Soccer: MTN 8
Chiefs were drawn against last seasons’ league runners up Ajax while Pirates will meet Sundowns in another mouth-watering semi-final.
17th August 2011
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Chiefs were drawn against last seasons’ league runners up Ajax while Pirates will meet Sundowns in another mouth-watering semi-final.
The much anticipated start of the English Premier League has finally come and some exciting fixtures are lined up for this weekend.
These two European giants have been touring different parts of the world for pre-season and will now face their first major test before the opening of the season. The Spanish Super Cup takes front stage as this is the first piece of silverware up for grabs.
Our attention turns to the MTN 8 Cup this weekend as the top 8 finishers of the previous season do battle and are all hoping to get their hands on that whopping R16 Million prize money.
This season’s Community Shield will be the battle of Manchester which pits last season’s FA Cup winners Manchester City head-to-head with Premier League champs Manchester United.
Pre-season international friendlies continue and we will be served with a high-profile encounter this weekend with two of the greatest clubs in world football coming up against each other.
The annual Emirates Cup comes to the fold this weekend. This is the last major pre-season tournament for the Gunners, as they then turn their attention to the Champions League qualifiers.
As the domestic season gets closer, teams are hard at work preparing for a feisty campaign. The players are starting to look sharper and more agile.
This weekend will see Manchester City face LA Galaxy, one of the most high profile clubs in the USA, at their amazing Home Depot Center Stadium.
The Ukrainian Premier League kicked off last weekend with defending Champions Shakhtar Donetsk starting their season with a convincing win. This weekend see’s them travel to local rivals Metalurg Donetsk in what is known as the fierce Donetsk Derby.
The annual Vodacom Challenge comes to the fold this weekend as English giants Tottenham Hotspur touch down on South African soil. This competition gives fans a once in a life time experience of witnessing top European players in action.
In this second of a new weekly column entitled Time Is Money, we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations
