Morning Sports Wrap - 13 September 2016
Jean Deysel and Stephan Lewies both face fitness tests later this week. They are currently doubtful for the Currie Cup action in Durban on Saturday. The Cell C Sharks also have doubts about the fitness of Patrick Lambie.
He is expected to resume full training ahead of the clash with the EP Kings.
The Sharks are definitely without S'bura Sithole, Odwa Ndungane, Keegan Daniel and Philip van der Walt this week.
Ndungane requires surgery to a torn pectoral muscle and will miss the remainder of the season.
The Sharks and Kings are due to meet at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Everton have drilled Sunderland 3-0 in the English Premier League.
Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick for the Toffees at the Stadium of Light last night.
The next match in the English Premiership is on Friday night.
That is when Chelsea will host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Sergio Aguero is set to return for Manchester City in the Uefa Champions League tonight.
His ban only applies to domestic matches and this means Aguero should be in action against Borussia Moenchengladbach.
The Argentina striker had been nursing a calf muscle strain and appears to be over the problem.
City have also revealed that Ilkay Gundogan and Vincent Kompany are close to making their comebacks from injury.
Arsenal have a Champions League date at Paris Saint Germain tonight.
A player has died during a French Cup tie.
Ben Idrissa Derme, a former Burkina Faso international, suffered a heart attack during the third round encounter.
Derme was 34.
Jordy Smith will face Filipe Toledo in the semi-finals at the Hurley Pro.
Smith defeated Brett Simpson in the quarter-finals in California.
The other semi-final at Trestles will see Tanner Gudauskas up against Joel Parkinson.
Tyrone Pillay has won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics.
Pillay, who is from Durban, has done the trick with a personal best in the shot-put.
Team SA have now won seven medals in Rio and are 19th on the medals table.
More news from the Paralympics is that Marieke Vervoort is still considering euthanasia.
The Belgian won a silver medal in the 400-metres this past weekend.
Vervoort, who is 37, suffers from an incurable and degenerative spinal condition.
However, Vervoort has denied reports that she plans to end her life immediately after the Rio Paralympics.
Euthanasia is legal in Belgium.
The Sharks are definitely without S'bura Sithole, Odwa Ndungane, Keegan Daniel and Philip van der Walt this week.
Ndungane requires surgery to a torn pectoral muscle and will miss the remainder of the season.
The Sharks and Kings are due to meet at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Everton have drilled Sunderland 3-0 in the English Premier League.
Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick for the Toffees at the Stadium of Light last night.
The next match in the English Premiership is on Friday night.
That is when Chelsea will host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Sergio Aguero is set to return for Manchester City in the Uefa Champions League tonight.
His ban only applies to domestic matches and this means Aguero should be in action against Borussia Moenchengladbach.
The Argentina striker had been nursing a calf muscle strain and appears to be over the problem.
City have also revealed that Ilkay Gundogan and Vincent Kompany are close to making their comebacks from injury.
Arsenal have a Champions League date at Paris Saint Germain tonight.
A player has died during a French Cup tie.
Ben Idrissa Derme, a former Burkina Faso international, suffered a heart attack during the third round encounter.
Derme was 34.
Jordy Smith will face Filipe Toledo in the semi-finals at the Hurley Pro.
Smith defeated Brett Simpson in the quarter-finals in California.
The other semi-final at Trestles will see Tanner Gudauskas up against Joel Parkinson.
Tyrone Pillay has won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics.
Pillay, who is from Durban, has done the trick with a personal best in the shot-put.
Team SA have now won seven medals in Rio and are 19th on the medals table.
More news from the Paralympics is that Marieke Vervoort is still considering euthanasia.
The Belgian won a silver medal in the 400-metres this past weekend.
Vervoort, who is 37, suffers from an incurable and degenerative spinal condition.
However, Vervoort has denied reports that she plans to end her life immediately after the Rio Paralympics.
Euthanasia is legal in Belgium.
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