on Saturday in the Six Nations will hinge on the impact of superstar scrumhalf Antoine Dupont. However, without the unglamorous work from the likes of prop Jean-Baptiste Gros, Sevens Olympic gold
UFC Fight Night 250 took place this past Saturday at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, and it produced a few updates across multiple divisions. In the main event, Nassourdine Imavov took out former two-time middleweight champion Israel Adesanya by landing a heavy right hand for a second-round knockout. As result, Imavov cracks the top
Sean Strickland has an opinion about the Bryce Mitchell controversy that has dominated recent MMA headlines because, of course he does. Early in his session with reporters during Tuesday’s media day for his UFC 312 title rematch with Dricus Du Plessis on Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+), Strickland took
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-312-pre-event-facts-dricus-du-plessis-sean-strickland-zhang-weili-tatiana-suarez February 4, 2025 9:20 pm ET The UFC’s second numbered event of 2025 goes down Saturday with UFC 312 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Two championship fights take center stage “Down Under,” with Dricus
