Cricket:
Cricket fans will today find out what the IPL schedule looks like and tomorrow tickets go on sale for the festival of cricket. We do know that Sahara Park Newlands will host two opening matches on the 18th of April.
British newspapers are reporting that Proteas coach Mickey Arthur's been shortlisted to coach England. The other names on the reported shortlist are Andy Flower, Graham Ford and John Wright. Arthur's contract with Cricket SA runs until after the 2011 World Cup.
New Zealand have reached 351 for 4 after winning the toss on day one of the second test against India. Ross Taylor scored 151 and Jesse Ryder is 137 not out.
Andre Nel has retired from international cricket, but really he was in no danger of being recalled again. Nel took 123 wickets in 36 tests at an average of 31.86 and took 106 wickets in 79 ODIs at an average of 27.68 with an economy rate of 4.63.
Rugby:
Vodacom Stormers coach, Rassie Erasmus, says they are evenly matched with the Crusaders at the moment. The two sides lock horns in Christchurch on Saturday. Erasmus has moved Gcobani Bobo to right wing and Peter Grant to centre in a re-shuffled backline. Luke Watson and AJ Venter are back in the starting lineup. This season the Saders are without Carter and Maccaw is still injured, but Erasmus says they never field a weak side.
Football:
News from the Bafana camp is that the team were busy recording an ad yesterday instead of practicing. That's not ideal if you ask me.
Formula One:
The opening F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday could be very controversial, with seven teams claiming Brawn, Toyota and Williams are using illegal aerodynamics. Meanwhile, Mclaren's Lewis Hamilton says the team is not confident of a good start this weekend.
Cycling:
In ! news from the ABSA Cape Epic, Christoph Sauser and Burry Stand! er from team Songo.info have been handed a 15 minute penalty as they benefitted from the outside assistance. The favourites are now 19 minutes and 29 seconds behind the leading Bulls team after Stage 4.
