Martin

@LawrenceBailey0 Same Especially after we smash them with majority second choice in first game.

I love my cricket and I love the Proteas but I'm just so disinterested in this series I can't even lie. #CricketTwitter

CHAMPIONS! Another CHAMPION! Adriaan Wildschutt! First South African to do this! ❤️🇿🇦🏆

With the series locked at 2-2, both Australia and South Africa were staying in the same hotel before the decider on March 12, 2006. When the Australian team went out for dinner, they noticed South African batter Herschelle Gibbs sitting at the hotel bar enjoying his drinks. Two hours later, when the Aussies returned, he was still there. Mike Hussey later recalled that even around 10 PM, before going to bed, he looked down from his room and saw Gibbs still drinking. The incident infuriated coach Mickey Arthur and he wanted to drop Gibbs immediately. But injuries in the squad meant they had no choice but to play him, bluntly telling him he was only in the 11 because there was no one else available. The next day, Australia piled up a mammoth 434 batting first. When South Africa began the chase, the hangover man, Gibbs walked out early and decided to write his own redemption story. In one of the greatest ODI innings ever played, he smashed 175 off just 111 balls, hammering 21 fours and 7 sixes. Everything he touched raced to the boundary as he dismantled the Australian attack. With strong support from Graeme Smith and a match winning finish by Mark Boucher, South Africa pulled off the impossible of chasing 438 in one of cricket’s most legendary matches. As Gibbs walked off after his masterpiece, he winked at Mickey Arthur and said, “There you go, Mickey, no worries.” On this day in 2006, the 438 thing happened ❤️

The inconsistency is just farcical!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

5 years ago, I was gluing my spikes. Today, it reminds me how far we've come. What a World Cup it has been, and a reminder to everyone that Zimbabwe cricket is here to stay. Thank you to everyone who has supported us on this journey, and of course to @pumacricket for sticking together since 2021 🤝

The Iranian women’s national football team refused to sing the anthem of the Islamic Regime. Tonight. At the opening match of the Asian Cup. In front of the entire world. So, to all liberal Western women: Watch and learn. THIS is what real feminism looks like.

The arguments about Iran are so polarised that no one wants to admit that several things are true at once: You'd be a fool not to have serious reservations about the idea of a regime change war, especially in the Middle East. You'd also be a fool to allow terrorist-funding lunatics to develop nuclear weapons. Neither the people condemning these strikes, nor the people cheering them on know how this is going to work out. So far, Trump Administration interventions have been extraordinarily successful in achieving valid objectives within a highly limited scope. The strikes on Iran during the 12 day war achieved destruction of several nuclear facilities. The Venezuela operation decapitated the hostile regime and replaced Maduro with a non-hostile leader. Both also achieved significant "don't fuck with us" deterrence globally. However, it is not remotely clear at this moment in time whether something similar can be achieved in Iran. I understand and fully empathise with the people who think regime change is not going to work in Iran and you'll end up with the same as what you had or worse. And I understand just as much the people who celebrate an evil dictator being killed and Iran's nuclear and military assets being degraded further. The thing we do not know, and the thing that will determine whether this has all been worth it, is what the future leadership of Iran will look like. This seems to me to be the biggest risk Donald Trump has taken at any time in his first or second term. If it pays off, the reward both domestically and globally will be huge. If it doesn't and things go south, it could derail his Presidency and define his legacy like Iraq did for Blair and Bush. Very few people have any idea which of these scenarios is more likely and one thing is for sure: none of them are talking about it on social media because they're all sitting in command bunkers, not on X. I hope the people of Iran are released from living under tyranny. I hope the peoples of the Middle East can live in peace. I hope the takeaway for any would-be terrorist is the realisation that October 7 might not have been such a good idea. I hope that with the Middle East stabilised, the US can turn its attentions to the theatres that really matters to the security of the West: Russia and China. Whether any of that happens remains to be seen and it seems the hardest thing for anyone to do is to not express an opinion before the smoke has cleared.

You can’t hate legacy media enough. Washington Post delivers a romantic eulogy for the monster who declared teen girls should be raped before execution. The monster who executed peaceful protesters by hanging them in front of their families. This is sick.

