A young teenage girl from George in South Africa has won hearts and broken records at the Down Syndrome World Swimming Championships in Canada. Thirteen-year-old Minke Janse van Rensburg from the Southern Cape – who was the youngest competitor at the competition – broke both Africa and World records at the competition! According to SABC News […]

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi picked up four wickets each to set up South Africa’s five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at Dambulla on Sunday. Rabada, who took 4-41, inflicted the early damage while left-arm spinner Shamsi provided the late breakthroughs with his […]

South Africa’s Lions are through to the Super Rugby Final for the third year in a row! They will meet New Zealand’s Crusaders next Saturday, 4 August, after both won their home semi-final matches yesterday, Saturday. Yesterday the Lions scored a whopping six tries in their 44-26 win over the Waratahs, while the Crusaders beat […]

Hawaiian surfer Koa Smith (23) caught the ride of his life, surfing nearly a mile (1.5km) in two minutes on one of the world’s top waves – on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. Koa stayed standing for EIGHT barrels on the same one wave, as drone pilot Chris Rogers captured the action on video! As […]

Commonwealth Games long jump champion Luvo Manyonga continued his fine form with a meeting record victory at the IAAF Diamond League event in London on Sunday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE. Manyonga led South Africa 1-2 as fellow Commonwealth medallist Ruswahl Samaai took silver. Manyonga won his third consecutive London long jump contest with the season’s best 8.58-metre […]

The Blitzboks slumped to a shock 29-7 semi-final defeat against England at the Sevens World Cup in San Francisco on Sunday, and went on to win bronze, writes MARIETTE ADAMS. This was not the Blitzboks’ finest performance. They were outplayed by England, who controlled possession excellently, won the breakdown battle and were more composed in […]

South African football team Mamelodi Sundowns is bidding farewell to one of its players, Percy Tau, who will be joining the English Premiere team, Brighton. The official announcement of Tau’s four-year contract with the English team was announced on Friday. Tau will be playing on loan for the coming season. Tau said: “I would like […]

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – South African Erik van Rooyen showed few nerves in his first round in a major championship at the British Open on Thursday, taking advantage of ideal morning conditions to race to the clubhouse lead with a four-under-par 67, although by the end of the day American Kevin Kisner finished in first place […]

Not since South African-born Kevin Curren faced Boris Becker in the 1985 Wimbledon Final have South Africans been so gripped by the prestigious grass court tennis event in London (even though he was entered as a US citizen)… because this year we had not one – but FOUR incredible South Africans playing their hearts out […]

Three South African athletes won gold medals at the weekend’s inaugural Athletics World Cup in London, England, while five more individuals reached the podium in their events. On Sunday night, world long jump champion Luvo Manyonga was in fine form in his specialist discipline. With field events athletes limited to four attempts in straight finals, […]

South African tennis player Kevin‪ Anderson has thanked his incredible South African fans for supporting him on his journey to Centre Court at Wimbledon in London. Despite losing today to Novak Djokovic, Kevin’s positive attitude has shone through. Wimbledon said: “If there’s one quality that’s stood out the most among the many that carried Kevin Anderson to […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Crowds of cheering French football fans gathered in Paris on Sunday, draped in red, white and blue and singing the Marseillaise, as excitement grew head of the France-Croatia showdown at the World Cup final in Moscow. By the end of the match their enthusiasm was rewarded with a 4-2 victory! A day […]

South African motorcyle racer Brad Binder has raced to glory in Germany on Sunday – winning his first ever Moto2 race at the Sachsenring circuit… and becoming the first South African winner for almost 40 years. Just yesterday he renewed his contract with Red Bull. This afternoon MotoGP said: “What a way to celebrate signing a […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa‏ has personally phoned Kevin Anderson to wish him luck in the Wimbledon Final this afternoon. Ramaphosa tweeted: “I called & spoke to Kevin Anderson & wished him the best of luck & told him that we are all rooting for him. “He was very pleased and said he’d do his […]

South African tennis player Kevin Anderson – who will play in the Men’s Finals at Wimbledon on Sunday afternoon – is still dogged by rumours he ‘denounced’ South Africa, or by South Africans who say they refuse to support him because he wouldn’t “represent his country” and play in the Davis Cup. As Kevin explained […]

“So near and yet so far… Raven Klaasen’s fantastic run at Wimbledon 2018 ended in heartbreak in the final of the men’s doubles,” is how Tennis South Africa described Saturday evening’s match between Klaasen and his Kiwi partner Michael Venus against Americans Mike Bryan and Jack Sock. In a riveting match, Raven and Michael put […]

LONDON – Tennis must see sense and bring in fifth-set tiebreaks to avoid the kind of marathon which saw Kevin Anderson outlast John Isner in a six hour, 36 minute Wimbledon semi-final on Friday, according to retired great Mats Wilander. South African Anderson eventually prevailed 26-24 in the fifth and deciding set of what became […]

Caster Semenya was back to her best and also posted a personal best time in the women’s 1,000m event at Friday’s IAAF Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco, writes MARK ETHERIDGE. Semenya bounced back after a disappointing sixth spot in the 1,500m at the recent Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland. On Friday, she was in fine […]

During the marathon match on Centre Court today at Wimbledon in London, South African Kevin Anderson momentarily turned left-handed in a desperate bid to win a point… and pulled it off perfectly, thanks largely to his father! Watch below. Wimbledon called it an “epic point” as Anderson – who had fallen over – got up […]

Kevin Anderson kept his South African fans on tenterhooks on Friday afternoon as he battled it out – set for set, game for game, point for point – with American John Isner. But finally our “Miracle Man” – as Wimbledon nicknamed Anderson on Wednesday, after he shocked the world by beating number one seed Roger […]

It’s turning into a very South African Wimbledon with SA’s Kevin Anderson playing in the semi-final this afternoon, and SA’s Raven Klaasen making it through to the doubles final tomorrow, along with his New Zealand partner Michal Venus. Klaasen and Venus defeated the wild-card pairing of Denmark’s Frederik Nielsen and Britain’s Joe Salisbury 7-6 (6) 3-6 […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – who arrived in Saudi Arabia this morning – has tweeted a message of congratulations to three awesome South Africans at Wimbledon, including ‘Miracle Man’, SA expat Kevin Anderson, who stunned the world’s number one player – Roger Federer – in a quarter-final cliffhanger yesterday. Ramaphosa said: “Congratulations to Kevin […]

Wimbledon called Kevin Anderson’s performance in London today against Roger Federer possibly one of the biggest comebacks Wimbledon has ever seen! Posting a picture of Anderson with the words ‘Miracle Man’ on it, Wimbledon tweeted: “From match point down in the third set, @KAndersonATP recovers to beat defending champion Roger Federer 2-6, 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4, […]

LONDON  – South African expat Kevin Anderson pulled off the biggest shock at Wimbledon – and in the tennis arena this year – by beating eight-times champion Roger Federer on Court One today! Anderson – who is seeded eighth – beat the number one seed Federer 2-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 13-11 in an amazing match at […]

LONDON (Reuters) – For Kevin Anderson it was a day of firsts on Monday… and today he’s relaxing with his family before the big match tomorrow. Yesterday Anderson beat Frenchman Gael Monfils for the first time in six attempts and in doing so reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time – at his 10th […]