Nov 06, 2019 06:52 am UTC| Sports
Many of Manny Pacquiaos non-believers have been insisting that he is way past an athletes usual age to be fighting in the ring. But his victories in 2019 have repeatedly proved them wrong. Now, boxing fans around the world...
Nov 05, 2019 09:48 am UTC| Sports
The 2019 trade deadline of the National Football League (NFL) is over, but the rumors are not. A report from league sources emerged, suggesting that Antonio Browns professional career in sports is not over yet. Brown...
Why is Japan's Olympic marathon shifting cities to avoid the heat? A sports physiologist explains
Nov 05, 2019 02:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The International Olympic Committee last week decided to shift next years Olympic marathon from Tokyo to Sapporo to protect athletes from the heat. Tokyos average temperatures during the month of August exceed 30℃, with...
What really causes home field advantage – and why it's on the decline
Nov 04, 2019 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Never before has the away team won every single game in the World Series, but thats exactly what happened this year. When the Washington Nationals won Game 7 in Houston to clinch the series against the Houston Astros,...
Are the Wallabies' struggles a sign of rugby union's decline in Australia?
Nov 04, 2019 11:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Not long ago, the Wallabies were a rugby powerhouse. But their recent quarter-final defeat to England at the Rugby World Cup has called into question the status of Australia as a leading rugby nation. Overall,...
The burden of showing Springbok support in the 21st century
Nov 04, 2019 11:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The Rugby World Cup 2019 is done and dusted, with South Africa securing victory over England in the final match. But a question still lingers: was it a burden for some, maybe many, South Africans who supported their...
Nov 04, 2019 08:04 am UTC| Sports
Michael Schumacher has been called the legend in the F1 racing world after winning seven Formula One world championships. He secured his very first win in F1 World Championship in 1994, and it was a controversial victory...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects