EXPENSIVE EXERCISE
By Rob Rose and Larry Claasen
Ness Wadia, owner of the Kings XI Indian Premier League franchise, which includes stars like Yuvraj Singh and Brett Lee, has more questions than answers about the tournament's move to SA. "What is Port Elizabeth like? How many peopl...

NOT JUST A WARM-UP
By Rob rose and Larry Claasen
Spin doctors are dizzying themselves trying to sell the Confederations Cup as more than just an expensive dummy run for next year's World Cup. It's a hard sell. Sure, under normal circumstances, when the continental champions of Eur...

KICKSTART FROM SOCCER
By Rob Rose and Larry Claasen
SA Rugby president Oregan Hoskins ought to be penning a "thank you" note to his soccer counterparts for their role in the British & Irish Lions rugby tour. Thanks to soccer's backbreaking job of upgrading stadiums for the 2010 socc...

WINE WINS BY A NOSE
By Rob Rose and Larry Claasen
The Springboks and British Lions have yet to play but there is already one winner. Cape wine. More specifically, the FirstCape wine brand, which is a sponsor of the Lions. For a sport so seemingly tethered to the manly tipple of b...

HONG KONG, AND GEORGE
By Rob Rose and Larry Claasen
Take the carnival atmosphere of a Grand Prix weekend. Replace the razzmatazz with the homely feel of a small town in the Western Cape. Now you know what it feels like to attend a Sevens rugby festival in the otherwise sleepy Western Cape dorp...