Shakes confident he has picked a winning squad

“On paper, this is the right team,” was Shakes Mashaba’s short response when asked whether he had picked the best available players, says Mazola Molefe.

• Five European games to watch in World Cup qualifying
• Rooney’s most revealing interview of his career
• United fear love split is behind Martial's slump
• Pep's City is a no-phone zone

Video: Cheslin Kolbe’s proposal

BlitzBokke, WP and Stormers player Cheslin Kolbe proposed to his girlfriend Layla Cupido following the WP’s defeat of Boland.

• All about the jersey for the fired-up All Blacks
• Jones, Du Toit voted WP’s best
• Boks sweating over Habana, Kriel
• SA, Ireland and France vie to host 2023 RWC

Let's wrap it up Proteas

Australia are the best team in the world and if you give them a sniff, they’re going to come back hard, says Rilee Rossouw.

• Sunfoil Series: Early chance to hit top form
• Adams: Cobras excited to be back on the field
• Rossouw may move to the middle for Amla
• Another Proteas tour added to bumper 2016/17 season

Hugh Grant: Four bogeys and a double?

British actor Hugh Grant is a regular at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and, yes, crazy about the game, writes Grant Winter.

• Coetzee using the past to inspire him at Old Course
• Golfing world pays respects to Palmer
• Grant Winter: Diary of a golf writer in Scotland
• A golfing ‘quick nine’ for Dan Nicholl