Wales will be South Africa’s most difficult opponents on their November tour of Europe, even after losing at Twickenham to England and scrapping narrow wins over France and Scotland, Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus said on Monday. The South Africans face Wales on Saturday in their last test of the year hoping to overturn a run […]

Rassie Erasmus, the SA Director of Rugby, praised the growing maturity of the Springboks following their hard-fought 26-20 victory win over a good very Scotland team in front of a capacity crowd at BT Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Saturday evening. The South Africans held a small halftime lead (20-17) over the enterprising Scots after a […]

SYDNEY – Faf du Plessis has become the ONLY international cricket captain to beat Australia at home in all three formats (Test, One Day International, and Twenty20 International) after South Africa beat Australia today on the Gold Coast. SA’s bowling once again dominated Australian batting, resulting in South Africa winning a truncated one-off Twenty20 international […]

EDINBURGH – Scrumhalf Embrose Papier will make his first start for South Africa against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday, the only change to the backline while the pack has undergone a significant reshuffle. First-choice number nine Faf de Klerk has been released back to his English Premiership side Sale Sharks by prior arrangement, leaving coach […]

Kevin Anderson remains unbeaten at the ATP Finals in London after beating Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-0 6-1 in only 64 minutes in his second round-robin match, which was held yesterday. However, due to Roger Federer’s straight sets win over Dominic Thiem in Tuesday’s second singles, Anderson still isn’t guaranteed his place in the knockout […]

EDINBURGH – Scotland strengthened their side on Wednesday as their coach, George Townsend, made six changes to his starting line-up to take on South Africa in their test at Murrayfield on Saturday. The changes include Huw Jones, who played club rugby in Cape Town for four years, coming in as a replacement in the backline. […]

Olympic and world champion Caster Semenya bagged three major awards at the South African Sport Awards in Bloemfontein on Sunday night. The record-breaking athlete dominated the prestigious awards after winning the Sports Star of the Year‚ Sportswoman of the Year and the People’s Choice Award decided by public, all of which were accepted by her […]

London’s famous O2 Arena is used to hosting major music concerts… but none as unique as last night’s event with South African expat Kevin Anderson. After beating Austrian Dominic Thiem, Kevin turned to the audience and asked them to join him in singing Happy Birthday to his wife Kelsey. Thiem was outplayed by the SA debutant who […]

PARIS – South Africa scored a try in stoppage time to edge to a dramatic 29-26 win over France at the Stade de France on Saturday, with hooker Bongi Mbonambi surging over to secure an unlikely victory. (View: The photos that say we WON! Springboks beat France in Paris) The Springboks stole possession with less […]

Phew. South Africa just pulled off one of its most nail-biting wins (and we’ve had a few!) – securing victory over the (devastated) French in Paris in the LAST minutes of the match. The Springboks won 29-26… after lagging behind the French throughout the second half. Coming on to the field after half-time, the French […]

PARIS – South Africa’s rugby coach Rassie Erasmus has added experience in key kicking positions in his backline for the test against France in Paris on Saturday, with the inclusion of England-based duo Willie le Roux and Faf de Klerk. The pair missed last weekend’s 12-11 loss to England at Twickenham as the fixture fell […]

PARIS – Scrumhalf Faf de Klerk has answered an SOS from South Africa’s coach Rassie Erasmus and joined the Springbok squad for their test against France in Paris on Saturday, adding significant experience in a problem position for the side. De Klerk (who has 20 Test caps) was initially rested for the November internationals which, […]

PERTH – Dale Steyn claimed two early wickets as South Africa’s pace attack combined superbly to heap more misery on Australia with a six-wicket thrashing to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match one-day international series on Sunday. It was brilliantly executed in front of Proudly South African expats who cheered their team on to […]

Kevin Anderson has clinched his biggest tournament win of his entire career, by winning the 2018 Vienna Open, an ATP 500 event! The victory means that the South African expat, who is based in the USA, has qualified for the ATP Finals in November… making him the first singles player from South Africa in 23 […]

Social media has tracked down possibly the unhappiest Western Cape supporter, after the Sharks – who won Saturday’s Currie Cup Final – sent out a message searching for him. https://www.facebook.com/TheSharks/photos/a.268468059849653/2374264172603354/?type=3 On Sunday morning the Sharks posted a photo of the man, looking incredibly down in the dumps as the score shows Western Province trailing 9-17 […]

The Currie Cup reached a thrilling conclusion in Cape Town on Saturday when the Sharks avenged their defeat in last year’s final… to beat this season’s unbeaten Western Province, dashing their hopes of a fairy-tale finish. The Sharks won 17-12 in what was the ninth time the two sides have battled it out for the […]

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Tuesday it will delay the implementation of its new eligibility rules for female classification due to the legal challenge by South Africa’s Caster Semenya.  The regulations would require the double Olympic and triple world 800 metres champion to take medication to lower her higher than normal […]

South African Luke Davids has the world at his feet after winning the 100m gold medal at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. The 17-year-old charged home in a wind-assisted 10.15sec to join Akani Simbine as a major 100m champion for 2018 after Simbine led Team SA home 1-2 at the Commonwealth Games earlier this […]

Amber Schlebusch staged an exceptional comeback and won the first gold medal for Team South Africa in the women’s triathlon at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires on Sunday. After a poor start, Schlebusch struggled at the back of the field in the first two segments but moved up through the pack, overtaking […]

Chad le Clos completed another successful FINA Swimming World Cup meeting, winning four medals at the Budapest leg over the weekend! The four-time Olympic medallist won two gold medals and two silver in a repeat of the Eindhoven, Netherlands leg from a week ago. The South African swimmer tweeted afterwards: “Thanks to everyone back home […]

South Africa was leading by a whopping 12 points – with four minutes to play – in their match against world champions New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday… but in the very last minute the All Blacks staged a stunning comeback to secure a heartbreaking 32-30 victory over the Springboks. Sadly for […]

PRETORIA  – South Africa expect an all-out assault from world champions New Zealand when the two countries meet in their Rugby Championship test on Saturday, says Springbok captain Siya Kolisi. After the Springboks’ surprise away win in New Zealand last month, Kolishi is awaiting a backlash in the last match for both teams in this […]

Watch below as South African athlete – and new Discovery ambassador – Caster Semenya is treated to a Discovery “family” welcome (which by the way was a total surprise for her, she thought she was just going for a meeting)… Discovery founder and group chief executive, Adrian Gore, was on site to welcome Caster personally. […]

PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa have drafted number eight Francois Louw back into the team after an emergency call-up as one of three changes to face New Zealand in their Rugby Championship test at the Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Louw, 33, had gone back to play for Bath in the English Premiership after featuring for […]

South Africa’s Olympic and Commonwealth gold medallist Chad le Clos was on top form at the weekend’s FINA Swimming World Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands, winning four medals… including two Gold! In the 100-metre butterfly, Le Clos clocked 49.56sec to win the gold, while in the 200m butterfly, the Cape Town-based swimmer came from behind to […]