Comrades Marathon winner David Gatebe received a standing ovation this morning at the Old Mutual Comrades prize breakfast where he was honoured for his new Comrades Race record of 5 hours, 18 minutes and 19 seconds. Gatebe, who previously won the 2013 Two Oceans Marathon, graciously attributed his win to his coach’s regime. He had […]

Hollywood star, seven-time Mr Olympia and former Governor of California  Arnold Schwarzenegger was spotted strolling through Sandton City this afternoon. He’s in the country for the inaugural Arnold Classic Africa 2016 which is showcasing some of South Africa’s top boxing talent along with 46 other sports codes. (UPDATE: Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger gets chased by elephant on […]

South Africans have praised athlete Wayde van Niekerk for being more than just a winner on the track. On Thursday the 23-year-old sportsman donated half a million rand to Newborns Groote Schuur Trust. According to Athletics Africa, Wayde himself was delivered prematurely and spent weeks in an incubator at Groote Schuur Hospital’s Neonatal Unit. The 400m prodigy, born […]

In a nail-biting, close finish at the Italian Moto 3 Grand Prix today South African rider Brad Binder clinched his third win in a row… increasing his lead in the Moto 3 Championship! MotoGP tweeted: “It really doesn’t get much closer than that ? A huge leading group throughout the entire 20 lap saga, ending with […]

In a beautiful corner of the south of France lies a town called Montpelier… and there you will find a growing group of South African women – all married to well known SA rugby players – who share recipes and friendship through a blog called C’est la Vie, while their husbands play for French Top […]

There’s no stopping South African rider Brad Binder as he clinched his second Moto 3 GP win yesterday, Sunday 9 May, with Binder telling journalists “the Championship is looking good!” The 20-year-old won the French Moto 3 grand prix at the legendary Le Mans’ Bugatti circuit, extending his lead in the race for the world championship title. Last month […]

Nineteen-year-old KwaZulu-Natal surfer Shane Sykes has won the Volcom South Africa’s TCT ‘Rhinofish’ video trails with this 1-minute video which he not only surfed in, but edited himself. The competition was open to South African surfers under the age of 20 and was voted for by the public. The Salt Rock teenager has won a trip to […]

South African pro surfer Bianca Buitendag throws some fresh perspective onto arguably Africa’s best left… at Skeleton Bay in Namibia. The 27-year-old begins the video by quoting the African proverb: “I envy the man who has not yet put his foot in Africa… because he has so much to look forward to…” The breathtaking footage […]

Here’s sportmanship at its best – two tough rugby players setting a great example. The Sharks’ Willie Le Roux and Highlanders’ Jason Emery… after the horrendous tackle on Friday in New Zealand. Jason tweeted to Willie: “again, just want 2 apologise for what happened 2night. I’m just thankful u came out of that collision ok & continued […]

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula announced Monday that he has revoked the right of Athletics South Africa (ASA), Cricket SA (CSA), Netball SA (NSA) and SA Rugby Union (SARU) to host international tournaments because of their failure to reach the agreed transformation targets. He said the measures are to speed up transformation which is vital morally and […]

South Africa’s famous Dungeons delivered some 6+ metre swells on Saturday. Local photographer ROBYN GWILT was lucky enough to get a boat ride from Hout Bay out to the legendary Big Wave Surf Spot. “These guys have balls to get towed out there,” says Robyn. “…and then dumped in the middle of it all to ride […]

Twenty-year-old Brad Binder has become the first South African to win a Moto 3 GP race in 36 years in an incredible performance that saw him take the lead at the 2016 Spanish Moto3 Grand Prix, after starting stone last. “Take a bow, Brad Binder,” said one British commentator who claimed it was the most incredible […]

African National Congress member of parliament, Strike Ralegoma, has called for the Springbok emblem to be removed from national team rugby jerseys in favour of there being one emblem – the Protea – for all South Africa’s sports teams. Ralegoma made the call Tuesday during a meeting of South Africa’s parliamentary portfolio committee on sport and recreation. […]

Leonie Stander Delport and Sonja Viljoen Stall, both doctors from Kroonstad, have successfully completed the challenging #NorthPoleMarathon… and thus joined the #GrandSlamClub, making history as the first South African female athletes to become Associate Members of the prestigious Club! After completing the North Pole Marathon this weekend, the two South African friends – who have worked together […]

Sports enthusiast Princess Charlene of Monaco was at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday to watch Rafael Nadal win his ninth Monte-Carlo crown. The former South African Olympic swimmer, who was born in Zimbabwe and moved to Benoni when she was 11, accompanied her husband Prince Albert II to the match… on a day that marks the […]

As predicted, Allister “Toetie” Coetzee has been named as head coach of the Springbok rugby team for the next four years! Oregan Hoskins, president of SA Rugby (SARU) said Coetzee’s appointment ushers in an exciting new era for rugby in South Africa. The 52-year-old former Springbok assistant coach succeeds Heyneke Meyer at a time when a number […]

Louis Oosthuizen is the latest South African player to have brought an element of surprise and entertainment  to the US Masters at Augusta National in the USA this past week…after successfully hitting a deflected hole-in-one! TV commentators said they’d NEVER seen anything like it in their lives! This follows Gary Player’s record-breaking performance, becoming the oldest golfer – at […]

The Sharks are spreading a whole lot of love…and some fun…with what might be a first for South African sport – a ‘Kiss Cam’ at a Sharks rugby match. Watch Video: Kiss Cam at the Sharks Match Were you caught on our Kiss Cam this past weekend? Posted by The Sharks on Thursday, 31 March […]

While 80-year-old South African sportsman Gary Player became the oldest player to score a hole-in-one at the Masters Par-3 contest, on Wednesday, fellow South African golfer Ernie Els also broke a record on Thursday. But for the opposite reason. Els (46) took a whopping 9 at the first hole to record the worst ever first-hole score at […]

What a shot. What a legend! Gary Player almost danced for joy yesterday after becoming the oldest golfer to hit a hole-in-one at the Masters Par 3 contest. The 80-year-old South African sportsman was playing with fellow golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson when he used the slope on the seventh hole to pull the ball back […]

Congratulations to Durbanite Jordy Smith who has surfed his way into second place at the 2016 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Australia. This puts Jordy into a tied third place on the international pro surfer’s leaderboard. It’s been a tough year or so for Jordy who has been plagued by injury, and marks the first […]

Cliff divers Orlando Duque and Jonathan Paredes went in search of a challenge – and found it at Victoria Falls, Zambia, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. “This is one of the most beautiful places,” says Duque, who, with 13 cliff-diving world titles, two Guinness world records and more than 20 years […]

Western Cape ER24 paramedics helped rescue a paraglider from a precarious cliff this evening near Brenton-on-Sea. According to ER24 Spokesperson Pieter Rossouw the paramedics “showed exceptional skills earlier this evening when they assisted in the rescue of a paraglider who had fallen from a cliff”. The female patient allegedly did not get enough height when she […]

Today – 1 April – newspapers and radio stations in South Africa have announced that Heyneke Meyer is set to be reappointed as Springbok coach, after stepping down in early December 2015. Eyewitness News calls Meyer’s “dramatic return” a “major shock”. Local media say the decision has been influenced by South African Rugby Union’s (SARU’s) wish […]

Hlompho Kekana’s amazing goal for Bafana Bafana in their match against Cameroon on Saturday is making world headlines with many – like Britain’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper – heralding the long range wonder goal as “Beckham-esque”, some say even better. SA Football Association (SAFA) predict the astonishing goal – reminiscent of David Beckham’s long-distance strike against Wimbledon in 1996 […]