The PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA match between the Lions and Stormers, scheduled for Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, has been cancelled in line with COVID-19 protocols to limit the risk of further infection in the rugby community. The decision was taken as part of prescribed precautions advised by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) […]

South African athlete Akani Simbine has won the 100 metre event at the Diamond League meeting in Florence, Italy. The smile on his face says it all! SA’s 100 metre men’s champion (and reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist) had a slow start but sprinted to victory – in 10.08sec – at the 2021 Pietro Mennea […]

South African rugby players Damian de Allende and RG Snyman, who were recently named in the Springbok squad for the Lions tour, were involved in an accident in Munster, Ireland, over the weekend that has left them with “substantial” burns to their legs, hands and faces. According to their Head Coach they are “ok”. Munster […]

Despite yesterday winning his match in the third round of the French Open at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer (39) has withdrawn from the tournament. In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Federer, whose mother is a South African expat, said: “After discussions with my team, I’ve decided I […]

Frans Steyn and Morné Steyn are in line to experience the rare honour of facing the British & Irish Lions for a second time after being named in a dynamic Springbok squad featuring several Rugby World Cup winners and exciting uncapped players for the Castle Lager Lions Series and Georgia internationals. Mark Alexander, President of […]

South African Brad Binder – who won the 2020 MotoGP Rookie of the Year award – says he is “super, super happy” to have signed a new contract that will see him remain part of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team for the next three years and take him to 10 Grand Prix seasons […]

South African football coach Pitso Mosimane‘s cult status in Egypt continues to grow, as does the pride back home in SA… with President Cyril Ramaphosa issuing a congratulatory statement for Mosimane’s latest accomplishment – leading the continent’s top football club, Al Ahly, to victory in the African Super Cup on Friday (28 May 2021). Mosimane […]

This weekend South African professional golfer Louis Oosthuizen pulled off his fifth runner-up achievement in a Major, when he came second to US player Phil Mickelson at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island in South Carolina… and it wasn’t long before fans were sharing an old video he made laughing about his knack of coming […]

South Africa’s elite athletes will be vaccinated through the Sisonke Study ahead of international sporting events, including the Tokyo Games kicking off in July. This comes after the approval granted by the South African Health Product Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to make available a “modest” number of the remaining COVID-19 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine doses […]

Rugby, travel, cycling and a pair of mad-cap adventurers. What could possibly go wrong? A whole lot, although in the case of the intrepid James Owens from the UK and Ron Rutland from South Africa, their extraordinary journey to the 2019 Rugby World Cup held the ‘key’ to an amazing adventure that was remarkable for […]

The Springboks will make their much-anticipated return to international action in July when the world champions host Georgia in a historic two-match series, which is part of a bumper World Rugby midyear Test schedule. The series mark the first time Georgia will tour South Africa, while the two Tests are also the first time the […]

South Africa’s men’s 4x100m sprinters raced to victory in an incredible nail-biting finish, crossing the line just one-hundredth of a second ahead of Brazil. In fact, watch below, as even the commentators are surprised when SA overtook to win in that last second! It was so close that from where they were sitting the commentators […]

On Letsoala street, just metres away from where the 1976 Soweto Uprising took place, is the only weightlifting club in Soweto. Operating out of the front yard of defending SA Weightlifting Champion Khati Mabuya’s mother’s house, Lifting Dreams Soweto offers free weightlifting training for children aged nine to 17. Mabuya started the club in 2019 with his […]

SA Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s decision to invoke his ministerial powers and strip Cricket SA of national recognition is a “devastating blow” to South African cricket, says DA Shadow Minister of Sport, Tsepo Mhlongo. “This decision will be devastating for South African cricket as the future of the game in our country now hangs in […]

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has named VELDSKOEN as the official off-field shoe of South African Olympians, for this year’s games in Tokyo… which is a wonderful full-circle moment for the founders of the company. Veldskoen Shoes was started because of a conversation between Nick Dreyer and Ross Zondagh about the […]

Andrea Mason does what you could call an Ironman on steroids. That means swimming, cycling and climbing distances that are truly epic, one right after the other. Last month, she did her third sea-to-summit event, in the Western Cape, which took her from Cape Point to the top of the Swartberg in just under 48 […]

South African diver Karen van den Oever recently broke the world record for women’s deep cave diving, diving down to 236.04 metres at Bushmansgat Cave in the Northern Cape. The previous record – set by Joburg-based Verna van Schaik in 2004 – was 221 metres. According to Deeper Blue, the dive, on 26 March 2021, […]

South African swimming champion Chad le Clos has won the battle of the ages, claiming the men’s 200m butterfly title at the National Championships being held in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) this week. It’s incredible to be referring to Le Clos as ‘the senior’ as he was still only 20 when he pipped Olympic legend […]

A year ago, JP Engelbrecht bought a ticket in SA Rugby’s #StrongerTogether for R32-12 raffle, a response from SA Rugby to assist those hit the hardest when the COVID-19 pandemic swept through South Africa in 2020. Due to various factors out of our control, Engelbrecht could only “receive” his prize this week – the delivery to his […]

While the iconic great white shark is without a doubt the most recognisable in False Bay in the Western Cape of South Africa, it might surprise you that more than 20 different shark species have been seen in the region. Bringing awareness to the 13 lesser-known species that are commonly found on these shores, a […]

JOHANNESBURG – The South Africa tourism industry has welcomed the official decision by SA Rugby and the British & Irish lions to proceed as planned with the Castle Lager Lions Series in SA, in the scheduled playing window this year… and says it eagerly awaits clarity on whether spectators will be permitted at stadiums for […]

After Lloyd Harris‘ fantastic performance at the Dubai Championships, the South African tennis player has shot up the ATP Rankings from 81 to 52, and is now firmly SA’s top ranked tennis player. SA expat Kevin Anderson (34) has held that position for years, but has recently been plagued by injuries and forced to pull […]

Cape Town extreme open water swimmer and motivational speaker Ryan Stramrood (46) has broken a World Record for a False Bay Crossing, completing the 33km swim solo in just 8 hours and 39 minutes on Thursday 18 March. More than 25 people have attempted the gruelling swim – across shark-infested waters – but Ryan is […]

As South Africans set off for holiday destinations in Mpumalanga over the long weekend, the Tshwane Metro Police Department warned motorists travelling along the N4 between Pretoria and Emalahleni, near Bronkhorstspruit, to be aware of armed gangs placing spikes and rocks on the highway, forcing cars to stop. Rob You Deaf  Tonight – Sunday 21 […]

Overseas spectators will not be allowed entry into Japan to attend the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, or the Paralympic Games. The announcement was made today following a virtual meeting of the Olympic and Paralympic Committees with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, and Tokyo and Japan governments. The  reason they said was because of the “prevailing […]