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BBK Unplugged podcast

Get behind the biggest sporting stories and hear from the sporting world's biggest names, with BBK Unplugged podcast.

Renowned Sunday Times sports editor Bareng-Batho Kortjaas (BBK)
and his revolving door of sporting experts, take you through the stories behind the scoreboard.

SportsLIVE is a MultimediaLIVE production, a division of Arena Holdings.

Sports, cricket, rugby, soccer, football, tennis, sportsmen, sport, goal, South African sport
Weekly English South Africa Sports · Sports
90 Episodes
36 – 56

Kaizer Chiefs' head scout chats about player selection in SA

Walter Steenbok, the head of scouting at Kaizer Chiefs, a role he performed with distinction at Mamelodi Sundowns, is a well decorated scouting master. The supremely qualified talent spotter has published a book titled The Football Scouting Bible. It offers a practical guide to scouting. Such is his eye for…
18 Sep 2020 41 min

Fan face-off part two: Chiefs vs Sundowns

In today's podcast we have part two of the fan face-off between Kaizer Chiefs fan Mkhuseli Ngcube and his opposite number from Mamelodi Sundowns, Sive Yekanye. We are one match away from the curtain falling down on the 2019-20 Absa Premiership season. The champions will be crowned on the final…
4 Sep 2020 41 min

Kaitano Tembo watches with keen interest as Sundowns capitalise on Chiefs fumble

The 2019-20 Absa Premiership season is fast approaching the finish line. Although they lost 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns on Thursday, Kaizer Chiefs are still at the summit of the standings by virtue of a superior goal difference. Amakhosi and Abafana Bestyle are tied on 53 points going into weekend's action. But…
28 Aug 2020 25 min

FAN FACE-OFF | Chiefs vs.Sundowns

Fans are the fuel that fire up the beautiful game. The footballers turn on the magic between the four white lines. The club bosses pay the bills. The sponsors funnel the funds that make the world go around. But soccer supporters, the football fans are the fuel behind it all…
21 Aug 2020 40 min

Soccer is back: coaches comment on Nedbank Cup semifinals

Welcome to SportsLIVE with BBK. In our first episode today, we will shine the spotlight on the Nedbank Cup semifinals. Find out what the coaches of Mamelodi Sundowns, Bidvest Wits, Baroka FC and Bloemfontein Celtic have up their sleeves as they go into battle in a double header at the…
7 Aug 2020 34 min

Lebogang Manyama's Comeback Season

Kaizer Chiefs held pole position in the Absa Premiership before the Premier Soccer League was suspended due to the coronavirus lockdown. Prior to the recess, Lebogang Manyama was the attacking midfielder that propelled AmaKhosi to the top of the log. His six goal contributions might not match Samir Nurkovic's (11)…
25 Mar 2020 35 min

COVID-19, SPORT-0 (feat. Danny Jordaan & Irvin Khoza)

The Corona Virus has hit live sports for a six, it's put 19 past the net, it's stolen a march on every sporting event around the globe, it's hit sports for a knockout and fans as well as players and managers are feeling it. In this episode, we put together…
20 Mar 2020 25 min

The story of the Malan brothers, Pieter, Andre & Janneman

Cricketer Andre Malan joined us on the SportsLIVE podcast to chat about his and his brothers' background and their make-up. Andre, 28, plays for Western Province, while his siblings, Pieter and Janneman, graduated to the Test and ODI ranks this past summer cricket season. Pieter, 30, made his debut in…
11 Mar 2020 43 min

RWC2019 Untold Stories (feat. Rassie Erasmus & Dr Jerome Mampane)

Yes, the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still on our minds and we relish the idea of peeling layers of the Springboks' third William Webb Ellis trophy. In this episode, we have another look behind the scenes, as we piece together how Siya Kolisi, Rassie Erasmus and Co. concocted the…
3 Mar 2020 32 min

What happened to Inny Radebe?

One of the most talked-about episodes in rugby last year happened when former Sharks flyhalf Inny Radebe released a "diss track" venting his frustrations with the South African rugby system. In this episode, you can hear that track and hear from the man himself, Radebe, who details what his thought-process…
26 Feb 2020 29 min

Should Temba replace Faf? (feat. Phila Sixaba)

Faf du Plessis announced that he was stepping down from the Proteas Test and T20 captaincy, making way for a new leader. Quinton de Kock has assumed the reins in the white-ball formats (ODI and T20) but should Temba Bavuma replace Du Plessis as Test captain?
19 Feb 2020 33 min

Kaizer Chiefs 50th Anniversary Tribute (feat. Kaizer Motaung, Lebo Manyama)

Kaizer Chiefs celebrate their 50th birthday this year and as a tribute, SportsLIVE put together a wonderfully packaged scripted podcast -- the first for the award-winning podcast. Narrated by SportsLIVE podcast host Sbu Mjikeliso, this is the story of Ewert "The Lip" Nene, the man who helped found Amakhosi. From…
5 Feb 2020 29 min

Temba Bavuma & the black batsman burden (feat. Daniel Gallan)

Temba Bavuma forced his way back into the Proteas Test team after scoring runs, 180 of them in one innings, for the Lions in the domestic 4-Day competition. But his omission from the SA team that is locked in a four-Test battle with England caused a massive racial storm on…
26 Jan 2020 29 min

Proteas In Crisis (feat. Kagiso Rabada)

After England took an assailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series against South Africa, we looked at the cause of the malaise the national South African men's cricket team is under. We hear from paceman Kagiso Rabada, who is suspended for the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers in…
22 Jan 2020 42 min

'I'm stoked to be alive': Kirsten Landman

Hard enduro biker Kirsten Landman made history in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia by becoming one of the first African women, alongside Taye Perry from East London, to ride the toughest motorsport race in the world. Her journey to the Dakar, however, was paved with challenges, some near-fatal. Her…
15 Jan 2020 33 min

The Legacy of EL10's (feat. Scarra Ntubeni & Sikhumbuzo Notshe)

In the first episode of 2020 for this award-winning podcast, we went to the East London 10's tournament where we caught up with some of the chief organisers of what was a groundbreaking event for the province. The popular Old Boys 10's tournaments have, through the course of history, made…
8 Jan 2020 42 min
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