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Sekuphele iminyaka eminingana umdlalo ophakathi kwe-Manchester City ne-Liverpool ungomunye wemidlalo emikhulu ebholeni lomhlaba; kodwa lokho akusenjalo.
➤ Amasizini amane noma amahlanu i-Premier League ibiphethwe i-Manchester City ne-Liverpool njengoba la maqembu amabili ebeshintshana ngesicoco isizini nesizini.
Kodwa ukwehla okukhulu kwefomu kushaye i-Liverpool edonsa kanzima kule sizini njengoba isendaweni yesithupha etafuleni.
I-Manchester City ibingekho efomini yayo enhle nakule sizini njengoba uPep Guardiola ejaha imbangi yakhe uMikel Arteta kanye ne-Arsenal etafuleni.
Yize kunjalo i-Manchester izodlala ngoMgqibelo ngo-1.30 ntambama njengoba iyizintandokazi zokuwathola wonke amaphuzu amathathu.
Futhi njengoba isele ngamaphuzu ayisishiyagalombili ngemuva kwe-Arsenal, i-Manchester City iwadinga kakhulu la maphuzu amathathu.
Kodwa-ke, i-Liverpool izozimisela ukuphuca i-Manchester isicoco ngemuva kokuthi i-Manchester ibaphuce iligi ngosuku lokugcina ngesizini edlule.
Ngale kwefomu umdlalo phakathi kwala maqembu amabili uhlezi ujabulisa futhi uhlinzeka ngesenzo sokuhlasela esingami.
I-Arsenal izolandela ngomdlalo onzima lapho ezobe ibhekene khona ne-Leeds United ngehora lesine ntambama emzamweni wokuthatha isicoco se-Premier League.
NgeSonto, i-Chelsea izokwamukela i-Aston Villa ngo-4.30 ntambama bese i-Manchester ibhekana ne-Newcastle United ngo-6.30 ntambama.
Yonke imidlalo ye-Premier League izokhonjiswa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 203.
➤ Uma uke wazizwa sengathi ungathanda ukubukela ibhola lombhoxo ubusuku nemini izinsuku ezintathu — nali ithuba lakho.
I-Sevens izoqala kusasa ekuseni ngo-6.16 e-Hong Kong, kanti leli idolobha abaningi abalithatha njengekhaya elingokomoya lwemidlalo ye-sevens. Amaqembu abesifazane ase-France nase-Japan azodlala emdlalweni wokuvula.
Emdlalweni wabesilisa iBlitzboks ingene ekugcineni, kanti izobhekena ne-Ireland (ngoLwesihlanu ngo-9.04 ekuseni), i-New Zealand (ngoMgqibelo ngo-5.04 ekuseni) kanye ne-Kenya (ngo-9.25 ekuseni). Imidlalo yamanqamu izoqala ekuseni ngeSonto ngo-2.30. Yonke le midlalo izokhonjiswa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 211.
➤ Umdlalo wokuqala we-Heineken Cup uzoba ngo-9 ebusuku ngoLwesihlanu, kanti kune midlalo ye-sevens kuyo yonke impelasonto, futhi kungenzeka kube iligi enzima kakhulu eYurophu.
NgoMgqibelo amaSharks azobhekena ne-Ulster (ngo-1.30 ntambama). Siyethemba ukuthi bazothuthukisa indlela abadlale ngayo ngesonto eledlule futhi bayivikele ngempumelelo indawo yabo yesithathu kwi-log.
AmaStormers asendaweni yesithathu eqoqweni lawo azobhekana ne-Harlequins ngehora lesine ntambama. Lindelani umdlalo omuhle kakhulu.
NgeSonto amaBulls azodlala ne-Toulouse ngehora lesine ntambama. Uma ufuna ngemuva kwalo mdlalo – ophela cishe ngehora lesithupha ntambama – ungacisha umabonakude wakho wenze ukuthula nomkakho futhi uchithe isikhathi esisele sempelasonto nomndeni wakho.
Yonke imidlalo ye-Heineken Cup izokhonjiswa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 201 no-211.
➤ NgoMgqibelo, ngo-1.30 ntambama amaCheetahs azodlala ne-Toulonnais e-France kwi-EPCR Challenge Cup esesigabeni sokugcina sokuphuma kwamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili. AmaLions afuna ukuzuza okuningi uma esebhekene ne-Racing 92 e-Emirates Ellis Park ngo-6.30 ebusuku ngalo lolo suku.
Umdlalo we-EPCR uzokhonjiswa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 201 no-211.
➤ Kuzoba nemidlalo embalwa yasekuseni yabalandeli be-Formula 1 njengoba umdlalo usuphokophelele kwi-Australian Grand Prix.
Okwakukade kuyindlela yomdabu yokuvula umqhudelwano manje sekuzithola sekungokwesithathu ekhalendeni ngohlelo lwesibili lwesakhiwo somzila omusha.
Ababili abazohlungela ngoMgqibelo kanye nasemjahweni wangeSonto bazoqala ukuqhudelana ngehora lesikhombisa ekuseni ngakho-ke, cupha lawo ma-alamu ukuze ugweme ukuphuthelwa!
UMax Verstappen oseqenjini le-Red Bull akakaze awine umjaho e-Melbourne, kanti ukuphathwa isisu kungase kumvimbe ukuthi aqophe umlando.
Lo mjaho uzokhonjiswa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 215.
Esithombeni esingenhla: I-Manchester City ezobhekana ne-Liverpool
Umthombo wesithombe: Liverpool