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.     

 

Public Relations in Sport

Public Relations has been seen growing in confidence within the sport industry as the media will always publish the direct actions that occur in the sporting events taking place around the globe.

 The press has great impact on sport as it delivers the news and relevant information regarding the teams and player profiles that participate in the various sports of this era. Since public relations deals with maintaining the favourable opinion of the team.   As a public relations employee, you must think about your team, athletic department, or organization and consider that they may have the power to influence a story, whether in a positive or negative direction. It's important to realize that these groups have the ability to color the way that a story is reported. It's important to remember that in most cases the reporter will report the facts but, it is up to you to have the skills to make sure the "FACTS" are reported in the most favorable light.

The Olympic Games are indeed the biggest sporting stage all over the world and athletes from different nations come together to compete in various sport activities in the battle for the gold medal. The London 2012 Olympic Games have resumed and have been making headlines across the country, with team South Africa being ranked 11th on the medal count board.

The South African colours at the London games is being raised by the Gold medal winners

• Le Clos Chad who won the Men's 200m Butterfly
• Van der Burgh Cameron who won the Men's 100m Breaststroke
• The Rowing team including Thompson J, Brittain M, Smith J, Ndlovu S.