The Springbok Sevens team arrived safely in the “Land of the Long White Cloud” on Sunday and South African speedsters Siviwe Soyizwapi and Rosko Specman said they are keen for the HSBC Wellington Sevens to start in the New Zealand capital on Saturday morning (SA time). The tournament, the third in the 2016/2017 HSBC World […]

According to Sport24 the future of Allister Coetzee as Springbok coach is under question. In a report Sunday morning, Sport24 quoted South African Rugby (SARU) President Mark Alexander as saying “we’re not sure which way we’re going, whether we’re keeping Allister or not”. After the Springboks’ historic losses in Europe last year (including to Italy […]

Cricket South Africa has announced Sunday evening that AB de Villiers has passed his fitness test and has been added to the South African national squad for the third T20 against Sri Lanka. Despite some brilliant performances – and Lungi Ngidi achieving his best T20 figures to date – Sri Lanka won the second match […]

South Africa’s Proteas unveiled the latest jewel in their fast bowling crown when Lungi Ngidi took a superb 2/12 to help bowl SA’s national cricket side to a 19-run victory over Sri Lanka in the opening KFC T20 International match at SuperSport Park on Friday evening. David Miller was also on fire and this morning Twitter is […]

South African rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen – or somebody administering his Twitter account – Friday denied reports that he was in critical condition in hospital, as had been widely reported in South African media and around the world. [UPDATE 6 Feb: Joost van der Westhuizen has sadly passed away at the age of 45.] “Thank […]

If you’re yearning for the ocean… take a ride with one of South Africa’s hottest young pro surfers – Shane Sykes. In this awesome video – ‘White Rain’ – the 19-year-old from Salt Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, has teamed up with his award-winning partner Steven Michelsen again. Last March the duo won the inaugural ZigZag Short Film Competition […]

Amazing South African Joey Evans (41) has achieved his ultimate dream and conquered the impossible by reaching the Dakar podium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And along the way he has won so many fans around the world, and inspired each and every one… not to mention how proud he has made South Africans everywhere. Racing at […]

Thama Jeffrey Nkonyane is about to collect the biggest cheque of his 32-year long career after helping England’s Graeme Storm to victory in the South African Open at a packed and thrilled Glendower on Sunday afternoon. The Englishman went toe to toe with Rory McIlroy, but came out on top at the third playoff hole. Storm might […]

Pretoria’s Patrick Selepe will make history next month when he becomes the first official with a disability to work as a chair umpire in South African Davis Cup competition. Originally from Limpopo, Selepe – a former wheelchair tennis player – has a prosthetic leg after losing his limb to bone cancer in 1996. After losing his […]

It’s hard to quibble when the 54-hole leader last made a bogey 41 holes ago, and that’s exactly the position in which England’s Graeme Storm found himself after Saturday’s third round of the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni. Storm fired a five-under-par 67 to reach 17-under for the tournament at Glendower […]

Cricket South Africa said it all when they tweeted: “Brilliant effort manne! Congratulations on the series white wash.” The Proteas’ pace bowling quartet claimed 16 wickets between them on day three to bowl South Africa to an innings and 118 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the final Test match at Wanderers Stadium on Saturday, and […]

VERNON PHILANDER and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets apiece as the Proteas tightened their grip on the second day of the final Sunfoil Test match against Sri Lanka at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Friday. When bad light caused an early close the visitors had reached 80/4 in their first innings in reply to the […]

HASHIM AMLA today became the eighth Protea to complete a century of Test match appearances for the Proteas when the third Sunfoil Test match between the Proteas and Sri Lanka started at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium this morning. He follows in the footsteps of Jacques Kallis (165 matches), Mark Boucher (146), Graeme Smith (116), Shaun […]

Northern Irish professional golf player Rory McIlroy had a very close call with a lion on a South African safari over the weekend! The 27-year-old tweeted a video of the encounter saying: “We’ve had a trip of a lifetime to Londolozi over the last few days. This big guy came to say hello last night!!” He told […]

FARHAAN BEHARDIEN has been appointed as stand-in captain of the Standard Bank Proteas for the first two matches in the KFC T20 International Series against Sri Lanka. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has named a 13-man squad that includes six new caps in this format – Jon-Jon Smuts, Theunis de Bruyn, Mangaliso Mosehle, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dane Paterson […]

A South African-built Hilux came second yesterday, just 44 seconds behind the winner, in Stage Five of the Dakar… currently taking place in South America. Spanish rally racer Nani Roma was in the driver’s seat, with Spanish co-driver Haro Bravo Alex, for what is touted as the toughest and greatest rally in the world, pitting about […]

An emotional Kyle Abbott confirmed in a press conference Thursday that he has committed to take up a Kolpak contract in Hampshire at the start of the forthcoming England season. After much media speculation, Abbott confirmed he had signed the deal five months ago and had wanted to make the announcement at the end of this Test […]

PENNINGTON, KZN – Former South African golf champion Wayne Westner has died in tragic circumstances, after a ‘hostage drama’ at his home in Pennington on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. South African Police Services (SAPS) confirmed that the sportsman died on Wednesday morning by a gunshot wound to the right side of his head. According to local reports, the 55-year-old […]

Congratulations to Proteas wicket keeper Quinton de Kock for breaking the record for the fewest innings taken by a keeper batsman to reach 1,000 Test runs… which he accomplished in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday. He reached the mark during his knock of 101 on Tuesday, on day two of the Test against Sri Lanka. […]

Proteas seamer, Vernon Philander insisted that results were all that mattered after he starred with the ball to leave Sri Lanka on the ropes after two days of the second Sunfoil Test at PPC Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday. The 31-year-old took 4/27 to move past 150 Test wickets in his 39th match for […]

Kyle Abbott struck the decisive early blows as South Africa’s Proteas needed just 40 minutes to take the remaining five Sri Lankan wickets and claim victory by 206 runs in the first Sunfoil Test match which finished at St. George’s Park today. Abbott dismissed Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews in the third over of the day […]

Following the “unfortunate incidents” that occurred in Polokwane on Saturday, 12 November 2016, after the match between Bafana Bafana and Senegal, the South African Football Association (SAFA) has “released” Head Coach Ephraim Shakes Mashaba with immediate effect, SAFA announced Thursday. Mashaba had been placed on suspension after the incident – in which he made strong […]

South Africa’s Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock has been named as the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year, and Marais Erasmus was awarded the David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year. De Kock is the second South African player after AB de Villiers (2010, 2014 and 2015) and ninth overall to clinch this award. In the voting […]

The Springboks will welcome France to South Africa for the first time since 2010 when the two nations clash in three Tests next June. It will also be the first series of three Tests against Les Bleus since 1967. The encounters are scheduled for Pretoria, Durban and Johannesburg as announced at the Cape Town Sevens […]

South African cricketer AB de Villiers has decided to step down as captain of the Standard Bank Proteas Test team with immediate effect. De Villiers was appointed in January following Hashim Amla’s resignation, and led the team in two Test matches against England before injury forced him to miss the series against New Zealand and Australia […]