Frank Williams, the founder of Formula One outfit Williams Racing, has died at the age of 79, the team announced.

Poland’s Robert Lewandowski threatens to deny Argentina’s Lionel Messi a record-extending seventh Ballon d’Or title.

Ralf Rangnick is poised to take over as interim manager of Premier League giants Manchester United, his lawyer has confirmed.

Italy and Portugal could meet for a place at the 2022 Soccer World Cup after being drawn in the same playoff path!

Monty Panesar has said the BBC’s “blacklisting” of Michael Vaughan is a “distortion of natural justice”.

SA sport was thrown into turmoil following the announcement of travel bans following the discovery of a new strain of the coronavirus.

For the past 45 years, Sipho Mtshali has been selling ice cream in Soweto with the same optimism as the day he started.

This week’s offbeat news round-up follows bored canines getting their paws on the DogPhone, drunken tourists and red weddings.

Wallaby coach Dave Rennie has escaped a World Rugby ban following comments he made about the officiating in Australia’s defeat to Wales.

Boss Baby! A snowboarding toddler nicknamed ‘Beibei’ is in the spotlight on the slopes in Beijing as she’s able to snowboard before walking.

Australia have named Pat Cummins as their Test captain and Steve Smith as deputy after a sexting scandal led Tim Paine to quit the post.

The Springboks have a lot of work to do ahead of the defence of their Rugby World Cup title in France in 2023 admits coach Jacques Nienaber.

Mark Cavendish has been discharged from the hospital where he was convalescing from a collapsed lung incurred in a track cycling crash.

The 2022 Diamond League will be held in 14 cities across four different continents in 2022, organisers have announced.

Malawi’s agriculture ministry has written to former boxing champion Mike Tyson to be the ambassador for the country’s cannabis industry.

2021 has been great for African writers and literature with the Nobel, Booker and Prix Goncourt prizes all won by writers from the continent.

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones will need a second shoulder operation after being injured on international duty last month.

A below-strength Proteas team will be seeking a clean sweep when they play the Netherlands in a three-match ODI series starting on Friday.

Novak Djokovic won’t want to risk missing out on a 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, tournament chief Craig Tiley has predicted.

Stephen Larkham has been appointed head coach of the Brumbies for the 2023 and 2024 Super Rugby Pacific seasons, handing in his notice at Munster.

Sanctuary Mandela: The window frames of the former president’s Houghton home-turned-boutique hotel bear his nickname ‘Madiba’ and his Robben Island prison number ‘466/64’ – scratched into the wood by his grandson.

A farmer has blamed the loud music and fireworks at a traditional Indian wedding for the death of his 63 chickens.

New Zealand are easing their tough pandemic border restrictions, but foreign travellers will only be allowed in the country by April 2022.

A French court on Wednesday gave Karim Benzema a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail a former teammate.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling says she has received ‘so many death threats I could paper the house with them’.