Proteas fast bowler, Morne Morkel, has announced he will retire from all forms of international cricket at the conclusion of the four-match Sunfoil Test series against Australia starting in Durban on Thursday. The 33-year-old has played 83 Tests, 117 One-Day Internationals and 44 T20 Internationals in a successful career spanning 12 years. He has taken […]

The Proteas may not have won on the field today, but they’re winners in our hearts. This week they helped a special young 12-year-old’s dream come true. Thembinkosi ‘Thembi’ Matshimane, who hails from Ga-Rankuwa near Pretoria, was born in 2005 with a severe and rare muscle disorder called arthrogryposis, which causes rigid joints before birth. […]

The 2018 Super Rugby kicks off on the 17th of February. The competition boasts 15 teams from 5 different countries. Three teams have been eliminated from the 18 team format in 2017. The Force, Kings and the Cheetahs will not be participating this year. There are three conferences in this year’s competition: the Australian, New […]

A 17-5 halftime lead wasn’t enough to help South Africa’s Blitzboks retain their Hamilton Sevens title in New Zealand on Sunday. A great comeback by Fiji saw the Pacific Islanders winning 24-17 in a game which saw each side down to six men at various stages during the game. It was the 17th time that […]

A slow start against England converted into a classy display as the Blitzboks Sevens side booked their place in the Hamilton Sevens quarter-finals in New Zealand on Saturday. Wins against Papua New Guinea (36-5) and Russia (38-0) had come in their first two Pool B games and it was everything to play for in Game […]

SA Rugby announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with Springbok coach Allister Coetzee to part ways with immediate effect. The Rugby Department of SA Rugby will manage the coach’s responsibilities until the national team’s coaching and management group for 2018 is confirmed later this month. Coetzee and SA Rugby agreed to terminate […]

Making the most of a second chance in life will be Wian Sullwald’s main motivation when he lines up to race at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia later this year. Former world junior champion, Sullwald is one of five triathletes who have been selected to compete at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold […]

SASCOC have named a powerful team to represent the rainbow nation at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia between 4-15 April. Team South Africa athletes will do battle across 16 codes, including para-sports athletics, lawn bowls, swimming, table tennis and powerlifting. Sporting codes with South African participation are the following: athletics, badminton, bowls, […]

South Africa’s Blitzboks failed to defend their Sydney Sevens title on Saturday as they were soundly whitewashed 29-0 by Australia in the final on Sunday. Victory meant it was the first time that Australia have won a title on home soil in 16 years. It also meant a double day to remember for the host […]

South Africa’s Blitzboks blasted past arch-rivals England 33-12 to book their place in the HSBC Sydney Sevens quarter-finals in Australia on Saturday. After an easy tournament-opener victory against Papua New Guinea (50-0), coach Neil Powell’s men sailed past Spain, 38-0 in their first match of day two… Rosko Specman snatching two tries. Their second Pool […]

South African sports legend Gary Player has accumulated a mountain of international golfing championships, but his biggest win has perhaps been asking his childhood sweetheart to marry him, and staying loyal to her ever since. The couple celebrated their anniversary on Friday 19 January. Gary wrote on Facebook: “Celebrating 61 years of marriage today with […]

South African professional cyclist Daryl Impey – riding for Team Mitchelton-Scott – has won the 2018 Tour Down Under! The ecstatic athlete tweeted afterwards: “It all seems impossible until it’s done!” (He was inspired perhaps by former SA President Nelson Mandela’s quote: “It always seems impossible until it is done.”) Impey said: “What a crazy […]

Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, has praised the resilient character of his team in the series-clinching 135-run win against India in the second Sunfoil Test match at SuperSport Park on Tuesday. The Proteas hold an unassailable 2-0 lead with the final match to be played at Wanderers starting on January 24th. Du Plessis says the […]

Kagiso Rabada has become the number-one ranked bowler in the ICC Test Player Rankings after helping South Africa’s Proteas to an exciting 72 run victory over India in the first Test at Newlands in Cape Town on Monday. Proteas Captain, Faf du Plessis, tweeted a congratulatory message on Wednesday afternoon, alongside a photo of him […]

VERNON PHILANDER took the final three India second innings wickets in the space of four balls – the first with a sensational catch by Quinton de Kock standing up to the stumps – to snuff out any thought of a final twist in the tale of the first Sunfoil Test match at PPC Newlands on […]

Dale Steyn has been ruled out of bowling in the ongoing Test match against India due to a heel injury sustained on the second day of play at PPC Newlands on Saturday. The fast bowler landed awkwardly in footmarks while bowling shortly before the tea break, with subsequent scans confirming tissue damage to the foot. […]

The SA Rugby Sevens Academy have claimed the Punta del Este tournament on the Sudamericarugby Sevens series in Uruguay, beating Ireland, France and Chile en route to the title. This was despite only having nine players available for the final. ‘It was a great start to the year for us and the guys really had […]

Banyana Banyana have been crowned the 2017 CAF Women’s National Team of the Year at the AITEO CAF Awards 2017 held in Accra, Ghana. The glittering ceremony was attended by among others, CAF President Ahmed, SAFA President Dr Danny Jordan and several African football legends including Didier Drogba of Cote d’Ivoire and Samuel Eto’ of […]

It’s the first of January and one of the South African jokes being shared the most on social media is this: But let’s be positive! Hopefully this year, the Springboks will remain unbeaten! And with the support of their rugby fans in South Africa, and around the world – anything is possible. So check out […]

While 29 South African swimmers posted qualifying times for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the country’s top divers were also doing their stuff. Four divers have met Swimming South Africa and the technical diving committee’s section criteria agreed upon with national sports umbrella body SASCOC… although eligibility is not an open and shut guarantee of selection. The […]

The Trans Agulhas Challenge – nicknamed the “World’s Toughest Inflatable Boat Challenge” – is on again in South Africa… and Stan Sanetra was in Struisbaai to capture these awesome action-packed photos. The five-day water sports event is held annually between Natures Valley and Strand, where it finishes, and includes about 60 inflatable boats battling it […]

The Commonwealth Games Trials in Durban came to an end on Thursday with an impressive 47 qualification times for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia. Those times were swum over six days of red-hot competition and spread amongst 29 athletes – 17 of them men and 12 women. The 2018 Games will take place […]

Team South Africa Roller Derby is heading to the Roller Derby World Cup in Manchester, in the UK, in February, and really needs our help to get there. Their fundraiser on Thundafund ends today – there are some really cool rewards and super cool advertising deals for potential sponsors. Here’s everything you never knew about […]

Former South African cricketer Pat Symcox, who represented his country 100 times, has lambasted DA and ANC ‘Fat Cats’ for not maintaining a sports club on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. And after posting his video less than 24 hours ago, many South Africans around the country have commented that the same state of ruin has […]

South Africa’s Is Ability Sports Club ended its International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games in Portugal on top of the medals table! The 17-strong team won 14 gold, seven silver, and nine bronze medals in the Games, held in Vila Real de Santo Antonio. There was also one world record and five […]