A 92-year-old (super) woman from Johannesburg walked her way into a likely world record this weekend by probably becoming the first woman in her age group – in the WORLD – to complete a 20km walk race. Cecily Rootenberg, is set to apply to the World Masters Athletics organisation to have her performance recognised as […]

The Proteas wrapped up the ODI Series with a 200-run victory over Bangladesh in the final match at Buffalo Park in East London on Sunday. The 3-0 series victory gives them the No. 1 ICC ranking in this format for the time being. Today’s victory was marred by the lower back injury suffered by captain […]

AB DE VILLIERS announced his return to international cricket in the most emphatic, imperious and sublime manner possible with his 25th career ODI century and remarkably his first ever against Bangladesh in the second Momentum One-Day International at Eurolux Boland Park on Wednesday. Watch him talk about today’s awesome performance below. The fact that the […]

South African cricketer AB de Villiers received a standing ovation in Paarl today as he secured his 25th One Day International (ODI) century and scored a career best 176! The achievement puts him into joint sixth position with Kumar Sangakkara for all-time century makers. Tweeting from the ODI against Bangladesh in South Africa, Cricket SA […]

Congratulations to South African pro triathlete James Cunnama who came fifth in the 2017 World Ironman Championship – held in Kona, Hawaii – on Saturday 14 October 2017. It’s been a big build-up to the World Champs… with James focussed not only on training, but visualising the race too. In an interview published on Ironman’s […]

Update: Shane Warne sadly died today (4 March 2022) at the age of 52 from a suspected heart attack. The below interview is from 2017.  Australian cricket legend Shane Warne reckons his favourite tour ever was going to South Africa in 1994, and that “there’s something special about the South Africans”. In an interview on […]

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has confirmed that Eben Etzebeth will retain the captaincy of the national side on the Outgoing Tour to the Northern Hemisphere in November and December. Etzebeth will again lead the side in the continued injury absence of No 8 Warren Whiteley, who has been ruled out of the tour to Ireland, […]

Kagiso Rabada completed his second five-wicket haul of the match and his third 10-wicket haul overall as the Proteas beat Bangladesh by an innings and 254 runs in the second Sunfoil Test match that finished in three days at the Mangaung Oval on Sunday. He also became the youngest South African bowler ever  to take […]

Bafana Bafana responded in gallant fashion to outclass Burkina Faso in this entertaining FIFA World Cup qualifier at FNB Stadium on a drizzling Saturday afternoon. After losing in back to back matches against Cape Verde, Bafana Bafana showed what they are made of with some scintillating football that bamboozled the confounded the West Africans. With […]

The All Blacks may have won the rugby today in South Africa (by just one point), but the Springboks put on a brilliant performance – totally transforming from their last horrendous encounter with New Zealand, just last month (when they lost 57-0) – to deliver a breathtaking match that paid tribute to the good-hearted rivalry […]

Lood de Jager has earned a well-deserved start, while Pieter-Steph du Toit moves from lock to blindside flanker to give the Springboks more lineout options – both on attack and defence – on Saturday against the All Blacks in Cape Town, South Africa. In another change to the loose trio, Francois Louw will run out […]

KAGISO RABADA took on the responsibility of leading the attack in the absence of Morne Morkel in spectacular style as the Proteas thrashed Bangladesh by 333 runs with time and overs to spare on the final day of the first Test match at Senwes Park on Monday. Rabada needed just 19 balls to blow away […]

Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, says he took a number of “positive signs” from the South African team’s 27-27 draw against Australia’s Wallabies in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The Springboks missed a last-minute penalty from long range to win the match, which was a good summary of his team’s performance, said […]

BANGLADESH put up a defiant performance on day three of the first Sunfoil Test match at Senwes Park on Saturday to keep the Standard Bank Proteas first innings lead in check and then prevent them from increasing it too rapidly. When bad light brought play to a slightly early finish the Proteas still held a […]

South African athletics star Wayde van Niekerk presented the Springboks with their matchday jerseys on the eve of their Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Van Niekerk, the 400m world record holder and Olympic champion, delivered a short and inspirational message to the team on Friday morning. “We as […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) President, Chris Nenzani, confirmed today that CSA and Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, has mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect. Nenzani cited the reason as being due to a breakdown in the relationship between the Board and Lorgat. “We recently tried on a few occasions to remedy the situation between […]

South Africans have reacted to the mega-whitewash that took place Saturday in Albany, New Zealand… where the mighty All Blacks thrashed the Springboks 57-0. When faced with the humiliating defeat, of course South Africans have brought out their humour. See below… Today’s score was South Africa’s worst defeat in its history (in other words 111 […]

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) says it has heard with shock and deep sadness of the passing of two of its coaches, and the critical injuries to two others in an incident in Laudium last night. The two deceased are Given Nkosi, 24, and Charlson Maseko, 26, both Laudium Cricket Club coaches, while those seriously injured […]

In what was in effect a rubber-stamping of an agreement reached in July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the 2024 Olympic Games to Paris, France, and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles in the United States. With the IOC members gathered for an official session in Lima, Peru, IOC president Thomas Bach made […]

Two photos of an incident at the South African Cross Country Champs this weekend are sweeping social media… with their perfect display of what a true champion constitutes. In a beautiful gesture of Ubuntu and good sportsmanship, a competing athlete gave up his own chance of doing well in order to help another – from […]

Standing 2.03 metres tall, Kevin Anderson was the tallest man to ever play a Grand Slam tennis final but that’s where the brave South African’s advantage ended as he was swept away in straight sets by the hurricane force that was Rafael Nadal in the US Open on Sunday evening. Spain’s Nadal won 6-3 6-3 […]

They first met when they were both 12-years-old. Eager young tennis players at the Junior Nike Masters in Stuggart, with hopes and dreams of one day playing the world circuit. Fast forward 19 years, and both South Africa’s Kevin Anderson and Spain’s Rafael Nadal have made their dreams come true. But tonight they both have […]

In a repeat of the 2016 result, South Africans Hank McGregor and Andrew Birkett gave the host nation a perfect one-two in the men’s K1 events at the ICF Canoe World Marathon Championships at Camps Drift on Saturday. After the finish, an unusually emotional McGregor paid homage to both the home crowd and his support […]

Since many people are arguing online about which South Africans have or have not played in the Final at the US Open, and since we’re all very excited about Kevin Anderson’s match against Spaniard Rafael Nadal in New York on Sunday, here are a few stats that may help: Kevin Anderson is the first South […]

South African expat and former tennis champion, Johan Kriek, has updated his Facebook timeline with a fantastic trip down memory lane… as he escapes Hurricane Irma (which is heading for his home in Florida), and returns to the US Open to support fellow SA expat Kevin Anderson as he steps onto the court at Arthur Ashe […]