South African surfer Steven Sawyer has been crowned the 2018 World Surf League, World Longboard Champion at the Taiwan Open of Surfing, defeating long-boarding legend Kai Sallas from Hawaii in clean, one metre waves at Jinzun Harbour in Taitung. The 24-year-old from Jeffreys Bay was on fire all event but saved his best performances for […]

Banyana Banyana may have lost in the AWCON final on Saturday night in Ghana… but for South Africans they are winners nonetheless, and congratulatory messages have still been pouring in for the silver-medal winners who have booked themselves a spot in the Women’s World Cup in France next year. SAFA Acting CEO Russell Paul thanked […]

Former Springbok hooker and Cheetah coach Naka Drotské (47) is in a stable condition after being shot three times by armed robbers at his brother’s home in Kameeldrift near Pretoria, in South Africa, last night. Naka and fellow ex-Bok and business partner, Os du Randt, were apparently enjoying a braai on Thinus Drotské’s smallholding when […]

South Africa’s women’s national football team has made history Tuesday night by qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup for the FIRST time ever. World Cup bound ✈️ @FIFAWWC @CAF_Online pic.twitter.com/9BsAECfDUC — SAFA.net (@SAFA_net) November 27, 2018 This comes following their 2-0 win over Mali tonight in the AWCON 2018 semi-finals in Ghana. Banyana […]

SA Rugby President, Mark Alexander, has praised Springbok winger Aphiwe Dyantyi for scooping the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year Award at a glittering function in Monaco on Sunday evening. In doing so, the 24-year-old Dyantyi became the first South African to win this prestigious award for players in their debut international season. The […]

The Springboks finished their Outgoing Tour to the United Kingdom and France on a disappointing note on Saturday evening when Wales defeated them by 20-11 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The South Africans now return home from their month-long tour of the northern hemisphere with two wins and two losses, following wins over France […]

Sadly the Springboks have ended their fairly triumphant end-of-year tour with a 20-11 loss to Wales in Cardiff on Saturday… making it the fourth time in a row that the Welsh team have beaten South Africa, and leaving questions about the World Cup. After kicking off the tour with a very close loss to England, […]

South African expat rugby winger DTH (Daniel Tailliferre Hauman) van der Merwe scored two tries for Canada on Friday, ensuring that Canada has now booked its place at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Scoring two out of the team’s three tries, van der Merwe’s effort took Canada to a 27-10 victory over Hong […]

CAPE TOWN  – Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi is expected to be sidelined with a knee injury for around 12 weeks, ruling him out of South Africa’s home test series against Pakistan starting next month as he seeks to be regain full fitness for the 2019 World Cup. Ngidi injured his knee while fielding in a […]

A 15-year-old from Ningizimu Special School in Montclair, Durban has been selected to compete in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next year. But Asisipho Sosibo says her excitement has been dampened by delays getting her passport at the Department of Home Affairs. “I’m so happy to get this […]

South African middle-distance athletics superstar Caster Semenya has been controversially left out by the IAFF in its shortlist of five finalists for its Female World Athlete of the Year award for 2018. The International Association of Athletics Federations on Monday announced the shortlist of five, with the winner due to be announced in Monaco on 4 […]

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 […]