A good sport... for almost half a century
Michael Tarr looks back and chooses his 10 most memorable sporting events and occasions over a 45-year career
Please release him, let him go
Aren't Nelson Mandela's family - and the nation - being selfish hoping for one more day, one more year, asks Michael Tarr.
City 'legend' Williams dies
Tributes have been pouring in following the death of one of South Africa's finest soccer players, who died last week at the age of 77.
Ashes series proves Test cricket is alive
If Test cricket is dead - and its demise has been widely reported around the world in the past year or two - perhaps we should tell the Poms and in fact, the Aussies ...
Not more screechers polluting the air!
It all started with a Jimmy Connors grunt. A few years later Monica Seles significantly raised the decibels with a piercing screech every time she played a shot. ...
Smith is single and ready to mingle
There is some good news coming out of the South African cricket camp for all single women. . .
Hero to zero woes...
What is it about sport that brings out the best and worst in people?
Brave Botha's heroic revival
In 2006, a 23-year-old budding South African cricketer thought his career had come to an end. . .
Gibbs must score to stay in the game
We could be seeing the beginning of the end of one of South Africa's finest opening batsmen, says Michael Tarr.
Who will fill the stadium?
Where were you at about 4. 15pm on Tuesday, January 13, 2009?, asks columnist Michael Tarr. . .
Let's get back on the field
England's return to India after the Mumbai attacks has shown a defiance and courage they now need to translate onto the field of play, writes Michael Tarr.
How much more rope should Gibbs be given?
Sometimes there is a limit to how much licence or latitude you give a sportsman before telling him enough is enough, writes Michael Tarr.
What does this mean for SA teams?
It seems unbelievable that a club like Man United could go under, but just look at how close they came to losing that sponsorship.
Third umpire to hear 'Howzat'?
Umpires should take their heads out of the sand and admit they need an extra set of eyes every now and then, writes Michael Tarr.
Sports fans have had a bumper week
Bafana in the doldrums, Dolphins scoop world star, Lewis Hamilton put in reverse gear after winning the Belgian Grand Prix, Roger Federer King of New York again, ...
Is it now the big five?
The question is why do people spend money buying English soccer clubs?
'Politicians frolicking around the touchline'
I just wish Cedrick Frolick and his kind would shut up and let the sportsmen get on with it in South Africa, writes Michael Tarr.
Your Tour de France comments
Readers were fierce in their responses to Michael Tarr's call for the Tour de France to be banned for a year or two. . .
'Time to boycott the Tour de Farce'
If more sponsors pulled out, we would not have a Tour de France for a year or two and then cyclists and team managers might come to their senses, writes Michael ...
A gay Rugby World Cup - darling please
News has just reached Lifting the Covers that there is to be a Gay Rugby World Cup which kicks-off in Dublin in Ireland on Friday.
'Time for Bafana to let Benni go - for good'
Don't bet against Benni McCarthy letting us and Bafana Bafana down again, writes Michael Tarr.
Gathering of superstars as IPL gets under way
Billions of eyes will zoom in towards the direction of India when the revolutionary Indian Premier League swings into action for a wall-to-wall orgy of Twenty20 ...
End of the road for Rawalpindi Express
It looks as if Shoaib Akhtar has reached the end of his career. Michael Tarr takes us through his colourful journey.
'Sports stars outshined in SA'
Michael Tarr asks, why is it that in South Africa, sports administrators hog the newspaper headlines as opposed to sports men and women?
Tears in KZN, will it be the same in Ghana?
There will be tears at at least one sporting event over the next 48 hours, but many are predicting there will be plenty of crying at two venues thousands of kilometres ...