British-South African endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh – who is currently swimming across the Red Sea (the first person to ever do so!) – has swum into Sharm El-Sheikh with an urgent message for world leaders, who will be gathering at the Egyptian resort in three week’s time for this year’s crucial UN Climate Summit (COP27). […]

South African swimmers Matt Sates and Chad le Clos have their sights set on this year’s FINA World Cup in Berlin, Germany, later this month. The overall prize money is $1.2-million, before even factoring in for bonuses. At just 19-year-old, Matt is last year’s FINA World Cup overall defending champion with 18 medals. Last year […]

Cradock – Andy Birkett and Bridgitte Hartley were crowned SA K1 River champions after wrapping up victories in the men’s and women’s races at the 40th Fish River Canoe Marathon on Saturday. By Dave Macleod. A week after he won the world marathon title, Birkett showed his class and form as he added another four […]

South African professional Motocross and Enduro racer Bradley Cox has won the final stage (Stage 5) in the legendary Rallye du Maroc Rally 2 class today. Posting from Agadir in Morocco, Bradley said he is “over the moon” to have grabbed the final stage win. Moving up from 15th to come tenth overall for the […]

Siya Kolisi is going back to grassroots to level the playing field for the future of rugby in South Africa. The Springbok captain aims to celebrate his own heritage and give back to his beloved sport through Red Bull Roots, a multi-year partnership with the Kolisi Foundation that aims to empower the next generation of young […]

Tributes have poured in for legendary former Comrades Marathon champion, Samuel Tshabalala who died on Sunday at the age of 65. Samuel – the first black person to win the Comrades – was a trailblazer who ended Bruce Fordyce’s eight-year winning streak, and inspired so many runners across the country to enter the famous race. […]

Ponte de Lima, Portugal – South Africa’s Andy Birkett delivered a marathon racing masterclass as he became the 2022 world champion, winning a thrilling senior men’s K1 gold medal at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships on the Lima River on Saturday afternoon. Birkett had to fight to stay in contention during the early part […]

Thirty years after their epic 10,000m Olympic final, and the highly symbolic victory lap, South Africa’s Elana Meyer and Ethiopia’s Derartu Tulu met again in Barcelona. After a private visit to the Olympic Museum and a press conference, the two athletes returned to the stadium which was the theatre of their triumph, taking photos on […]

Grand Final day is huge in Australia. Ask any South African expat. But this year the AFL (Australian Football League) has attracted worldwide attention, with a sweet moment between the winning captain and a beautiful fan captured on film, after the Geelong Cats were crowned premiership winners. Watch below as the team’s captain, Joel Selwood […]

The Springboks finished the Castle Lager Rugby Championship like they started it, with a win – this time by 38-21 (halftime 17-7) over Argentina – but they unfortunately failed to score the points needed to dethrone New Zealand as champions of the Southern Hemisphere, in front of a packed house of 45,982 people at Hollywoodbets […]

Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch in SA (Sunday 25 September) on DStv Now or stream it overseas in most countries from Tuesday 27 September if you’re abroad. Formula 1 in SA Ours is a country with a deep love of motorsports – from the first Grand Prix in East London […]

The Springboks are determined to make Heritage Day extra special for their South African fans on Saturday when they battle it out with Argentina for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship title in front of a packed Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban. Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said the team would tune in to watch the clash […]

Thirty years ago, on a hot, humid August night in Barcelona, Elana Meyer and Derartu Tulu combined to create one of the most iconic moments in Olympic Games history. Now the two are getting together to celebrate that piece of history for the first time since that embrace and lap of honour reverberated around the […]

On Saturday 17 September, 44 determined individuals united in a grueling summit for a worthy cause. The Rhino Peak in the Southern Drakensberg – a 21km hike/run with over 1,300m of vertical climb – was their mission; and raising funds for rhinos, vultures, and cranes was their driving force.  The top finishers A beautiful albeit […]

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber praised his team’s fighting spirit to grind their way to a crucial 36-20 victory against Argentina at Estadio Libertadores De América in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on Saturday, which allowed them to match New Zealand on 14 log points going into the final round next weekend. The Springboks held a […]

The Springboks recorded a bonus-point 36-20 win (halftime 22-6) over Argentina in a typical game of two halves, holding out against a strong fightback from the hosts to finish with two crucial tries to grab the full house of log points in Buenos Aires on Saturday. The Boks looked good in the first half of […]

SA Rugby has issued a statement, on Saturday evening, responding to “unsubstantiated allegations” of failed tests for recreational drugs by Springbok players. The rumours are circulating among members of the media. “Disappointingly, these allegations have already appeared online despite the absence of any evidence to support them,” said the statement. SA Rugby says it has […]

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said his team had to break out of the blocks with intensity from the get-go in their Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against Argentina at Estadio Libertadores De América in Buenos Aires in their penultimate match of the competition on Saturday. The Springboks need to win the match and preferably with […]

(Reuters) – Roger Federer’s decision to retire may not have come as a surprise to the tennis world but Thursday’s announcement was still met with an outpouring of sadness as current and former players celebrated one of sport’s greatest athletes. Heartbreak and goat (Greatest Of All Time) emojis filled social media after the 41-year-old Swiss […]

In true rugby style, South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth and Australia’s Allan Alaatatoa ‘kissed and made up’ after that shocking brawl during the rugby in Sydney yesterday. The two professional sportsmen shook hands and embraced after the match which was won by the Springboks 24-8. The Wallabies team posted the feel-good video to social media and […]

Siya Kolisi said the Boks have been working hard at training and that two of the key focus areas this week would be to convert their point-scoring chances into points and to break out of the blocks quickly after slow starts in their last two matches, against Australia and New Zealand. “It has been a […]

Pieter Coetze picked up at the Fina World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru where he had left off at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 18-year-old South African stormed to a new Championship record in the first heat of the men’s 100m backstroke, a race that coupled as a semi-final. The teenager dipped under […]

Talented young utility back Canan Moodie will make his Springbok debut against Australia in Sydney in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on Saturday as injuries and the desire to try a few new player combinations saw head coach Jacques Nienaber include eight new players in the starting team. Handre Pollard, Lukhanyo Am and Pieter-Steph du […]

South African professional golfer Paula Reto on Sunday (28 August) won the CP Women’s Open in Canada, her first LPGA Tour win! The 32-year-old, who has scooped $352,500 in prize money, began the tournament on Thursday in the lead – accomplishing a course-record of 9-under 62 in that first round -before dropping to second and […]

South Africa’s Louis Meintjes made a dream come true today (Sunday 28 August) – winning stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana race in Spain, the biggest victory in his career so far. Speaking after his big win, Louis said he still needed time to let the victory set in, but revealed: “I’ve never been […]