Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick say they are thrilled about the prospect of playing in front of a capacity crowd at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday when they kick off their Castle Lager Incoming Series against Wales and said they wanted to make the nation proud. UPDATE: Springboks win against […]

Several South African sailors produced impressive performances at the recent Kiel Week in Germany where 5000 competitors converged on the German city for the nine-day event. Kiel Week includes numerous different classes, one of which was the Musto Skiff World Championships where South African Andy Tarboton finished in second place overall. The Musto Skiff is […]

When most young people are educated, it is one of the steps to alleviating poverty. When young people are empowered and confident to achieve anything that they want, they become active contributors to the community. To end off Youth Month Red Bull sat with Springbok Captain and Red Bull athlete, Siya Kolisi, as he expands […]

The University of Stirling yesterday bestowed a well-deserved honorary doctorate on South African (and British) endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh. Lewis said on social media: « This year marks my 35th year of endurance swimming and ocean advocacy. So I’m especially delighted to be receiving (this) honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling ????????‍? » He gave a […]

The 19th FINA World Championships are under way in Budapest, Hungary. In Friday’s action Lara van Niekerk won her 50m breaststroke heat in an African record 29.77, which qualified her the fastest from the heats. After missing out on qualifying for the 100m breaststroke, Lara says: «I’m excited about the 50. With all the speed […]

South African runner, Rehan Greeff, will take on the biggest sporting challenge of his life from 27 June as he attempts to complete three full triathlons in three countries in just six days and all for a worthy cause – to feed hungry children in Africa. Greeff, a chartered accountant now living in the United […]

Legendary South African ultramarathon athlete, Bruce Fordyce (66), who has won the Comrades Marathon eight years in a row and nine times overall, is supporting a new challenge to provide each parkrun event in South Africa, with a defibrillator to help save lives. Bruce, who took part in his first parkrun at Bushy Park in […]

Luxolo Adams claimed the biggest victory of his career when he took down a quality field, including Olympic champion Andre de Grasse of Canada, in the men’s 200m at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday night. Running from lane eight, South Africa’s Adams set a new personal best of 19.82 seconds in the 200m. […]

South African professional road cyclist Daryl Impey has won Stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, his first win for over two years and just over a year since his horrific crash. The win today (Thurs 16 July) was thrilling, with Impey in a huge sprint against the world’s top sprinters. Watch below. An elated […]

Team SA’s medals tally at the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal doubled to four on Wednesday night as Cornelle Leach and Kat Swanepoel both picked up bronze medals. And Christian Sadie came desperately close to earning another medal when he finished fourth in the men’s S7 100m backstroke, breaking another African record in […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali arrived in South Africa on Monday for talks that could see the country’s Kyalami circuit return to the grand prix calendar next year for the first time since 1993. By Alan Baldwin A Formula One spokesman confirmed Domenicali flew to South Africa after Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix […]

There were two fourth place finishes in finals on a day when all three Team SA swimmers in action broke South African and African records at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal. The event kicked off yesterday and runs until 18 June. More than 500 athletes from 59 countries are competing at […]

Ferdinand Omanyala edged Team SA’s Akani Simbine to be crowned king of the men’s 100m at the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius. The 26-year-old Kenyan pipped his South African track rival by three-thousandths of a second crossing the line in 9.92, just ahead of Simbine who clocked in at 9.93. Henricho Bruintjies, also of Team […]

South African golfer Charl Schwartzel has scooped the biggest pay cheque in golf history, winning the $4-million top prize at the new LIV Golf Series, as well as $750,000 for being part of the winning team at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, near London. Charl scooped the trophy and big money prize with a one-stroke […]

ST ALBANS, England (Reuters) – South African Charl Schwartzel and compatriot Hennie Du Plessis finished Friday leading the chase for the record $4 million winners’ cheque after round two of the opening LIV Invitational event on Friday. The day ended with THREE South African golfers in the Top Four. By Martyn Herman. UPDATE: South African golfer […]

The following are the list of South African athletes named to represent Team SA at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Please Note: This is not the final list and some athletes might still qualify before the 29 June deadline. Some sports are also still finalising their squads as well. Team SA headed to 2022 Commonwealth Games […]

South African rugby player, JP (Juan-Philip) Smith, has made history in the United States, becoming only the fifteenth player ever in Major League Rugby (MLR) to take the pitch for 50 matches! JP reached the milestone on 15 May, playing for his adopted homeland’s Seattle Seawolves. The 28-year-old plays scrum-half for the team, although he […]

Within 24 hours, a fundraising page has already raised over £8,000 for a young South African cricketer, Mondli Khumalo, who is fighting for his life in hospital after being brutally attacked in England in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to Avon and Somerset Police, the 20-year-old overseas professional cricketer – now based in […]

Pieter Coetzé ensured South Africa continued their gold rush at the Mare Nostrum swimming series on Saturday – claiming two victories on the opening night of the final leg in Canet, France. The 18-year-old, who collected two silvers and a bronze at the previous leg in Barcelona last week, kicked things off with a gold […]

(Reuters) – Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female, the South African middle-distance runner said in an interview with HBO’s Real Sports that will air on Tuesday (early morning Wednesday SA time). Semenya, now 31, burst onto the […]

Up and coming young South African surfer, Ntokozo Surprise Maphumulo is on his way to Surf City El Salvador in Central America to compete against the best in the world at the ISA (International Surfing Association) World Junior Surfing Championship on May 27 to June 5, 2022! For Durbanites, it’s no ‘surprise’! They’ve been watching […]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that South African batter Zubayr Hamza has been suspended from all cricket-related activities for nine months, after admitting to an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code. Hamza provided an out-of-competition sample on 17 January 2022 in Paarl, South Africa, in which the prohibited substance Furosemide was […]

The World Rugby Council has approved a global trial limiting the opportunity for non-playing personnel to enter the field of play during a match. Operational for all competitions and stand-alone matches starting after 1 July 2022, World Rugby said in a statement on Tuesday that the trial aims to ”improve the flow of matches by […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s national rugby flyhalf Elton Jantjies was arrested for “malicious damage to property” after an incident on an Emirates airlines flight from Dubai to Johannesburg on Sunday, police said. Jantjies’ agent says the incident has been “unnecessarily heightened”. The 32-year-old, who was part of the team that won the Rugby World […]

In a press statement, shared by the SABC, the Protea cricket team’s coach, Mark Boucher, has welcomed Cricket South Africa’s (CSA’s) decision to drop all charges against him after two key witnesses declined to testify. The full statement by Mark Boucher reads: “I welcome the decision of CSA to unreservedly withdraw all charges against me. […]