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The 16 Premier Soccer League teams in the Betway Premiership are edging closer to the end of a gruelling 10-month season as they prepare for their final two matchday league fixtures.

Mamelodi Sundowns will face TS Galaxy in their final league match of the season at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday night (7.30pm kick-off).

By: Mpho Sekharume 

The goal difference tally may prove to be the difference to determine who will walk away as the Betway Premiership champions between Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns as the league races down to a nail-biting finish.

Hannah Pearse became the final addition to the Commonwealth Games qualifying list on the final day of the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Saturday.

The 23-year-old swam to victory in the 200m backstroke in a time of 2:10.92 to take a step closer to achieving her ambition of competing at the Commonwealth Games, which take place in Glasgow this July/August.

Nasreddine Nabi's departure from Kaizer Chiefs drew mixed reactions, but the subsequent developments at the club suggest the Tunisian coach may have left the team better than he found it.

Nabi arrived at the club widely regarded as the 'messiah.' However, he did little to live up to that tag in his first season, winning only the Nedbank Cup and finishing a disappointing ninth in the Betway Premiership – a minimal improvement from the season before.

LIV Golf is preparing to make structural changes that "might surprise some people," CEO Scott O'Neil said Thursday, as the embattled breakaway league scrambles to fend off rumors it could soon collapse without Saudi funding.

Multiple outlets this week reported that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund will shortly stop bankrolling the divisive league, which has spent billions to lure top golfers away from the traditional PGA and DP World tours.

The South African Sevens team is looking to underline a period of total dominance with a fourth consecutive tournament win when they run out in Hong Kong on Friday morning. The Blitzboks are targeting the Hong Kong Sevens, the first event of the World Championships, with a well-rested squad and fresh ideas after a successful Sevens Series campaign.