South African international front-rower Steven Kitshoff will miss at least the first month of Super Rugby after suffering a hamstring injury in preparation for this year’s competition. The injury, suffered in a warm-up game last week, has proven more severe than first anticipated, said Stormers coach Robbie Fleck on Thursday. “The outcome with him and […]

Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and elected to bowl in the first test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Wednesday. The tourists decided to have first use of a lively looking surface in partly cloudy conditions on an opening morning. Sri Lanka handed a debut to spinner Lasith Embuldeniya but have also […]

South Africa will be expected to continue their recent dominance over touring sides when they host ailing Sri Lanka in a two-test series starting at Kingsmead on Wednesday. Their recent 3-0 sweep of Pakistan was South Africa’s seventh successive home test series victory, a run that included a triumph over number one ranked India and […]

Duane Vermeulen’s return to South Africa comes as a major boost to the Super Rugby hopes of the Bulls and the bulky Springbok loose forward believes he can make a major difference as they look to turn around their fortunes. The powerful number eight signed a two-year deal with the Pretoria franchise, who beat off […]

Pieter-Steph du Toit was named the South African Rugby Player of the Year for 2018 on Thursday, the second time in three years the versatile forward has won the award. He is only the fifth player to win it twice, edging out fellow Springboks Aphiwe Dyanyti, Franco Mostert, Handre Pollard and last year’s winner, Malcolm […]

David Miller gave a renowned exhibition of his power hitting game and Babar Azam responded with a batting master class of the highest quality as the Proteas and Pakistan produced another white ball special at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Sunday that will long be remembered. Miller celebrated his captaincy debut by being named Man […]

Quinton de Kock scored a rapid half-century as South Africa defeated Pakistan by seven wickets at Newlands to claim the five-match one-day series 3-2 on Wednesday. Opener De Kock bludgeoned 83 from 58 balls as South Africa chased down their victory target of 241 with 10 overs remaining for a convincing win that will be […]

Madibaz cricketer Lutho Sipamla was “surprised and shocked” to get a call-up to the Proteas cricket team, but is determined to make the most of the opportunity. The 20-year-old fast bowler, who is in the second year of a business management degree, was named on Friday in the national squad for the three-match Twenty20 series […]

 South Africa captain Faf du Plessis picked hosts England and 2011 champions India as the title favourites for this year’s Cricket World Cup and said his side will go into the tournament with lowered expectations, which could work to their advantage. South Africa’s World Cup adventures have often ended in unfortunate circumstances — including falling […]

A 19-year-old teenager was tragically killed by lightning in Gauteng, South Africa, on Saturday late afternoon. A younger teen, who was reportedly sitting beside him under a tree, was also struck and is recovering in hospital. According to NSRI Gauteng Station Commander, Gerhard Potgieter, the tragic incident occurred yesterday at around 17h00 during a National […]

Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been suspended for four matches for breaching the anti-racism code in Tuesday’s second one-day international against South Africa, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. Sarfraz’s on-field taunt in Urdu was caught by stump microphones but he denied that they were aimed at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo, or […]

Thirty Four year old South African cyclist Daryl Impey is the first rider in the 21 year history of the Santos Tour Down Under to win the men’s race back-to-back. The six stage race – which he won on Sunday – is the biggest cycle tour in the Southern Hemisphere, and was held in and […]

Seven years ago at the age of 3, Ubuko Mpotulo from East London had both his legs and a finger amputated after being diagnosed with Meningococcal Septicaemia.  This condition caused damage to his blood vessels, narrowing of his arteries and ultimately the cutting off of the blood supply, resulting in the amputations. Despite coming from […]

CAPE TOWN – Popular South Africa flyhalf Pat Lambie admitted to both disappointment and relief after announcing his retirement from rugby at the age of 28 due to on-going concussion issues. A fit Lambie would in all likelihood have been part of the Springbok squad at the World Cup in Japan later this year but […]

Captain Warren Whiteley has returned to training with South African Super Rugby side the Lions after suffering a calf injury with the Springboks in November, coach Swys de Bruin said. The 31-year-old, who has been plagued with injury setbacks since being named Bok captain in 2017, hurt himself while touring with the national side in […]

South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has shockingly been knocked out of the Australian Open in four sets, going down to Frances Tiafoe, who is ranked only 39th in the world. Anderson is currently the fifth seed. In a devastating blow to Anderson (and all his South African fans), the US player was able to beat him […]

JOHANNESBURG  – Fiery fast bowler Duanne Olivier took key early wickets as South Africa wrapped up a clean sweep of their series against Pakistan with victory by 107 runs on the fourth day of the third and final test on Monday. Pakistan resumed their second innings needing a further 228 for victory with seven wickets […]

Popular and world famous South African football player Phil Masinga has sadly passed away this morning at a hospital in Johannesburg, at the age of 49. South African Football Association (SAFA) President Dr Danny Jordaan said: “Sad day for South African football. A loyal servant of the game, on and off the field of play.” […]

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa opener Aiden Markram made an attacking start to the third test against Pakistan with a rapid 78 not out as the hosts went to lunch on 108 for one wicket at the Wanderers in Gauteng on Friday. Markram’s availability for the last test of the series was only confirmed after a […]

Home Affairs helps Asisipho Sosibo get a birth certificate just in time to compete in March… The new year has kicked off to an exciting start for Special Olympics participant Asisipho Sosibo from Durban. In November, GroundUp reported that Sosibo, 15, was one of 50 athletes selected to represent South Africa at the Special Olympics World Summer […]

CAPE TOWN – Former South Africa international all-rounder Albie Morkel has decided to retire from all forms of cricket, ending a two-decade career that earned him a reputation as a clean striker of the ball and a bowler full of guile. The 37-year-old, the older brother of fast bowler Morne Morkel, played a single test, […]

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Sport and Recreation, Beauty Dlulane, has described as “unfortunate” the comments attributed to Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi regarding quotas in sports. In an interview with a news agency in Japan, during his visit to the country to promote an electronics company, Kolisi said of Nelson Mandela: “I don’t […]

South African Giniel De Villiers has taken the overall lead for his Toyota team at the Dakar Rally in the Peruvian desert! Despite nine-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb winning the second stage on Tuesday 8 Jan, the biggest gains were made by Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s De Villiers / Dirk von Zitzewitz (302) and Bernhard ten […]

It was a huge moment tonight for Banyana Banyana in Dakar, Senegal – where forward (Chrestinah) Thembi Kgatlana took home two trophies – the CAF Goal of the Year and CAF Woman Player of the Year awards; and Head Coach Desiree Ellis was named the CAF Women’s National Team Coach of the Year 2018. This […]

DAKAR – Egypt will host the 2019 African Nations Cup finals, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed after a meeting of their executive committee in Dakar on Tuesday. They will stage the expanded 24-team event in June-July after initial hosts Cameroon were stripped of the tournament last month over concerns at the slow pace […]