Indholdsfortegnelse for 2022-04-08 i Cape Argus

MAMELODI Sundowns co-coach Manqoba Mngqithi has reiterated that they play every game to win, and that’s why they’ll not leave any stone unturned when they host Summerfield Dynamos in the Nedbank Cup quarter-finals tomorrow afternoon. The Brazilians have been on a roll this season. They have a real chance of a quadruple as they are at the top of the Premiership table, in the Nedbank Cup and CAF Champions League quarter-finals, and they won the MTN8 late last year. Since returning from the Fifa window, Sundowns have recorded back-to-back wins in the Champions League and the Premiership. They trounced Al Merrikh 3-0 at FNB Stadium to end the group stage of the continental showpiece undefeated with the most points (16) across the four groups. They also extended their lead at…

FORMULA one returns to Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne this weekend after an absence of two years. Here, Morgan Bolton takes a look at what to expect from the Australian Grand Prix. Merc upgrades still a downer It has been a horrible, terrible, unpleasant, hurtful, offensive, rotten, wretched start for the Silver Arrows this year, if the general consensus is to be believed. Nevertheless, after two races, the Silver Arrows are second in the constructors’ standings, thanks to a bit of luck, and many will agree what they have so far served up, is not good enough. Mercedes are expected to bring a couple of upgrades to Melbourne this weekend which they hope will buffer them from further disappointment. A new rear wing is anticipated, with possible changes to the…

THE Proteas Women’s team closed off an era yesterday when former captain Mignon du Preez called time on her one-day international and Test match career. Du Preez made her international debut back in 2007 as a 17-year-old when the women’s game was an altogether different sport than was recently witnessed at the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. The energetic right-hander closed off her 15-year ODI international career as the Proteas’ most capped player (154) and leading run-scorer (3 760). Du Preez also struck a Test century on debut against India in 2014 to make her one of only three South African women to score a Test century alongside Yvonne van Mentz (v England, 1961) and Brenda Williams (v New Zealand, 1972). Du Preez’s greatest contribution to SA women’s cricket…

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp says it is simply a joy to carry out their analysis work on Manchester City ahead of Sunday’s Premier League title clash at the Etihad Stadium. The two teams, who have dominated the league over the past five seasons, are separated by just a point with leaders City hoping they can restore some breathing space with a victory. Since Chelsea won the title in 2017, no team has come close to competing with the north-west pair at the top of the table, with Liverpool’s triumph in 2020 the only time Pep Guardiola’s side have missed out on top spot. Klopp is used to taking on Guardiola’s teams with his Borussia Dortmund side twice losing out to the Spaniard’s Bayern Munich team before the pair locked horns…

ONE of the big talking points at this weekend’s Grand Prix of the Americas will be whether Red Bull KTM can maintain their current form in the MotoGP constructors’ championship. Brad Binder’s team have shocked the paddock after races in Qatar, Indonesia and Argentina by sitting second in all three championship standings. Brad Binder currently holds down that spot, seven points behind MotoGP’s most recent winner Aleix Espargaro, on 38 points, while KTM are six points behind Ducati in the constructors’ championship, and are on 66 points in the team standings, trailing Team Suzuki Ecstar by three points. They find themselves near the top of these championships due to Honda’s wretched form at the start of the season. Nevertheless, Argentina wasn’t great for Binder and company as the team seemed…