Today – 1 April – newspapers and radio stations in South Africa have announced that Heyneke Meyer is set to be reappointed as Springbok coach, after stepping down in early December 2015. Eyewitness News calls Meyer’s “dramatic return” a “major shock”. Local media say the decision has been influenced by South African Rugby Union’s (SARU’s) wish […]

Hlompho Kekana’s amazing goal for Bafana Bafana in their match against Cameroon on Saturday is making world headlines with many – like Britain’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper – heralding the long range wonder goal as “Beckham-esque”, some say even better. SA Football Association (SAFA) predict the astonishing goal – reminiscent of David Beckham’s long-distance strike against Wimbledon in 1996 […]

The DHL Stormers leapfrogged the Cell C Sharks for the top spot in the African Group on the Vodacom Super Rugby log table in the early hours of Sunday morning as they defeated the Jaguares in Buenos Aires to the delight of South African fans in Argentina, while the Cell C Sharks suffered their first […]

It’s all happening underwater in Stellenbosch this week as South Africa plays host to the Underwater Hockey World Champs. The round robin action kicks off this morning, with the SA teams looking good after achieving individual team wins against Argentina, Australia, Canada and France during the warm-up games earlier this week. The event, which began on Monday, and sees […]

South African surfer Bianca Buitendag beat six-time World Champion Stephanie Gilmore from Australia today, to secure herself a place in Round 3 of the Rip Curl Women’s Pro at Bells Beach in Australia… on what must have been a difficult day for the 22-year-old. It was a year ago today that Bianca’s father, former provincial surfer Colin Buitendag, tragically […]

One swim to Robben Island is a feat, but Capetonian Theodore Yach, who did his first Robben Island swim 35 years ago, has completed the famed 10-kilometre crossing for the 100th time. Yach, who is 58 and was met at the finish by his wife and two sons, used the swim to gather funds for six charities and causes, all […]

The highly popular Cape Epic mountain bike race was barely over this weekend when 100 early bird slots for the 2017 event were sold in just nine seconds, the organisers said. “People around the world were obviously ready to press the ‘submit’ button when they opened at at 3pm,” said race CEO Lynn Naudé. “And […]

Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard on Sunday completed his last marathon of 27 across South Africa in 27 days – running two marathons on the last day to achieve his goal, and carrying a South African flag all the way – all for the sake of charity. The Izzard marathon began on February 24 in […]

Chris Morris restored the dignity of the Proteas pace attack with his first ever four-wicket haul in the shortest format to get South Africa’s ICC World Twenty20 campaign off the ground with a 37-run victory over Afghanistan at Mumbai’s Wankede Stadium on Sunday. After the Proteas had become the first team in the history of […]

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s sports minister on Thursday denied that his country had paid a $10 million bribe to help it win the right to host the World Cup in 2010. “South Africa did not pay any bribe nor did it illegally obtain the right to host the World Cup,” Fikile Mbalula told […]

The Springbok Sevens moved to within one point of leaders Fiji at the top of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series standings despite suffering a close-fought 19-14 loss against New Zealand at the inaugural Canadian Sevens tournament in Vancouver on Monday morning (SA time). New Zealand led 14-7 at halftime and successfully starved the Blitzboks […]

The Cell C Sharks – who this weekend became South Africa’s only unbeaten Super Rugby side – have put their might behind the Rhinos without Borders initiative… to increase awareness of the poaching crisis and raise funds to help 100 rhino be safely translocated to Botswana. With rhino poaching in South Africa reaching epic proportions, Botswana is […]

South African athlete Wayde van Niekerk made sprinting history on Saturday in Bloemfontein when he became the first man to ever run faster than 10 seconds for 100m, 20 seconds for 200m and 44 seconds for 400m after smashing his PB (personal best) in the shorter sprint at the Free State Championships in Bloemfontein. Ever humble, […]

If you’re far from the ocean today, take a virtual ride with hot young South African surfer Shane Sykes in this awesome video, ‘Silence of Eyes’, which just won the inaugural ZigZag Short Film Competition. Directed and filmed by Steven Michelsen, the 4-minute video took about three months to make and features KZN North Coast’s Sykes […]

SA Rugby (SARU) confirmed on Friday that they hoped to announce the identity of the new Springbok coach following the Annual General Meeting at the start of next month. Oregan Hoskins, President of SA Rugby, confirmed that a preferred candidate had been identified and that the recommendation would now be considered by the General Council. […]

South African golfer Ernie Els was jumping for joy on Monday, when Rickie Fowler hit a brilliant hole-in-one on a bonus hole to earn Els’ autism foundation a whopping one million dollar donation from sponsors at a charity event in Florida! The event took place at Palm Beach Gardens in the USA, where Els has […]

While South Africans may have been in tears at losing the cricket match – and KFC T20 International Series – against Australia at Newlands on Wednesday evening… Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne has been filmed sobbing after holding a South African baboon spider named Britney. Warnie, as he’s known in Australia, has a well-documented phobia of […]

They may be competitors, and South Africa may have lost to Australia today, but the atmosphere was electric and the enjoyment of the epic cricket match palpable from both teams, with the crowd going crazy for the exceptional play. As cricket.com.au tweeted afterwards: “Aussies win a thriller”. It was a sunny day for the second […]

DAVID MILLER scored his maiden half-century in the T20 international format to blast the Oxigen Proteas to a three-wicket victory over Australia with four balls to spare in the opening KFC T20 International match at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead on Friday evening. Miller’s performance (53 off 35 balls, 3 fours and 3 sixes), which won him […]

There will be an estimated 35,000 people riding the 109-km Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday, the biggest timed road race in the world, and it will include everyone from fund-raisers, moms and dads and kids, people in costumes, tandem riders, conservationists and even nudists. Well, the nudists won’t be ridding in the Cape Town Cycle Tour […]

Cell C Sharks will be making a great “stand for national unity” when they play their first 2016 Super Rugby home match on Saturday. In an announcement Wednesday, the Sharks revealed that 10,000 national flag masks will be distributed at the Growthpoint Kings Park, where the team will face Argentina’s Jaguares. Sharks CEO, John Smit, said: “The […]

South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen overcame a less than fabulous start to his final round yesterday to win the Perth International by one stroke for an eighth European Tour title, in an event also sanctioned by the Tour of Australasia. This was his first tournament appearance in Australia, and his first tournament win in two years! […]

Drumming up support for  their ICC T20 World Cup campaign in India next month, the Proteas have released their own rendition of the Pitbull’s hit Fireball. Maybe there’s also a career in music! Watch the video above or below. .@faf1307 is on FIRE &in leopard print in the Proteas’ latest video. #WATCH #Fireball here: https://t.co/UyEfBMoqDx pic.twitter.com/yulQugBzdO — […]

Check out South African big wave surfer Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker wiping out at yesterday’s awesome Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau event. The annual event in Hawaii, nicknamed The Eddie, only runs if waves are over 40 feet high! The last time it was able to run was in 2009. Speaking about the 3-second free fall […]

The South African businessman and former politician Tokyo Sexwale has withdrawn from the race to become the new president of the international football governing body FIFA, according to news reports on Friday. Sexwale made his announcement only minutes before the first round of voting for a new president of FIFA was to start in Zurich […]