South Africa’s Louis Meintjes finished second behind Britain’s Tom Pidcock in Thursday’s 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1km Alpine trek between Briancon and L’Alpe d’Huez. A thrilled Louis tweeted this evening: “Well, what a day” and added a number two medal. Well, what a day. 🥈@LeTour @IntermarcheWG pic.twitter.com/fQs9yE2Ood — Louis (@LouisMeintjes) July […]

JOHANNESBURG – Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed that the Proteas Men’s team will not be playing the ODI series in January 2023 against Australia. The three ODIs – which form part of the ICC Super League matches that determine direct qualification for the 2023 Men’s World Cup – were billed to take place in […]

Birmingham, Alabama – Andy Birkett announced his return to the international marathon racing stage with a stunning gold medal at the men’s 21 kilometre canoeing marathon event at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA on Tuesday. After a disappointing short course race where he battled asthma as he finished eighth, Birkett went toe-to-toe with […]

Serbian tennis champ Novak Djokovic has won the men’s single championship at Wimbledon, his fourth in a row, seventh overall, and his 21st Grand Slam title! Djokovic beat Australian Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (3). And although they may not have seemed that enamoured with one another on court, Djokovic (35) and Kyrgios (27) […]

Wales have made history by beating the Springboks in a Test in South Africa for the first time after they won a proper arm-wrestle by 13-12 at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon, squaring up the Castle Lager Incoming Series at 1-1. Josh Adams’ five-pointer was the only try in a game dominated […]

Banyana Banyana marched through to the quarter-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) with a game to spare as they comfortably beat Burundi in a Group C encounter at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan on Thursday night. The Sasol-sponsored team have put in a stellar performance – beating Nigeria 2-1 […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British ninth-seed Cameron Norrie – who was born in South Africa, raised in New Zealand and naturalised in Britain – reached his first Grand Slam semi-final when he twice came from behind to beat unseeded Belgian David Goffin in five sets on Tuesday, to set up a dream Wimbledon meeting with Novak […]

South African-born Cameron Norrie has reached the quarter finals of a Grand Slam tennis tournament for the first time in his career, after beating American Tommy Paul at Wimbledon on Sunday 3 July 2022: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. And this afternoon he will step onto Court 1 carrying the hopes of a few nations on his […]

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced an additional 61 athletes to the Team South Africa squad that will carry the nation’s flag at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and which will take place from 28 July – 8 August. This was the second and final squad announcement following the first […]

A total of 23 athletes across nine different sports have been announced by governing body SASCOC to fly the Team SA flag at the 2022 World Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama (not to be confused with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games which begins later this month). Olympic medallist Bridgitte Hartley and veteran Andrew […]

A last-gasp penalty goal by Damian Willemse secured the Springboks the narrowest of wins over Wales in the first of three Castle Lager Incoming Series Test matches, with the 82nd minute effort edging the home side past Wales by 32-29, after the visitors held an 18-3 lead at the break. A few minutes earlier the […]

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick say they are thrilled about the prospect of playing in front of a capacity crowd at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday when they kick off their Castle Lager Incoming Series against Wales and said they wanted to make the nation proud. UPDATE: Springboks win against […]

Several South African sailors produced impressive performances at the recent Kiel Week in Germany where 5000 competitors converged on the German city for the nine-day event. Kiel Week includes numerous different classes, one of which was the Musto Skiff World Championships where South African Andy Tarboton finished in second place overall. The Musto Skiff is […]

When most young people are educated, it is one of the steps to alleviating poverty. When young people are empowered and confident to achieve anything that they want, they become active contributors to the community. To end off Youth Month Red Bull sat with Springbok Captain and Red Bull athlete, Siya Kolisi, as he expands […]

The University of Stirling yesterday bestowed a well-deserved honorary doctorate on South African (and British) endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh. Lewis said on social media: « This year marks my 35th year of endurance swimming and ocean advocacy. So I’m especially delighted to be receiving (this) honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling ????????‍? » He gave a […]

The 19th FINA World Championships are under way in Budapest, Hungary. In Friday’s action Lara van Niekerk won her 50m breaststroke heat in an African record 29.77, which qualified her the fastest from the heats. After missing out on qualifying for the 100m breaststroke, Lara says: «I’m excited about the 50. With all the speed […]

South African runner, Rehan Greeff, will take on the biggest sporting challenge of his life from 27 June as he attempts to complete three full triathlons in three countries in just six days and all for a worthy cause – to feed hungry children in Africa. Greeff, a chartered accountant now living in the United […]

Legendary South African ultramarathon athlete, Bruce Fordyce (66), who has won the Comrades Marathon eight years in a row and nine times overall, is supporting a new challenge to provide each parkrun event in South Africa, with a defibrillator to help save lives. Bruce, who took part in his first parkrun at Bushy Park in […]

Luxolo Adams claimed the biggest victory of his career when he took down a quality field, including Olympic champion Andre de Grasse of Canada, in the men’s 200m at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday night. Running from lane eight, South Africa’s Adams set a new personal best of 19.82 seconds in the 200m. […]

South African professional road cyclist Daryl Impey has won Stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse, his first win for over two years and just over a year since his horrific crash. The win today (Thurs 16 July) was thrilling, with Impey in a huge sprint against the world’s top sprinters. Watch below. An elated […]

Team SA’s medals tally at the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal doubled to four on Wednesday night as Cornelle Leach and Kat Swanepoel both picked up bronze medals. And Christian Sadie came desperately close to earning another medal when he finished fourth in the men’s S7 100m backstroke, breaking another African record in […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali arrived in South Africa on Monday for talks that could see the country’s Kyalami circuit return to the grand prix calendar next year for the first time since 1993. By Alan Baldwin A Formula One spokesman confirmed Domenicali flew to South Africa after Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix […]

There were two fourth place finishes in finals on a day when all three Team SA swimmers in action broke South African and African records at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal. The event kicked off yesterday and runs until 18 June. More than 500 athletes from 59 countries are competing at […]

Ferdinand Omanyala edged Team SA’s Akani Simbine to be crowned king of the men’s 100m at the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius. The 26-year-old Kenyan pipped his South African track rival by three-thousandths of a second crossing the line in 9.92, just ahead of Simbine who clocked in at 9.93. Henricho Bruintjies, also of Team […]

South African golfer Charl Schwartzel has scooped the biggest pay cheque in golf history, winning the $4-million top prize at the new LIV Golf Series, as well as $750,000 for being part of the winning team at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, near London. Charl scooped the trophy and big money prize with a one-stroke […]