Michael Sherman
Sports Writer
14 Articles
Favourite Sports Team
Proteas
Favourite Professional Golfer
Ernie Els
Favourite Golf Course
The Links at Fancourt
Favourite Golf Major
The Open
Favourite Sporting Memory
Watching Ernie Els win the 2012 Open Championship live
Favourite Sports Movie/Series
Ted Lasso
Michael Sherman is an experienced sports journalist in South Africa with 15 years in the industry. Michael began his journey in sports journalism for the SA Press Association (Sapa) during the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, before covering the local Premier Soccer League for three seasons and later specialising in cricket and golf.
Latest Articles by Michael Sherman
Cricket
Exclusive: Sune Luus on the Unlikely Star Who Inspired Her Spin Bowling
Sune Luus, a South African women's cricketer, draws inspiration from former Proteas player Jacques Rudolph for her bowling action. Luus discusses her cricket icons, the upcoming Cricket World Cup, the potential impact of a World Test Championship victory for South African cricket, and highlights the lack of opportunities for women's Test cricket.
Michael Sherman
2025-04-14
Boxing
Exclusive: Thabiso Mchunu Eager for Home Turf Victory Against Kalonji
Thabiso Mchunu excited for hometown fight against Amador Kalonji on May 1 after defeat in Russia. Confident of victory, aiming to maintain standing in cruiserweight division. Reflects on career highlights, hopes for world title. Sees revival of boxing in SA with events like The Reckoning.
Michael Sherman
2025-04-06
Boxing
Exclusive: Kevin Lerena Training ‘As If He’s Broke’ Ahead of WBC Title Defence
Kevin Lerena is gearing up to defend his WBC bridgerweight title against Serhiy Radchenko, making history in South Africa. The fight is set for May 1 at SunBet Arena. Lerena shares insights on his preparation, the bridgerweight category, global experiences, future plans, and his non-idol approach to success in boxing.
Michael Sherman
2025-04-03
Michael Sherman
at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He has also covered a number of local inbound cricket tours to South Africa, including Test series against India, Australia, England and West Indies between 2013 and 2016.
As a qualified video editor, cameraman and photographer Michael has used these skills to produce multimedia content for the African New Agency from 2015 to 2021. He is currently a multimedia journalist, sub-editor and publisher for iol.co.za. His author page can be located here: https://www.iol.co.za/authors/michael-sherman