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Maradona commanded life, as much as he commanded the soccer pitch

Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport Forget the modern greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and just for this moment remember only Diego Maradona.... Read more

While alive, Maradona’s “mistakes” outweighed his magic in the media’s eye

My mother would always tell me to give her flowers while she was alive and not when she was dead. She didn’t use the... Read more

Premier League preview: Round 10

The MoneyMan team sits down to preview one of the closest rounds of the Premier League so far this season.

Premier League thoughts: Round 9

The XYZ of betting offer their thoughts from the eighth round of the Premier League, in their weekly recap “The Good, the Bad, the... Read more

Premier League Preview: Round 9

The MoneyMan team previews Round 9 of the Premier League in a two part series, giving their score predictions for each of the ten... Read more

Premier League thoughts: Round 8

The XYZ of betting offer their thoughts from the eighth round of the Premier League, in their weekly recap “The Good, the Bad, the... Read more

Premier League Preview: Round 8

The MoneyMan hosts the MoneyBoy and Shakes Rampedi for their weekly two-part discussion, where they give their Premier League predictions for the weekend.

Brilliant Bamford firing for Bielsa

Brilliant should not be a term thrown around casually for sportsmen, but when I speak of Bamford as brilliant, I mean the start to... Read more

Why Mosimane is an ambassador – and not a traitor – to South African sport

Mark Keohane, in his IOL weekly Keo Corner column, writes that Pitso Mosimane is a South African pioneer into African football – and his decision... Read more

Premier League Preview: Round 5 (Part 2)

As the International break draws to a close and the Premier League returns, the MoneyMan team give their predictions for Matchday 5.

Premier League preview: Round 5 (Part 1)

As the International break draws to a close and the Premier League returns, the MoneyMan team gives their predictions for Matchday 5.

I can’t make peace with sport’s ‘new normal’

As appearing in IOL Sport On the 17th May this year, on these very pages, I wrote the following opening paragraph: Sport with no... Read more

MoneyMan team recaps the Premier League weekend

MoneyMan, MoneyBoy and Shakes Rampedi recap their bets and their predictions after another bizarre weekend of the Premier League, and take a look at... Read more