Favourite cricket team:
Proteas
Favourite cricket format:
Test cricket
Favourite player:
Robin Peterson
Favourite Sporting moment:
Springboks winning any Rugby World Cup
Favourite ground:
Boland Park, Paarl
Favourite Sports movie:
Remember the Titans
John Goliath is a copywriter and editor with 20 years' experience in the sports media industry. John, a Tottenham Hotspur tragic, studied journalism in the Cape Peninsula University of Technology and has worked for two of the biggest media houses in South Africa.
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“I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments.The front page has nothing but man’s failures.” - Earl Warren
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
latestArticlesBy John Goliath
Cricket
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Dominate Durban Super Giants To Clinch Back To Back SA20 Titles
Marco Jansen took a five-wicket haul as the Sunrisers Eastern Cape won back-to-back SA20 League titles when they wiped the floor with the Durban Super Giants in a one-sided final.
John Goliath
2024-02-10
Cricket
Durban Super Giants Book SA20 Final Spot By Dispatching of Joburg Super Kings
The Durban Super Giants bounced back to qualify for the SA20 League final with a comprehensive 69-run win over the Joburg Super Kings at the Wanderers.
John Goliath
2024-02-08
Cricket
Joburg Super Kings Late Push For SA20 Glory Gains Momentum With Paarl Royals Win
Down and out not so long ago, the Joburg Super Kings seem to be peaking at the right time in the SA20 League after they beat the Paarl Royals by nine wickets in the first Eliminator on Wednesday.
John Goliath
2024-02-07
Cricket
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Overcome Rain, Durban Super Giants To Reach SA20 Final
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape have qualified for the final of the SA20 League after they smashed the Durban Super Giants by 51runs in a rain-affected fixture at Newlands.
John Goliath
2024-02-06
Cricket
SA20: Sunrisers Finish Top After Thrilling Win Over Paarl Royals
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape said goodbye to their jovial home supporters with a five-wicket win over the Paarl Royals in their final SA20 League match before the playoffs.
John Goliath
2024-02-04
Cricket
SA20: Pretoria Capitals Keep Slim Playoff Hopes Alive With MI Cape Town Win
Senuran Muthusamy played a brilliant cameo at the back end to fire the Pretoria Capitals to victory over MI Cape Town and keep their hopes of a playoff berth alive.
John Goliath
2024-02-03
Cricket
SA20: Sunrisers Eastern Cape Book Place In Qualifier After Paarl Royals Demolition
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape smashed the Paarl Royals by 44 runs to cement their spot in the top-two of the SA20 League standings and a place in the qualifier.
John Goliath
2024-02-02
Cricket
SA20: Pretoria Capitals' Kyle Verreynne Denies MI Cape Town Bonus-Point Win In Run-Fest
Pretoria Capitals batsman Kyle Verreynne recorded the highest score in SA20 League history to prevent MI Cape Town from gaining a crucial bonus-point after a high scoring affair at SuperSport Park.
John Goliath
2024-02-01
Cricket
SA20: Eastern Cape Sunrisers Wipe The Floor With Joburg Super KIngs
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape took a massive step towards finishing in the two positions of the SA20 League standings after they hammered the Joburg Super Kings by nine wickets.
John Goliath
2024-01-31
Cricket
SA20: Junior Dala Bowls Durban Super Giants To Victory Over Pretoria Capitals
Seamer Junior Dala took an unbelieve catch and bowled the Durban Super Giants to victory over the Pretoria Capitals in their SA20 League fixture at Kingsmead in Durban.
John Goliath
2024-01-30
Cricket
SA20: Joburg Super Kings Beat MI Cape Town In Remarkable Eight-Over Slugfest
Joburg Super Kings openers Faf du Plessis and Leus du Plooy played two of the most remarkable innings in SA20 League history to beat MI Cape Town by 10 wickets.
John Goliath
2024-01-29
Cricket
SA20: Durban Super Giants qualify for playoffs after Paarl Royals demolition
Heinrich Klaasen smashed the the fastest half-century in the SA20 League history and Noor Ahmad took a rare five-wicket haul as the Durban Super Giants demolished Paarl Royals.
John Goliath
2024-01-28
Cricket
SA20: Sunrisers Eastern Cape Keep Their Nerve to Beat MI Cape Town In Thriller
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape gave their SA20 playoff hopes a massive boost when they beat MI Cape Town by four runs after a thrilling match at St George's Park.
John Goliath
2024-01-27
Cricket
SA20: Quinton de Kock Fires Durban Super Giants To Win Over Paarl Royals
Quinton de Kock finally came to the SA20 League party when set up the Durban Super Giants’ emphatic 57-run win over the Paarl Royals at Boland Park in Paarl on Friday night.
John Goliath
2024-01-26
Cricket
SA20: Pretoria Capitals win thriller against Sunrisers Eastern Cape
The Pretoria Capitals’ kept their SA20 League playoff hopes alive with a dramatic 3-run victory over the Sunrisers Eastern Cape at SuperSport Park.
John Goliath
2024-01-25
Cricket
SA20: Paarl Royals too good for struggling Joburg Super Giants
The Paarl Royals put one foot in the 2024 SA20 League playoffs when they dug deep to beat the Joburg Super Kings by five wickets at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
John Goliath
2024-01-24
John Goliath
He started his career as a junior cricket and rugby writer with the Afrikaans daily Die Burger in Port Elizabeth - now known as Gqeberha - in 2004 before moving back to Cape Town to become the paper’s football writer in 2007.
John covered Bafana Bafana - the South African national football team - at the Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) in Ghana 2008 for Die Burger before joining the Cape Times and the Independent Newspapers group later that same year.
During his time as senior football at the Cape Times, John covered the 2009 Confederation Cup and 2010 World Cup for the Independent group, as well as various Afcons.
In 2015 John was appointed the Cape Times’ senior rugby writer, covering Super Rugby and the Springboks.
In 2016 John made the transition into the digital space with the now defunct KweseSport and ESPN Africa as the Digital Rugby Editor.
In 2019, John worked as a freelance writer at Highbury Media, where he contributed rugby, football, cricket and golf content for their online and magazine platforms.
Over the past four years John has been working as IOL Sport editor.