TEAM GUIDES — GROUP E Germany and Ecuador should emerge top in Group E that contains minnows Curaçao 18 min 0 By Arthur Renard, Prince Akabla, Nico Horn, Oliver Fritsch and Francisco Limongi
TEAM GUIDES – GROUP F Japan favourites in tough Group F, with Holland, Sweden and Tunisia 16 min 0 By Takashi Ogami, Marcel van der Kraan, Samuel Parts, Ahmed Adala
GAME ON As the dust settles on off-field controversies, let the World Cup soccer begin 5 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP Bulls into URC final, while Stormers rue moment of madness and curious officiating 6 min 1 By Craig Ray
VIDEO Watch – The business of school sport: Are children paying the price? 1 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
KNOCKOUT RUGBY Bok-laden Bulls and injury-plagued Stormers face uphill URC semis challenges 5 min 0 By Craig Ray
TEAM GUIDES — GROUP D Hosts US in tough battle to qualify from tricky group 16 min 0 By Jo Khan, Martin Pegan, Jeff Rueter, Emre Sarigul, Christian Pérez and Óscar Gómez
LAST HURDLE The Blitzboks have already won, so why are they still playing for the title? 5 min 0 By Annemieke Thomaidis
FINAL FALLOUT While Leinster coaches battle the media, the Stormers smell blood in Dublin 5 min 1 By Craig Ray
TEAM GUIDES — GROUP C Brazil and Morocco headline Group C with Scotland aiming for an upset 16 min 0 By Gustavo Faldon, Pierre Richard Midy, Amine El Amri and Ewan Murray
COMMON GROUND Breakthrough as Swimming SA and SA Water Polo explore partnership model 5 min 5 By Annemieke Thomaidis
ADMIN HOWLER Bafana World Cup visa bungle latest in long list of Safa snafus 6 min 1 By Yanga Sibembe
TEAM GUIDE-GROUP B Group B is wide open although Swiss pedigree could win the day 16 min 0 By Kristian Jack, Sasa Ibrulj, John Duerden and Christian Finkbeiner
Court Couture Naomi Osaka, tennis fashion and the politics of being seen 7 min 1 By Annemieke Thomaidis
TEAM GUIDES — GROUP A Bafana Bafana face uphill battle in tough group at 2026 Fifa World Cup 16 min 0 By David Čermák, Jesús Valdéz, Yanga Sibembe and Hyung Seo
