Category: The Jabu List

This feature was started a year ago and was mainly due to my love of the traditional game of cricket, the test match. Although usually featured only for South African test series, the Ashes is something →

The IAAF 2013 World Championships have just come to an end. South Africa finished a disappointingly low tie for 33rd. This was a huge drop from the 17th placed finish in 2011 and the incredible 9th placed →

The 2013 PGA Championship, golf's least likeable major, is taking place at Oak Hills Country Club starting on Thursday. The last time the championship was played there an unheard of American won it. →

  This month I was challenged for the Stroke of Luck column, to put together a list of the top 5 golfing gifts that you could give any avid golfer on a special occasion. The assignment was pretty →

  The past three days have seen countless upsets at Wimbledon. From Nadal losing in the first round, to seeing Federer's 36 Grand Slam Quarter Final end dead. We also saw Sharapova, Jankovic, Azarenka →

Wimbledon is without a doubt my favourite tennis tournament in the world. I don't know if it's the all-white attire, the years of British heart ache, the lawn that they play on, the strawberries and →

South Africa recently completed a fine series victory over Malaysia without losing a game. In the 3-0 series victory there were some quality performances and some great crowd appreciation. Here I present →

When I was growing up in South Africa and my sport obsession was blossoming, one day specifically stood out in my memory each and every year. On the 16 June (Until 2007) every year I would wake up →

I truly love sport, it has one of the most unifying effects in the World. A great moment in sport could lead to two complete strangers hugging each other in a completely un-awkward, unobtrusive way. →

After 26 years at Manchester United, a time that transformed the Red Devils into the biggest brand in World football. In his time at the club Sir Alex won 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cup's, 4 League →

The English Premier League has been as one-sided as a battle of the sexes at a Justin Bieber concert, Manchester United have marched through to the title on the back of some great and some average →

Yesterday as the unthinkably likeable Aussie (I know, its difficult to say), triumphed in golfs greatest major. His jubilation after throwing away the Open Championship last year was unbridaled and →

Last night, this football loving blogger, skipped the Champions League quarter finals and spent my time watching one of the funnest curtain raising events that you can see, the Par 3 Challenge at the →

The Masters is a magical time in golf. The lure of the green jacket, the tradition of Augusta, the fight from South Africans. It has it all and is, for me at least the flagship major in the golfing →

Last week we witnessed the fallout between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber as well as the spectacular fight between Kurtley Beale and Cooper Vuna for the Rebels, leaving the team in a state of tatters. →