On Saturday morning South African high jumper Breyton Poole (17) had the crowd on its feet as he added six centimetres to his personal best… to scoop gold and secure the boys high jump title at the IAAF World U-18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. He had always been told he couldn’t do it… so he […]

Yay! South Africa’s Proteas produced far and away their best day of their entire England tour to date when they played themselves into a potentially winning position on the second day of the second Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday. In the absence of their suspended champion, Kagiso Rabada, the bowlers produced a […]

South Africa’s Carina Horn flew to a new South African 100-metre best on Friday… but there was one big problem blowing in the wind – an illegal tailwind. Horn was running at the Sotteville les Rouen national meeting in France. She clocked 11.05, which is 0.05ec inside the current best, held jointly by herself and […]

ENGLAND beat the Proteas by 211 runs inside four days in the first Test match which finished at Lord’s in London on Sunday. Set to make an unlikely 331 for victory the Proteas crumbled to 119 all out with Moeen Ali taking 6 wickets to give him 10 in the match. In truth, neither side’s […]

Standard Bank Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has been suspended for next week’s Trent Bridge Test after his accumulated demerit points reached four within a 24-month period following his latest breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for which he received a 15 per cent fine and one demerit point. During the opening day’s play […]

Congratulations to Jordy Smith who won the 2017 Ballito Pro, presented by Billabong, yesterday in South Africa. Jordy beat Brazilian Willian Cardoso in the finals, to claim his second Ballito Pro win… while fellow South African Mikey February, from Cape Town, clinched third position. Durban surf sensation, Jordy, claimed his victory in front of an […]

A half-century and four wickets by captain, Dané van Niekerk and a 65-ball 92 by Lizelle Lee laid the foundation for a resounding, 115-run victory for the Proteas over India, breaking their unbeaten streak when the sides met for the 18th match in the ICC Women’s World Cup in Leicester on Sunday. It was a […]

The Bulls, Lions, Stormers and Sharks have been confirmed as South Africa’s four Super Rugby competitors from 2018, SA Rugby announced on Friday. The Cheetahs and Kings have earlier informed SA Rugby of their intention to explore alternative playing opportunities in other international competitions.The announcement was made following a Special General Meeting of SA Rugby […]

Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk fired a crackerjack shot across the bows of any pretenders to his World Championship 400-metres crown in Switzerland on Thursday night, breaking Michael Johnson’s 21-year record in the 400m. Lining up for his first international one-lap event of the year, Van Niekerk cruised to a meeting […]

Joe Root celebrated his debut performance as England’s Test match captain with his 12th career century on the opening day of the first Test match against the Proteas at Lord’s in London on Thursday. It was also his second century against South Africa and the higher of his two, beating the 110 he made at […]

Dean Elgar has described the opportunity to lead the Proteas in the first Test match against England, which started today at Lord’s, as the proudest moment of his career. While the occasion of captaining at one of the most celebrated cricket grounds in the world can be overwhelming, Elgar says he will be treating the […]

Check out this awesome photo taken of a female runner in the Comrades Marathon – being helped on one side by her husband, and on the other by a stranger – just seconds before the cut-off time at this year’s legendary KwaZulu-Natal annual event. Comrades runner Sakky Sekgothe, posted the photo to a Comrades Marathon […]

South African granny Deirdre Larkin – who happens to be 85 – is making headlines around the world with her running achievements. In the last 24 hours she’s been featured in media from France to India. The inspiring granny – who’s become a bit of a legend in Johannesburg – holds the over-80 World Half […]

Proteas Test captain, Faf du Plessis, will miss the first Test match against England starting at Lord’s on Thursday due to family reasons, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced. Du Plessis returned home to South Africa for the birth of his first child, but will be unable to return in time for the opening match […]

Ouf – watch below for that moment when New Zealand midfielder Sonny Bill Williams caused the All Blacks to lose the second test… and got himself suspended for four weeks… as has been decided by a judicial hearing in Wellington on Sunday night. The suspension follows Sonny’s shoulder charge on opponent Anthony Watson, Lions’ wing, […]

South African cricket captain Faf du Plessis and his wife Imari welcomed their first child into the world on Thursday. Faf announced the happy news with an adorable photo on Twitter. Faf tweeted: “Our biggest blessing yet came in a small package.so very grateful ????” At this stage it’s unsure whether the Proteas star will […]

Some people hike it, some catch the cable car… and some youngsters casually skate it! It being South Africa’s iconic Table Mountain. Local Capetonian ZACH ZINN – and his mates Calvin, Devon and Jordan – filmed themselves enjoying this “short skate mission” on an abandoned road on Table Mountain on Monday. It makes you want […]

He went on record as saying he was going for something ‘ridiculous’ over the little-run 300-metre event on Wednesday night, and Wayde van Niekerk, South Africa’s golden boy of world athletics, made a world record victory look ridiculously easy. Competing at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in Czech Republic, the Rio Olympics 400m gold medallist […]

Waving the South African flag high, ‎Western Cape ultra-distance runner Ryan Sandes has just won the 2017 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in California. Ryan  (from Salomon Running) accomplished the incredible feat – from Squaw Valley to Auburn – in 16 hours 19 minutes and 38 seconds. Debby Hunter‎ posted the proud news to Comrades […]

South Africa won the third test against France in the Castle Lager Incoming Series 35-12, following wins in Pretoria and Durban earlier this month… scooping the series 3-0. Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, on Saturday praised the effort of his squad and management, but also had a special word of thanks to Springbok fans. “This was […]

Springbok captain Warren Whiteley has been withdrawn from the team to face France on Saturday because of a groin injury. Vice-captain, Eben Etzebeth, will now lead the Springboks in the third and final Castle Lager Incoming Series match at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. Whiteley has been managed throughout the series for his groin strain […]

CHRIS MORRIS led a superb bowling performance to enable the Standard Bank Proteas to secure a three-run series-levelling victory over England in the second T20 International at Taunton on Friday. The two teams now go to a series deciding match at Cardiff on Sunday. The Proteas, losing the toss and having to bat first, looked […]

A massive swell hit J-Bay this morning. According to photographer ROBBIE IRLAM, only South Africa’s  legendary Big Wave Tour World Champion Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker and two others ventured out to try their luck in the surf… Here are photos and video captured by Robbie, and MAARTEN VAN DE VELDE… Photos by Robbie IrlamPhotography: Grant Twig Baker […]

Legendary Comrades runner, Bruce Fordyce, was attacked by armed robbers on Friday morning in Westcliff, Johannesburg, at around 05h30 during a 10km run. The attackers took off with his cheap plastic watch… a glove he was wearing, and his shoes! Bruce told local press that the thieves were welcome to his shoes since “they’d already […]

Sjoe, goosebumps. Remember the beautiful heartfelt-letter that made world headlines when Joost van der Westhuizen’s grieving son, Jordan, wrote a letter to his dad in heaven… including a request for Joost to ask God  to make Liverpool Football Club win? It turns out, that letter captured not only the hearts of rugby fans around the […]