After a break of about 10 days, the teams affiliated with the Motsepe Foundation Championship will be in action again this weekend. Two matches will be played on Friday afternoon, followed by four on Saturday, while the remaining two are scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Madridtas FC will not take part in the top-16 stage of the Nedbank Cup KO Competition. Their journey in the competition was ended by D General FC, who beat them 2-0 at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Sunday afternoon.

Die Louis Trichardt Krieketklub het die afgelope naweek hulle T20-seisoen vir 2024 voortgesit met die speel van drie wedstryde op die Louis Trichardt Ovaal.

Venda Football Club (VFC) have reason to believe that they will teach the Orbit College students a soccer lesson when they meet in their Motsepe Foundation Championship League match at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday afternoon. VFC are in the right frame of mind after they managed to collect the full points in their match against Hungry Lions, which was played at the Mxolisi Dicky Jacobs Stadium in Upington two weeks ago.

Mr Mashudu Siaga, one of the best boxing-ring announcers in the country and the first professional ring announcer in Limpopo, believes that the standard of boxing in the country is deteriorating.

Local boxing trainer-manager John “Smoking Joe” Nemakonde has warned professional boxers who participate in traditional fist-fighting tournaments (musangwe) as well as street fighting bouts to stop doing so with immediate effect. Nemakonde was responding to allegations that some of his boxers were spotted participating in musangwe tournaments.

The last batch of the round-of-32 matches of the Nedbank Cup will be played at different venues throughout the country this weekend. Madridtas FC, who bought their ABC Motsepe League franchise from Black Leopards at the beginning of the current soccer season, will be on the road on Sunday. They will travel to Bloemfontein, where they will lock horns with D General FC at the Free State Stadium.

Black Leopards will be campaigning in the DStv Premiership League come next season if the utterances of the team’s assistant coach, Mr Papi Zothwane, are anything to go by. Zothwane was seated on the team’s technical bench for the first time in their league game against Platinum City Rovers at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Saturday. Black Leopards won the game 3-1.

A group of South African athletes travelled to Dubai last week to compete in the first international competition of the new season’s build-up to the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Among them was local T37 athlete, Sheryl James.

Matangari Settlers are still in joyous mood after being crowned the new champions of the Lumveleni Soccer Tournament at the Ngudza Grounds on Sunday. Settlers defeated Tshikambe FC 3-1 in the final to lift the trophy. They were presented with cash amounting to R14,000, a floating trophy, a soccer ball, and gold medals during the ceremony held at the Lumveleni Restaurant shortly after the game.

Verskeie van Louis Trichardt se bergfietsryers het Saterdag, 17 Februarie, Hoedspruit se hitte trotseer vir deelname aan die gewilde Mango Mania-bergfietswedren en met podiumplekke huiswaarts gekeer.

The Mpheni Grounds in the Elim area will be the centre of attention for soccer lovers on Saturday. This is where the much-awaited ABC Motsepe League clash between Mpheni Defenders and Vondwe XI Bullets will be staged.