Media Reporting On Sports



Supersport reporter for formula 1



Media reporting on sports has grown rapidly over the years as this allows viewers and the public an opportunity to being updated with the lastest scores, fixtures and any other news regarding your sport of choice. Since sport reporting with the use of various medium is a huge phenomenon and the wide range of television channells supporting this trend, the viewers not only have a choice in which channel to tune in but also can subsribe into the channels that provide sport reporting for the convienient of sport lovers.

Sport magazines are also another factor of such reportings in this field as this provides numerous choices for the public with the available magazines and newspapers reporting on the happenings regarding that particular sport. Supersport being recognised as one of the best sport channel in the world along with ESPN that brings the best sport coverage throughout the day with television channells such as:

• Blitz channel 200 Dstv ( for all day sport report)
• Supersport channel 203,204,207 
• ESPN ( for various sporting events)  



Live reporting on sport event taking place

Online reports on sports are also available for people to log on to with the different websites providing the relevant services and information required by the public interested in such sports as the sport industry is one of the largest industry in the world that re-unites people and brings us close despite the race or culture we belong to. 

Swallows Triumph in MTN8 Final



Moroka Swallows celebrate  winnning the MTN8 final



 Moroka Swallows foootball club ended a 33 year wait for glory in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) by defeating Supersport United in the MTN8 final on Saturday night in Orlando stadium.

Bennet Chenene scored the decisive goal four minutes from the end of regulation time after earlier goals from Franklin Cale and Giorgi Nergadze had left the teams deadlocked and seemingly headed for extra time.

Swallows appeared to settle the quicker of the two teams, but United surged ahead in the fifth minute. Sameehg Doutie played a defence-splitting pass to put Franklin Cale one-on-one with the goalkeeper and the winger easily finished to make it 1-0.
 The Birds struck back on 18 minutes, with Giorgi Nergadze the unlikely goal scorer. The midfielder sent a long range shot past the right-hand of Rowen Fernandez and into the back of the net via the inside of the upright. SuperSport almost reclaimed the lead immediately through defender Bevan Fransman, who flicked on from a Cale free kick and watched the ball flash agonisingly wide of the far post. On 26 minutes Katlego Mashego should have put the Birds ahead, having cut inside Mor Diouf to be faced with only the ‘keeper to beat, but he scooped his effort over the crossbar from just a few metres out.  Just past the half hour mark it was United’s turn to threaten again, with Doutie exchanging passes with Sibusiso Zuma before seeing his goal-bound effort brilliantly turned away by Greg Etafia. SuperSport had the first shot in anger of the second half, with Cale shooting through the defensive wall from a free kick only for Etafia to once again come up with a good stop.

Swallows then had a spell of pressure in which they almost forced a goal. Fernandez had to come up with a good save to keep out a Felix Obada shot from a tight angle, and Mor Diouf then cleared a Lerato Chabangu effort off the goal-line. With just under 10 minutes to play, Swallows had a strong appeal for a penalty turned down when the ball struck Fransman on the arm in the box, and United then went on a quick counter attack which saw Khenyeza blaze a shot high and wide when he perhaps should have scored. 

On 86 minutes Swallows finally got their goal, with a long ball springing the offside trap and sending Chenene through on goal. The in-form winger calmly lobbed the advancing Fernandez to make it 2-1 and hand Swallows the MTN8 crown

Heavy Rain Gives Leopards Second Chance



Kaizer Chiefs fans on the field of play


On Saturday the 15th of September we witnessed another soccer league match, where Kaizer Chiefs versus Black Leopards had to stop because of  heavy rainfalls. The match was played at the FNB soccer stadium at Johannesburg in the evening, the game was officially called off just as the mighty Amakhosi had been leading the match 2-0 in the first half of the 90 minutes with goals coming from the on-form striker Bernand Parker and the former Black Leopards sticker now playing for Kaizer Chiefs Kingston Nkatha. As the league match was said to be postponed till further notice this decision gave Black Leopards also known as "Lidoda Duvha" a great advantage since the game would be restarted at 0-0 on the scheduled day.

This Decision that was first influenced by the referee Daniel Bennet saying that he couldn't see the lines on the field, saw the fans flocking in the field of play while the rain continued. The Kaizer Chiefs head coach Stuart Baxter expressed that he was not happy about the decision that the game will be restarted at a nil-nil draw after his side was two clear goals ahead. Although the board of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) also announced that the fans will not need to pay again for the match and will be allowed into the stadium to watch their team of choice battle out for three points.





Soccer City flooded to call match off



Paralympics gone well



Natalie Du Toit and Oscar Pistorius



Team South Africa made they way back to the country in style as they had a warm welcome at the O.R Tambo international airport.

