South African golden girl and Under Armour ambassador Tatjana Schoenmaker will be a firm favourite at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and definitely one to watch! The Olympic gold and silver medallist and world record-holder will be looking to defend both her 100m and 200m breaststroke titles in Birmingham, UK, and seems to be in a […]

SA’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has announced a R5.8 million contribution for Banyana Banyana after they won the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament. The Minister tweeted that the R5.8-m is in addition to the R21-million investment the department has already made in the women’s national football team. “We […]

The Champions of Africa, Banyana Banyana, have arrived at OR Tambo International Airport, with their WAFCON trophy held as high as they’ve lifted the spirit of South Africa! It’s the first time the Senior National Women’s Football team has been crowned African Champions, and the scenes at OR Tambo airport are beautiful. Flags and pride […]

Team SA has been making themselves comfortable in Birmingham where the 2022 Commonwealth Games will be kicking off on Thursday evening. Here is a (tongue-in-cheek) letter from Team SA’s prolific writer GARY LEMKE to a Birmingham parent… Dear University of Birmingham Parent, Firstly, a huge thank you for allowing us to use the facilities that […]

Banyana Banyana are the new queens of the continent after coach Desiree Ellis’ brave South African charges beat hosts Morocco to win a maiden Women’s Africa Cup of Nation (WAFCON) title at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on Saturday 23 July 2022. It was a tightly-contested final but in the end, the SASOL-sponsored South African […]

South Africa’s women’s national football team – Banyana Banyana – have WON the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON 2022) for the first time ever! Banyana beat hosts Morocco 2-1 in front of a packed Rabat stadium in the historical final, with SA striker Hildah Magala scoring twice in eight minutes. Under the guidance of […]

Two experienced Springboks with a total of 134 Test caps between them, Duane Vermeulen and Frans Steyn, have been recalled to the national squad for the home leg of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, as coach Jacques Nienaber once again opted for an expanded group of 41 players for opening stage of the challenging southern […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished South African women’s football team Banyana Banyana well ahead of Saturday’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final against hosts Morocco at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. UPDATE 23 July 23h50: South Africa’s Banyana Banyana WIN the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). Whilst hosting his Ivorian counterpart President […]

It’s the great South African love story: the nation and their sport. At school, making the first team in any sport is a rite of passage and parents and teachers sacrifice everything for a win and prestige. But now, a new movement is taking root… Don’t miss this week’s episode of Carte Blanche – you […]

Banyana Banyana are through to the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) after beating Zambia 1-0 in a tough semifinal in Morocco on Monday night! UPDATE 23 July 23h50: South Africa’s Banyana Banyana WIN the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The South African senior national team scored the priceless winning goal […]

Today was always going to be emotional for Eben Etzebeth. His 100th Test match for South Africa’s Springboks, becoming only the seventh SA rugby player to achieve this milestone, and the youngest (30). But if you wondered why he was so emotional during the national anthem… it’s because that was his future wife singing it […]

The Springboks clinched a hard-fought, but ultimately deserved Castle Lager Incoming Series 2-1 over Wales, beating their determined opponents by 30-14 in the third and final Test at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday. It was a great way to mark Eben Etzebeth’s 100th Test, while Bongi Mbonambi celebrated his 50th by scoring one […]

Today’s Castle Incoming Series Test decider between Wales and South Africa (who both have one win behind them) kicked off with very emotional renditions of the two countries’ anthems… and an incredibly warm welcome for Eben Etzebeth and Bongi Mbonambi. This is Eben’s 100th Test for South Africa (only the seventh national player in history to […]

South Africa’s women’s football team, Banyana Banyana, tonight successfully achieved their main objective at WAFCON – to qualify for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next year! By beating Tunisia 1-0 in the quarter finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco this evening (14 July), Banyana Banyana automatically qualify […]

South Africa’s Louis Meintjes finished second behind Britain’s Tom Pidcock in Thursday’s 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1km Alpine trek between Briancon and L’Alpe d’Huez. A thrilled Louis tweeted this evening: “Well, what a day” and added a number two medal. Well, what a day. 🥈@LeTour @IntermarcheWG pic.twitter.com/fQs9yE2Ood — Louis (@LouisMeintjes) July […]

JOHANNESBURG – Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that the Proteas Men’s team will not be playing the ODI series in January 2023 against Australia. The three ODIs – which form part of the ICC Super League matches that determine direct qualification for the 2023 Men’s World Cup – were billed to take place in […]

Birmingham, Alabama – Andy Birkett announced his return to the international marathon racing stage with a stunning gold medal at the men’s 21 kilometre canoeing marathon event at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA on Tuesday. After a disappointing short course race where he battled asthma as he finished eighth, Birkett went toe-to-toe with […]

Serbian tennis champ Novak Djokovic has won the men’s single championship at Wimbledon, his fourth in a row, seventh overall, and his 21st Grand Slam title! Djokovic beat Australian Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (3). And although they may not have seemed that enamoured with one another on court, Djokovic (35) and Kyrgios (27) […]

Wales have made history by beating the Springboks in a Test in South Africa for the first time after they won a proper arm-wrestle by 13-12 at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon, squaring up the Castle Lager Incoming Series at 1-1. Josh Adams’ five-pointer was the only try in a game dominated […]

Banyana Banyana marched through to the quarter-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) with a game to spare as they comfortably beat Burundi in a Group C encounter at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan on Thursday night. The Sasol-sponsored team have put in a stellar performance – beating Nigeria 2-1 […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British ninth-seed Cameron Norrie – who was born in South Africa, raised in New Zealand and naturalised in Britain – reached his first Grand Slam semi-final when he twice came from behind to beat unseeded Belgian David Goffin in five sets on Tuesday, to set up a dream Wimbledon meeting with Novak […]

South African-born Cameron Norrie has reached the quarter finals of a Grand Slam tennis tournament for the first time in his career, after beating American Tommy Paul at Wimbledon on Sunday 3 July 2022: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. And this afternoon he will step onto Court 1 carrying the hopes of a few nations on his […]

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced an additional 61 athletes to the Team South Africa squad that will carry the nation’s flag at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and which will take place from 28 July – 8 August. This was the second and final squad announcement following the first […]

A total of 23 athletes across nine different sports have been announced by governing body SASCOC to fly the Team SA flag at the 2022 World Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama (not to be confused with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games which begins later this month). Olympic medallist Bridgitte Hartley and veteran Andrew […]

A last-gasp penalty goal by Damian Willemse secured the Springboks the narrowest of wins over Wales in the first of three Castle Lager Incoming Series Test matches, with the 82nd minute effort edging the home side past Wales by 32-29, after the visitors held an 18-3 lead at the break. A few minutes earlier the […]