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Rafael Nadal’s unrelenting hunger can enhance greatness
To believe Nadal is content with making it to a final is to ignore Nadal’s career. He doesn’t play to make finals; he plays to win finals, writes Mark Keohane.
Proteas selectors had to reward Simon Harmer’s form and wicket-taking ability
If you do your talking out in the middle, with bat and ball, there will always be a future for white South African cricketers. It doesn’t matter what age, writes Mark Keohane.
Afcon a celebration of African football
This is Africa’s biggest soccer event and it should hurt that Bafana are not a part of it.
Mohamed Salah might be the Egyptian King but Africa has plenty of football stars
The world finally can’t ignore just how much soccer talent there is in Africa and how influential African players are on the global club stage, writes Mark Keohane.
No review needed . . . No remorse Mark Boucher should be out of Proteas
Mark Boucher, given the racial nature of the charges, should be on suspension, pending a dismissal, and not be leading any Proteas team, writes veteran sports writer Mark Keohane.
Temba Bavuma batters prejudice to pulp
His ODI record serves as a hammer blow to those who query his contribution
Subliminal prejudice . . . Time to accept players of colour can also play the game of cricket
I didn’t read Mark Boucher crediting Kagiso Rabada’s presence as being the reason Marco Jansen prospered. So why stress that Dean Elgar helped Keegan Petersen thrive? asks Mark Keohane.
Keegan Petersen’s performances against India an example of pure perseverance
The Proteas’ series win over India could prove the international career-defining one for top order batsman Keegan Petersen, writes Mark Keohane.
A crime not to select overseas-based players
I was surprised to read Bulls coach and former Springbok World Cup-winning coach Jake White promoting the principle that only locally based players should be eligible for the Springboks.
Is it game, set, match for anti-vaxxer Novak Djokovic?
Tennis Australia wants him to play, but the greater Australia has turned on one of their favourite sporting visitors because of his sense of entitlement, writes Mark Keohane
Combative Marco Jansen has ignited the Proteas’ attack with his unique talent
Marco Jansen in the past fortnight has introduced himself to the global cricketing audience in the most fiery way, writes Mark Keohane.
Sporting gods can provide five-course feast in 2022
As someone who just loves playing sport, watching sport and writing about sport as a career, Mark Keohane shares his five-strong sports wish list for 2022.
United Rugby Championship will be winning ace for SA rugby
It has been a very messy start to a tournament that will become the professional lifeblood of South African rugby and it is the precursor of a possible Springboks introduction to an expanded Six Nations, writes Mark Keohane.
The great debate: Is it fair to have just one GOAT in a sport?
The debate of greatest ever, regardless of the sporting code, also means that there isn’t an appreciation of just what these players and athletes produce or have produced, writes Mark Keohane.
Lewis Hamilton has all the best qualities of a true champion
Lewis Hamilton’s driving skills this season have been sensational. He and Max Verstappen, have been extraordinary in how they have won and challenged each other throughout the season. It has been sporting theatre, writes Mark Keohane.
Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton in F1 finale . . . May the best man win!
This season’s title race has always been about only Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, with the rest of the cars simply not in the class of the Mercedes and Red Bull, writes Mark Keohane.
Like it or not Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi was top dog for the Ballon d’Or in 2021
So many in the industry had so much to say to condemn Lionel Messi’s claim to the Ballon d’Or title, but the most disappointing action came from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Anniversary Test was a milestone moment for world rugby
The respect between Kolisi and Savea was obvious, and if you follow both on social media they enjoy a friendship that extends their international on-field rivalry.
How can rugby move on from such bias and prejudice?
Nic Berry continues to referee at international level and has never been sanctioned for his abysmal performance in the first Test between the Springboks and British & Irish Lions.
The fight for justice for Azeem Rafiq was massive but there wasn’t the same fight when SA cricketers spoke out
The fight for justice and for Rafiq was massive, but there simply wasn’t the same fight when South African cricketers earlier this year spoke out about their experience, writes Mark Keohane.
Black and white Springbok brothers is Rassie Erasmus’ legacy
Rassie Erasmus’s greatest achievement is the transformation of the Springboks because he is the first coach of the Boks to have crushed the stereotype of how transformation had been applied, writes Mark Keohane.
World Rugby’s leadership should be cancelled
A white coach stands up for his black captain against a white referee and World Rugby fines the black captain and tries to take the white coach out of the game with an immediate ban.
Will New Zealand’s fighting spirit be enough to win the T20 World Cup trophy?
New Zealand’s Black Caps have been notorious for their fighting spirit and despite successes in the past, they’ve never quite got the acknowledgement of being a damn fine cricket side, writes Mark Keohane.
Siya Kolisi deserves plaudits but rugby will ignore him
There is this obsession overseas with heartache heroes, and Alun Wyn Jones fits that category and the celebrated Lions captain was the bridesmaid to Siya Kolisi and his Springboks in 2021, writes Mark Keohane.