Oscar Pistorius showed great performance during the games as he managed to scoop gold in the 100m in 11.30 seconds. Pistorius also won the 400m displaying his talent and speed. The South African relay team had a new record in the Men's 4x 100m in 41.87seconds  the team included names by: 

• Samkelo Radebe 
• Zivan Smith 
• Arnu Fourie 
• Oscar Pistorius 

 Natalie Du Toit was another athlete who showed character and raised the South African flag at the London 2012 Paralympics winning gold in the 400m freestyle dominating in the pool event.  Team South Africa finished in 17th position, with eight gold medals, 12 silver and nine bronze coming from the participants. South African Sports Confideration and Olympic Committee ( SASCOC) confirmed that the paralympics athlete would earn the same bonuses as their able- bodied counterparts on triumph return from the London games.

The Brazilians Ready To Rumble

Mamelodi Sundowns also known as the ''Brazilians'' for the carpet and fancy football they display. The Pretoria based side looks threatening this season as they have improved they attacking force by signing the scoring sensation Edward Manqele, the former Free State Stars forward impressed the brazilian management last season when he showcased the talent he posseses by scoring all the important goals for his former team.

Mamelodi Sundowns have also signed the young midfielder from Amazulu Siyabonga Sangweni to tighten up they midfield coming into the 2012/2013 season.

The Brazilians have showed that they have an unbeatable squad packed with quality players that are capable of winning the league and other silverware. Johan Neeskens (coach) said he is very happy with the new signings his made and hopes they will gell in well with the old players. Although ''Bafana Ba Style" are facing injury implications from they other regular players such as Lebohang Mokoena who is suffering from Flu, Katlego Mphela is also still out and is undergoing rehabilitation after undergoing a knee operation, new   man on the block, Eleazar Rodgers is out with a hamstring injury.

Jabulani Shongwe, Walter Maponyane, Doctor Mampuru and Alje Schut will also miss the match due to various injuries. The players are confident going into the next league matches and the MTN 8 cup as they have started of well by beating Kaizer Chiefs by 4 goals to 1 in the MTN 8 quarterfinals two weeks ago.
The Pretoria team also came  from an inspired comeback against Moroka Swallows, where they fought back to end the match tied at 3-3. The two teams will be at it this weekend playing the second leg of the semi-final at the Volkswagen Dobsinville Stadium in Soweto, kickoff is at 15:00.

LEFT: Mamelodi Sundowns clubhouse at Chloorkop

A Bad Day At The Office

The Lions Rugby team was  faced with the shocking news that they had to be relegated from the 2013 Super  Rugby competition.  This decision faced by the higly supported rubgy organization was taken by the South African Rugby Union following the dissapointing spell  displayed by the team.

The Johannesburg-based side finished last during the 2011 season and has been said that this was they worst season ever.  As a result, the Southern King's will now play in the next Super Rubgy tournament.  At the end of next season, the team at the bottom at the South Affrican conference will face the Lion's in a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off. After month's of haggling and postponed meetings it is now confirmed that the teams that will take part in the tournament are the well followed South African teams based in different provinces in the country and are as follow: 

• Stormers
• Bulls
• Sharks 
• cheetahs    

The Lion's fans on the SARu's decision have shown that they were not the happy with the outcome taken by the board and such a method of voting is an anachronism. Saru needs to look at itself and amend its  constitution before purporting to relegate any team by undemocratic voting.

Left: Lions fans

The Olympics 2012 A Great Success

 As we have reached the end of the well anticipated Olympic games 2012 London a lot have been seen taking place during the highest level of any sport. 

Since there have been newly appointed hereo's, those who have  managed to maintain their tittles and the sorry one's that have been scraped from the victories. 

The popular event in the crowd being the track have also witnessed history in the 2012 games with the amazing Usain Bolt being the crowd favourite who did ever so well in maintaing all the medals he recieved in the Beijing 2008 games this creating history for the very first time an athlete has ever done. The Jamaican sprinter made it look so easy as he broke away in the Men's 100m taking the gold medal in 9.63sec, followed by his teammate Johan Blake, who also made history in retaining his medals. In the Men's 200m the dou were at it again and just could not be stop on the day as the fastest man on land Bolt took the gold and Blake taking the silver at an incredible time of 19.44 sec. The Jamaican sprinters really lived to expectation as they collectivelly as a group also took away the world record in the Men's 4 x 100m  relay. 

The Olympics 2012 left a legacy with London hosting a successful event that was experienced throughout the globe. Looking at the medal standings of the different nations, the United States of America dominated the battle field with an amazing total of 104 medals brokendown as : 46 (gold), 29 (silver), 29 (bronze). Closely followed by China with a total of 88 medals, the third being the host Great Brittain at a maximum of 65 grabbing 29 gold medals out of their total.