A player with a black lives matter shirt (PA) Players will have the names on the back of their shirts replaced with 'Black Lives Matter' for the first 12 fixtures of the restarted Premier League season.The Premier League has also announced a 'Black Lives Matter' logo will feature on jerseys for the remainder of the…
Liverpool players take a knee in memory of George Floyd at Anfield on June 01, 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) The Premier League will support players taking a knee before or during matches in protest against racial discrimination, while "Black Lives Matter" will replace player names on the…
Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane is in self-quarantine at home after a staff member contracted the novel coronavirus.His spokesperson says the premier would undergo a second Covid-19 test.The premier will work from home and continue to hold virtual meetings with the provincial Coronavirus Command Council.Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane is self-quarantining at home after…
The Premier League Logo with a Protective Face Mask (Getty Images) England's Premier League on Saturday said that two more individuals from two different clubs have tested positive for coronavirus, just three weeks from a proposed restart of the season.In all, 996 players and club staff were tested over three days last week for COVID-19.…
All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesIt warned however that, while it was ready to meet current critical care needs, at the peak, "even in the best-case scenario, we will still fall short of ICU beds"."The public sector has an existing capacity of 2 162 acute beds, and an 1 428 additional care beds will…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…