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 […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s national cricket captain Faf du Plessis has been suspended for one test and fined 20 percent of his match fee after the Proteas were charged with a slow over rate in the nine-wicket second test victory over Pakistan at Newlands. Earlier today Du Plessis had been named man of the […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa reeled off their modest victory target of 41 runs early on the fourth day of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series with a comprehensive nine-wicket triumph at Newlands on Sunday. Opener Dean Elgar scored an unbeaten 24 as the home side added to their victory in Pretoria […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and put Pakistan into bat on the opening day of the second test at Newlands on Thursday, looking to make an immediate impact after winning the first test by six wickets last week. “We want to get stuck into their batting line-up with […]

HASHIM AMLA and Dean Elgar scored half-centuries and shared the only century partnership of the match to set the Proteas up for a six-wicket victory over Pakistan with a session and two full days to spare in the opening Test match at SuperSport Park on Friday. Although the Proteas lost a few wickets at the […]

PRETORIA – Firebrand fast bowler Dale Steyn become South Africa’s leading wicket-taker in test cricket as he helped reduce Pakistan to 76 for four at lunch on the opening day of the first test at Centurion Park on Wednesday. Steyn had opener Fakhar Zaman (12) caught at second slip by Dean Elgar to move to […]

SYDNEY – Former Australia cricket captain Steve Smith said on Friday he had not been involved in planning to tamper with the ball during the Cape Town test against South Africa, but took responsibility as a leader for failing to put a stop to it. Smith, along with vice-captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron […]

JOHANNESBURG – The Springboks will arrive in Japan for the World Cup a week earlier than previously planned next year to play the tournament hosts in a warm-up match in Saitama, South Africa Rugby said on Monday. South Africa will face Japan at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium on Sept. 6, a little over two weeks before […]

South African breaststroker and SA sport legend Cameron van der Burgh announced his retirement from international swimming today… just after winning his fifth World Championship gold medal. The 30-year-old made the announcement during his post-race press conference on Wednesday after winning the World Short Course Championship in the men’s 100m breaststroke. ‘It is an amazing […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s national rugby coach Rassie Erasmus and his assistants are to spread out across the country’s four Super Rugby teams to offer support as they look to harmonise preparations for next year’s World Cup in Japan. The Springbok coach and his assistant coaches – Jacques Nienanber, Matt Proudfoot and Mzwandile Stick – […]

The Springboks will get to play only two home tests in South Africa next year during a curtailed build-up to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, with Johannesburg and Pretoria set to host the matches. There will be no June international window in World Cup year and the Rugby Championship has been cut to […]

JOHANNESBURG – Home favourite Louis Oosthuizen romped to a first-ever South African Open title after extending his overnight lead and finishing six shots clear after carding a final round 67 at the Randpark Golf Club in Gauteng on Sunday. Oosthuizen, with a tournament total of 266, comfortably saw off the challenging pack as he ended […]

The Springbok Sevens team finished third at the Cape Town Sevens on Sunday after they beat New Zealand 10-5 in the bronze medal match, finishing a weekend that received the thumbs up from Blitzbok coach Neil Powell and captain Philip Snyman. Starting the match with only 10 fit players, the Blitzboks, who lost 26-21 in […]

JOHANNESBURG – Home town favourite Louis Oosthuizen put on a short game exhibition to open up a three-shot lead at the South African Open at Randpark Golf Club on Saturday and set himself up for a first success in the tournament. Major winner Oosthuizen produced a masterclass of mid-range putting and bunker play as his […]

The Blitzboks beat Samoa and Zimbabwe and went down at the death to New Zealand but still topped Pool A to advance to Sunday’s Cup quarters. The Cup quarter-finals here at the #CapeTown7s tomorrow are: SA v Scotland (12h04); Fiji v Spain (12h26); Australia v New Zealand (12h48); and USA v England (13h10). The Springbok […]

Despite a very bumpy start with shocking sleeping conditions for some swimmers, Team South Africa have scooped an impressive 12 medals on their first day of competition, all obtained by the judokas. These included four gold, six silver and two bronze spread amongst boy and girl competitors. Team SA had to contend with very challenging […]

Cape Town is abuzz with sevens rugby action this week in the build-up to the highly-anticipated fourth instalment of the Cape Town Sevens, the second tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series. If you’re attending the event, make sure you know all the ins and outs of what will be happening on Saturday and Sunday. […]

Former team-mates, friends and customers of Barend Britz (63) have spoken today with shock of his horrific murder last night at his bar in Perpignan, in southern France, and spoken of a gentle giant who was popular with everyone. The former SA provincial rugby player – who played lock for then Transvaal and Northern Transvaal […]

It has been claimed that for two nights this week, South African female swimmers attending the U20 Youth Games in Botswana had to sleep on a floor with no pillows or showers. Meanwhile SASCOC board members allegedly get paid big salaries which is apparently against Olympic rules. Sports journalist Graeme Joffe, who has had his […]

CAPE TOWN – South Africa have named uncapped middle-order batsman Zubayr Hamza and fast bowler Duanne Olivier in their squad for the three-test home series against Pakistan starting in Pretoria on Boxing Day. Cape Town-born Hamza, 23, averages almost 50 in first class cricket but has had a modest domestic season to date with two […]