SASCOC has proudly announced that Olympic swimmer Chad le Clos and national women’s hockey goalkeeper Phumelela Mbande have been named as the two flag-bearers for Team SA at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Friday night. The ceremony will officially launch the global sporting showpiece. In a positive break from tradition, the […]

Ahead of the 2010 World Cup there were billboards all over South Africa which shouted, “the waiting is over”. After what had seemed an eternity, the first match exploded into life. The sideshows and build-up were quickly consigned to history… writes GARY LEMKE in Tokyo. On Thursday, South Africa’s men’s under-23s go into battle against hosts […]

Tanya Seymour’s Olympic competition is over before it has begun after her horse, Ramoneur, suffered a debilitating case of laminitis, which results in a painful swelling and inflammation of the hoof (foot)… writes GARY LEMKE in Tokyo, Japan. The 37-year-old Seymour, who made equestrian history at Rio 2016 when she became the first dressage rider […]

Bafana Bafana broke their five-year drought when they emerged victorious yesterday, crowned Kings of the 20th edition of the Cosafa Cup at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. Bafana beat Senegal 5-4 on penalties (0-0 after extra time). Mandela Day came sprinkled with Madiba Magic, said SAFA in a press statement. “A day to […]

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) – South African Louis Oosthuizen takes a two-shot lead into the British Open third round which started in bright sunshine at Royal St George’s on Saturday. Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open champion, carded rounds of 64 and 65 to move to 11 under par, two clear of American Collin Morikawa and three ahead […]

Three South African match officials have been named on the 2021 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series panels for the men’s and women’s competitions, World Rugby has announced. Specific tournaments allocations will be done at a later stage but Morné Ferreira and AJ Jacobs will form part of the action during the 2021 men’s series to […]

The Euro 2020 Final is taking place this evening, Sunday 11 July. Here’s everything you need to know: Kick-off is at 20h00 local time at Wembley Stadium (which means 21h00 – or 9pm – in South Africa), Sunday 11 July 2021 England and Italy will face off in the finals. Italy secured its spot by […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has tweeted a special message to South Africa’s wheelchair tennis star, KG (Kgothatso Montjane), who has made it through to the Final today at the world’s most famous tennis championship – Wimbledon, in London. “You’ve already made us proud” – President Ramaphosa President Ramaphosa said: “Kgothatso Montjane plays her first grand slam […]

Jamie George, Tadhg Beirne and Anthony Watson scored two tries each as the British & Irish Lions kept their unbeaten streak on the Castle Lager Lions Series alive with a 71-31 win over the Sharks in Pretoria, with a red card to the Durbanites’ scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse costing his team dearly. When Hendrikse was given […]

Tennis legend Billie Jean King has sent a congratulatory message to South Africa’s wheelchair tennis champ Kgothatso Montjane (KG) on making history at Wimbledon this week, where she yesterday won both her singles and doubles semi-final matches… trailblazing her way through to two Grand Slam Finals! The American sports icon said: “Congratulations to @KGmontjane1 on […]

Akani Simbine confirmed his form and Olympic medal credentials by finishing second behind American Ronnie Baker in the men’s 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday night. In the same meeting, long jumper Ruswahl Samaai finished fifth to continue his build-up to Tokyo. There was drama in the blocks ahead of the […]

South Africa has been added to the new season of the international Formula E tournament, with Cape Town announced as the host city for the all electric racing event. The racing series has become a 16-race championship for 2021/2022 with Vancouver and Seoul also added to the provisional calendar. The City of Cape Town said […]

South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane is through to the FINAL at Wimbledon 2021 in London. The proudly South African player, nicknamed KG (or Special K!), beat Momoko Ohtani from Japan in the semi-final match today – 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4. She’ll be flying the flag high for SA when she competes in her first […]

After 50 matches, across 11 European cities, the UEFA Euro 2020 is coming to an end as Italy and England face off in the finals at Wembley Stadium this Sunday, 11 July, at 21:00 CAT. The final will be live-streamed across Africa on Showmax Pro, courtesy of SuperSport. As anticipated, the month-long tournament has delivered […]

Louis Meintjes of South Africa has climbed from 19th position to 16th after crossing the line of Stage 11 in the gruelling 2021 Tour de France today, Wednesday 7 July 2021. Riding for Belgium’s Intermarche–Wanty–Gobert Materiaux, Louis is the only South African left in the race after Nic Dlamini and Stefan de Bod sadly didn’t […]

South African athlete Akani Simbine has set a new African 100m record at the Gyulai István Memorial meet in Hungary! Simbini set the new African record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m to win at the Gyulai István Memorial World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Székesfehérvár, Hungary on Tuesday (6 July). In an article […]

Banyana Banyana women’s football star Thembi Kgatlana is moving from Eibar to Atletico Madrid Fememino after scoring a massive three-year deal with the Madrid club. The sensational striker has already spent one year with Eibar in Spain where she proved a big hit. The 25-year old sports woman has been playing in big leagues around […]

Fabio Aru, cycling for South Africa’s Team Qhubeka NextHash, finished second overall after four days of exciting racing around Sibiu, Romania. Sport Director Alex Sans Vega said: “We certainly came to this race with hopes of standing on the top step of the podium at some point, and we came really close every day. Fabio […]

The British & Irish Lions’ Castle Lager Lions Series match against the Bulls on Saturday has been postponed with a view to rescheduling or to accommodate an alternative opponent, while the Springboks’ second Test against Georgia on Friday is also being reviewed. Four positive results among the Georgian team and four additional positive tests among […]

With a 25-run victory over the West Indies in Grenada on Saturday, South Africa has won the Twenty20 International series. Cricket South Africa (CSA) today shared some photos of the series-clinching performance. CSA said of the match at the National Cricket Stadium: “Lungi Ngidi (3/32) was the pick of the bowlers, complimented by a solid […]

The British & Irish Lions started the Lions Series on a winning note with an eight-try 56-14 victory over the Sigma Lions at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday evening, with Josh Adams bagging four second-half tries. The home team lost focus from time to time, and were punished for a slow start with […]

The Springboks are up and running, celebrating Friday night with a victory against Georgia in their first Test match at home since 2019! Although the match was not perfect, there were some moments of brilliance for the Rugby World Cup champions as they beat the visitors at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, South Africa, in a […]

In a crushing turn of events, professional surfer and Red Bull athlete Jordy Smith has made the difficult decision to pull out of the upcoming Summer Olympic Games at the last minute. The news comes in the wake of a nagging knee injury the Durban-born surfer has been dealing with since the Australian leg of […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Top seed Novak Djokovic clinically dispatched South Africa’s big-serving Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-3 6-3 on Wednesday to glide ominously into the Wimbledon third round. South Africans can still pin their hopes on Lloyd Harris. Defending champion Djokovic is bidding for a sixth Wimbledon and record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title. Today he was […]

South African sports star Kevin Anderson has won his opening match at Wimbledon… knocking Marcelo Vera, from Chile, out in four sets. “The big-serving South African recovered from a set down to defeat Vera 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a clash that lasted over three hours,” said Tennis South Africa. Kevin’s through to the […]