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Looks ahead at the biggest events and tournaments on next year’s sports calendar. In addition to the continuing United Rugby Championship and Premier Soccer League, every month offers something big, be it tennis, cricket, golf, cycling or ultimate fightin
Bafana Bafana head to Ivory Coast to meet Mali, Namibia and Tunisia during the Africa Cup of Nations group stage.
The Proteas lock horns with India in the second Test in Cape Town, before the players return to their franchises for the second edition of the SA20. ATP’S world No 1 Novak Djokovic will try to extend his record of 10 wins at the Australian Open and 24 Grand Slam titles in total so far.
Top fighter Dricus du Plessis is scheduled to fight for the middleweight title against Sean Strickland in UFC 297 in Toronto, Canada on 20 January.
The European rugby powerhouses will have everything to prove in the 2024 Six Nations after their disappointing showing at the recent World Cup in France.
The US National Football League concludes with the Superbowl, which will be staged in Las Vegas for the first time.
The endurance and tenacity of some of the world’s toughest competitors are put to the test in the 46th Cape Town Cycle Tour and in the gruelling eight-day Cape Epic.
South African cricket’s four-day tournament reaches the playoff stage, and a Proteas side missing a number of first-choice players – owing to SA20 and Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments – heads to New Zealand for a two-test tour.
The Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Sharks and Stormers will aim to qualify for the semifinals of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments for the first time.
Augusta hosts the Masters, the PGA’S first major of the year.
Thousands of runners are due to descend on Cape Town over the Easter weekend for the Two Oceans Marathon.