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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.
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.
This is Africa’s biggest soccer event and it should hurt that Bafana are not a part of it.
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.
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.
His ODI record serves as a hammer blow to those who query his contribution
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.
The Proteas’ series win over India could prove the international career-defining one for top order batsman Keegan Petersen, writes Mark Keohane.
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.
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
Marco Jansen in the past fortnight has introduced himself to the global cricketing audience in the most fiery way, writes Mark Keohane.
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.
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 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’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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
