EPISODE · May 9, 2026 · 26 MIN
Episode 34 - Golden Oldies, u20 Championship, EPL, Sports Songs, Fun Fast Five
from Chatter from Cow Corner · host Alexander Naryshkine and Luyanda Peter
GOLDEN OLDIESFive people who refused to retire. Merlene Ottey competed at seven Olympics across 33 years, finishing for Slovenia at 52. Martina Navratilova won a Grand Slam title at 49 — a month shy of her 50th birthday. Venus Williams still making WTA main draws at 44. Ma'a Nonu still bulldozing defenders in the French Top 14 at 43. Imran Tahir still taking T20 wickets at 47 — at a better average than his career stats.U20 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPBack-to-back champions. Junior Springboks clinched the 2026 title with a round to spare — 56-17 against Australia in Gqeberha. Argentina helped by beating New Zealand in the same round. Nine-match winning streak going back to last year's World Championship in Italy. Key players: Yaqeen Ahmed, Jack Benade, Riley Norton. How many of this squad play for the senior Boks within five years?EPL RUN-INArsenal lead with three games left and have just reached the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May. Bukayo Saka beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate. They haven't won the league in 22 years. They've never won the Champions League. Both are now on the table simultaneously. City dropped points at Everton when it mattered most. Remaining: West Ham, Burnley, Crystal Palace.SPORTS SONGSSister Bethina. A young man called Mgarimbe jumped on a microphone at Action Bar in downtown Johannesburg at two in the morning, wasted, and sang over a beat his friend had made on a laptop. The next morning he begged his friend to delete it. He didn't. A few weeks later Mgarimbe was sitting in his Hillbrow flat and heard a taxi drive past playing his song. That song is now played after the national anthem at every Springbok home test. South Africa's unofficial second national anthem.FUN FAST FIVE FACTS
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GOLDEN OLDIESFive people who refused to retire. Merlene Ottey competed at seven Olympics across 33 years, finishing for Slovenia at 52. Martina Navratilova won a Grand Slam title at 49 — a month shy of her 50th birthday. Venus Williams still making WTA main draws at 44. Ma'a Nonu still bulldozing defenders in the French Top 14 at 43. Imran Tahir still taking T20 wickets at 47 — at a better average than his career stats.U20 RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPBack-to-back champions. Junior Springboks clinched the 2026 title with a round to spare — 56-17 against Australia in Gqeberha. Argentina helped by beating New Zealand in the same round. Nine-match winning streak going back to last year's World Championship in Italy. Key players: Yaqeen Ahmed, Jack Benade, Riley Norton. How many of this squad play for the senior Boks within five years?EPL RUN-INArsenal lead with three games left and have just reached the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May. Bukayo Saka beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 on aggregate. They haven't won the league in 22 years. They've never won the Champions League. Both are now on the table simultaneously. City dropped points at Everton when it mattered most. Remaining: West Ham, Burnley, Crystal Palace.SPORTS SONGSSister Bethina. A young man called Mgarimbe jumped on a microphone at Action Bar in downtown Johannesburg at two in the morning, wasted, and sang over a beat his friend had made on a laptop. The next morning he begged his friend to delete it. He didn't. A few weeks later Mgarimbe was sitting in his Hillbrow flat and heard a taxi drive past playing his song. That song is now played after the national anthem at every Springbok home test. South Africa's unofficial second national anthem.FUN FAST FIVE FACTS
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