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Location: Bloemfontein, Free State Stadium

Street address: First avenue, Bloemfontein

GPS co-ordinates: 29°07 02.25S 26°12 31.85E

Seating: 48000 (more…)

By Marc Ashton

I think South African football fans just shake their heads these days as they try and work out what they are supposed to make of what is happening with their national team.

Joel Santana has been sent packing and we are right back to where we started with Carlos Alberto Parreira back in charge of Bafana Bafana… Ok let me scratch that – we are back to where we started with coaches but everything else seems to have gone backwards.

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By: Marc Ashton

What an absolutely awesome weekend of Currie Cup rugby! I loved the buildup from about Thursday afternoon where cheesy e-mails, SMS’s, Facebook status messages and Twitter updates began to flow.

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By Marc Ashton

Damn it is good to be a South African sometimes!

Apart from that minor cricketing disaster in the ICC Champions Trophy, I find it brilliant the way the mood of South Africans is dictated by the performance of their teams over the weekend.

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By Marc Ashton

So Australia are taking on the Black Caps (New Zealand) in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy tournament and the obvious question is who is going to get the most support considering how affectionate local fans are to the Australians!

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By Marc Ashton

I can’t believe it, I’m stunned (shocked?) into silence that we have been knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy tournament….

… and worst of all we lost to England! We’ll never hear the end of it.

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By: Marc Ashton

While the soccer and rugby is all good for a bit of a laugh – even when Bafana Bafana aren’t winning – there is something just lekker (for want of a better word) about cricket season rolling around.

The ICC Champions Trophy kicks off on Tuesday with South Africa taking on Sri Lanka. It is shaping up to a very interesting tournament with Australia busy drubbing the English convincingly and South Africa coming off a long break.

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By Marc Ashton

Before I get into the “meat” of this blog I have to tip my hat to President Jacob Zuma for making the effort to come and welcome the victorious Springbok side home.

After that disgraceful show from Julius Malema welcoming back Caster Semenya and the other medal winners, it was pleasant to see a politician who realised he was not the centre of attention.

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By: Marc Ashton

Would South African sport benefit from a shakeup of its priority sports offerings?

South African sport is largely dominated by three high profile offerings – rugby, cricket and soccer. Collectively these three sports get the lions share of most sponsorship and development money purely because they attract the most fans and therefore can generate the most revenue.

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By Marc Ashton:

It has been a good week or so for South Africans on a couple of different fronts. Not only did we win a couple of gold medals in the athletics but we also made history when we won the Ashes cricket series against Australia….

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