Rugby League is more marketable than Rugby Union. But it’s not because of scrums. With all this talk about "depowering" scrums to "save" the game, we need to have an honest conversation about what actually makes rugby marketable. Let’s be real. Rugby League is objectively more marketable to a global audience. It’s streamlined. It’s high-speed. There is zero nuance. You run, you get tackled, you stand up, you do it 5 more times. You turn the ball over. A few years back took some American family members to Eden Park to watch the Blues vs the Stormers. If you thought they'd like the tries, the wide passes, the highlight reels, well then you (like me) were wrong. They spent the entire first half staring at Eben Etzebeth. They watched two 130kg men grab another 120kg man by the hem of his shorts and launch him into the air to catch a ball. They couldn't believe it. To an outsider, a lineout isn't "dead time" it’s a hook, an attraction, a moment that sets our game apart from the rest. When it came to scrums, they didn't care about "binding" or "hinging." They didn't even care about the number of resets. They were simply mesmerised by 8 absolute units pushing with all their might against 8 more. Men with thighs the size of an ordinary human's entire body, contorting themselves into some sort of human tank and smashing themselves into the other forward pack. And finally, my family was baffled by the "hooligan's game played by gentlemen" culture of rugby. They saw 23 guys spend 80 minutes trying to physically destroy each other, only to hug and sit down for a beer afterwards. No trash talk. No "look at me" celebrations. Just a handshake and a "thanks, sir" to the ref. Rugby shouldn't try to compete with League on "simplicity." We will lose. Instead, we should market what sets us apart. Market the fact that we lift giants into the air. Market the 200kg squats. Market the fact that we have 1 tonne of human muscle machine pushing against another tonne. And market the fact when all is said and done, our heros shake hands, drink beer, and hang out with each other's families. These are the moments that decides the fate of nations. These are the moments that make our game like no other.

Watch 🎥 This should be shared EVERYWHERE. This is what happened when 20 random westerners sat down to watch what Palestinian kids are taught in UNRWA schools.

Copenhagen once scored a fantastic goal in 2002 without the ball hitting the ground ⚽️

Lara Markthaler is back in the gates for her second event in the Women’s Slalom ⛷️ Drop a 🇿🇦 in the comments to show your support. #TeamSA #ForMyCountry #Olympics2026

#RugbyScoop | ITALY COMPLETELY ROBBED! There’s no way this is not a try. Hollie Davidson should overrule the TMO here based on the evidence of physics. The assistant referee is also in a good position to make the call.

Lekka Andy

Massive congratulations to Matthew C. Smith on making his Olympic debut! ❄️ Matt competed in the Men's 10km Interval Start Free today, finishing with a time of 30:04.4. While there isn't a medal coming home this time, he’s officially put South Africa on the map for cross-country skiing. He went from learning to ski just a few years ago to representing the nation on the world’s biggest stage—and that is a massive win in itself. 🇿🇦 #TeamSA #ForMyCountry #Olympics2026

Why don’t Iranians matter to the music industry’s biggest stars? It was the Grammys last night, and not a single celebrity has said a word about the 30,000+ Iranians slaughtered in recent weeks. Not one. No pins. No speeches. No symbolic dresses. No posts. Nothing. When Iranians need them the most, celebrities have suddenly lost their voices. Sad, coming from singers.

Tear up his contract immediately. It's not worth anything after that. Shocking

Iranians are currently being denied every fundamental human right: - The right to live a decent life - Freedom of speech - Freedom of the press - Freedom to protest peacefully - The right to privacy - The right to a fair trial - The rights of women and girls - Protection from rape used as a tool of repression - Protection from torture - Protection from arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom to leave the country - Freedom to dress as they choose - Freedom of religion and belief - Protection of religious and ethnic minorities - Protection of the LGBTQ+ community - Access to the internet and the ability to communicate freely So where exactly are all the human rights activists right now?

As our tennis courts,more and more, seem to make way for Padel and Pickleball, great to see a young South African from St Stithians win the Aussie Open Boys doubles with his Bulgarian partner. Congrats to Connor Doig and, also, well done on a very gracious winners speech.

You'll never look at your phone again after watching this