Manchester United pulled off a miracle performance against PSG to overturn the deficit of 2 goals and now they have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. However, their next challenge is even bigger as they have to defeat the Spanish champions Barcelona to make it to the semi-finals. If you think that Ole […]

A legendary charity swimmer has thrown his rubber cap and goggles in the ring, signing up for a “wild swim” to promote alternatives to heavy minerals mining on South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast. (See GroundUp articles on Xolobeni.) Stan Kozlowski, who has helped collect more than R12 million for conservation and other good causes over […]

Sri Lanka’s test captain Dimuth Karunaratne – who led his team to a record-breaking win against South Africa last month – was arrested on Sunday for drink driving after an accident injured at least one person near the main hospital in capital Colombo, a police spokesman said. Sri Lanka won a two-test series against South […]

Roger Federer gained a measure of revenge against Wimbledon nemesis Kevin Anderson, beating the South African expat 6-0 6-4 at the Miami Open on Thursday to set up a mouthwatering semi-final against a player barely half his age. Federer, who himself is the son of a South African expat, will have little time to rest his 37-year-old […]

SAFA President, Dr Danny Jordaan has joined South Africans around the country in congratulating former Bafana Bafana defender Siboniso Gaxa who has graduated from Wits University with a Political Science and Social Studies degree. The SAFA President, a proponent of the philosophy of taking education as a priority and fall-back plan by football players, said Gaxa […]

Roger Federer (whose mom is a South Africa expat) overcame a sluggish start to defeat Filip Krajinovic 7-5 6-3, and SA expat Kevin Anderson’s booming serve proved too much for Joao Sousa as the big names advanced to the fourth round of the Miami Open on Monday. Yay! “I definitely missed being on the match […]

South African bowling sensation Kagiso Rabada believes team morale is the key to success in the fothcoming Cricket World Cup, which will be held in England and Wales from May 30 – July 14. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has already taken over 100 wickets for South Africa in both Test and one-day cricket games, which bodes […]

South African wakeskater Matti Buys invited one of the most influential pioneers of the sport, Brian Grubb, for a trip around some of the most iconic landmarks in Durban. Here is all you need to know: – Wakeskating is an adaptation of wakeboarding without the rider being bound to the board in anyway, similar to […]

South Africa booked the last place at the African Cup of Nations finals with a 2-1 away win over Libya thanks to Percy Tau’s double on Sunday to complete the lineup for the 24-team finals being hosted in Egypt in June. The diminutive 24-year-old Bafana Bafana striker, on loan at second-tier Union SG in Belgium […]

Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth has been ruled out of the Stormers Super Rugby tussle with the Wellington Hurricanes in the New Zealand capital on Saturday after failing to pass concussion protocols. Etzebeth took a knock to the head in the 35-8 victory over the Jaguares last weekend, but was named in the team’s starting line-up […]

Watch below as well known South African free solo climber Matt Bush performs the seemingly impossible… ascending giant sandstone boulders in the sky with nothing but his mind, body and spirit to rely on. The video follows the journey of 34-year-old Matt, who moved from the city to Cederberg to pursue his passion for climbing. […]

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – Veteran batsman Hashim Amla has pulled out of the South African One-Day International squad to play Sri Lanka for family reasons, granting a reprieve for opener Reeza Hendricks who had been dropped for the final two matches of the series. “Hashim has asked to be excused from the last two […]

PRETORIA – The Sharks came into the Super Rugby season in bullish mood, hopeful of leading the South African sides in the competition, but back-to-back defeats have exposed a lack of physicality and left them needing to take stock, coach Robert du Preez has said. The Durban-based outfit was brushed aside 37-14 by the Bulls […]

South African Justin Harding claimed his maiden European Tour title with a six-under-par 66 in the final round of the Qatar Masters to win by two strokes at the Doha Golf Club on Sunday. Harding made three birdies in the first four holes and birdied three of the final four to finish 13 under par, […]

There’s an insane video going viral at the moment – featuring Italian cyclist Vittorio Brumotti. South Africans have been going crazy for it… because we all thought it was Chapman’s Peak in Cape Town. WATCH Vittorio Brumotti’s frightening cycling stunt! But it turns out this was filmed in Liguria in north west Italy, on the […]

South Africa’s Quinton de Kock top-scored with a fluent 94 as they cruised to a 113-run victory over Sri Lanka and a 2-0 lead in their five-match One-Day International series on Wednesday. South Africa claimed an eight-wicket victory in the opening match on Sunday and were dominant again despite losing their last six wickets for […]

MADRID – Holders Real Madrid were sensationally knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday after being thrashed 4-1 at home by an outstanding Ajax Amsterdam who overturned a first-leg deficit to reach the quarter-finals 5-3 on aggregate. The humiliating defeat completed a miserable week for Real, who have monopolised the competition since 2016 and […]

CAPE TOWN – South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir will quit the 50-over format after the Cricket World Cup this year, although he said on Monday he will remain available for Twenty20 internationals. Tahir, 39, was not on Cricket South Africa’s list of contracted players for the 2019/20 season and has since revealed he told the […]

IMRAN TAHIR returned to his very best form and then Faf du Plessis hit his 11th century in the format as South Africa’s Proteas coasted to an eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka with 11 overs to spare in the opening One-Day International at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. In terms of ICC World Cup […]

JOHANNESBURG – Flyhalf Handre Pollard kicked 20 points as the Bulls inflicted back-to-back defeats on the Lions with a 30-12 Super Rugby victory at Ellis Park on Saturday. The Lions, finalists in the last three Super Rugby seasons, continued their poor start to the campaign with a first home defeat by South African opposition in […]

Olympic 400-metres champion Wayde van Niekerk is unsure whether he will defend his title at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in September, instead of setting his sights on retaining the gold medal he won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Van Niekerk, also the 400m world record holder, has been sidelined for almost 18 […]

In this 14 minute video account the Red Bull Air Force takes to the skies from the Drakensberg Mountain Range in South Africa flying down the Sentinel and the Eastern Buttress. On this first-time journey, they attempt to base jump and wingsuit fly various iconic locations around the country. Experience the Red Bull Air Force […]

South Africa lock Lood de Jager has been ruled out of the Bulls side for their Super Rugby clash against the Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday with a shoulder injury and is expected to spend at least two weeks on the sidelines. The Springbok second-row player was forced from the field 15 minutes into […]

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) on Tuesday expressed its disappointment at Proteas fast bowler Duanne Olivier’s decision to reject a national contract and continue his career as a Kolpak player in the England county championship. Duanne explained his decision in an Instagram post, in which he said it had been the “most difficult decision I’ve ever […]

Lions captain Warren Whiteley has been ruled out for six to eight weeks with a torn left pectoral muscle, another injury setback for the Springbok loose-forward. Whiteley sustained the injury in the first half of Saturday’s  19-17 Super Rugby loss to the Stormers, with his diagnosis confirmed by the team on Monday. The 31-year-old will […]