Category: Sports

The world’s largest three-day mountain bike stage race, the KAP sani2c, is set to be the highlight of a Covid-19 stricken 2020 race calendar, as South Africa’s best marathon mountain bikers battle it out for the title. The tough 265km of racing between Underberg and Scottburgh in KwaZulu-Natal takes place next week from December 3-5, […]

Belgian club Genk will retire the No 16 jersey previously worn by Anele Ngcongca following the former Bafana Bafana star’s tragic death. READ | ANELE NGCONGCA’S NAME ADDED TO LONG LIST OF PSL PLAYERS TO HAVE DIED ON SA ROADS Ngcongca was killed in a car accident on Monday morning when the vehicle in which […]

Yet another South African-born player is set to make Flower of Scotland his new anthem. The Edinburgh Rugby club has confirmed that flyhalf Jaco van der Walt is set to be called up to the Scotland squad for the Autumn Nations Cup playoffs next weekend. VAN DER WALT PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR THE LIONS As a […]

Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana will fly the South African flag at the 2020 Fifa TheBest awards after being nominated for the prestigious Puskas award. FIFA has revealed the candidates shortlisted for seven of the individual trophies that will be presented at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony on 17 December and Kekana is up […]

The Proteas international summer begins with a T20I series against England that gets underway on Friday 27 November at Newlands. Due to the ongoing global nastiness, the match will take place behind closed doors with only essential personnel allowed into Newlands. Proteas vs England: First T20I preview England come into the series with the benefit […]

Thomas du Toit returns to the Sharks’ starting line-up for their opening match of the 2020/21 Currie Cup against the Pumas in Durban on Friday. Kick-off is at 19:00. JEREMY WARD REMAINS SKIPPER OF THE SIDE The Sharks will continue to be captained by Jeremy Ward, who took over the leadership of the team during […]

After months of controversy and speculation, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that it will release a summary of the Fundudzi forensic report to the media and general public on 25 November. CSA’s interim board believe it is in the best interests of cricket that the report is made public erasing all doubt regarding what is […]

The European Tour and Sunshine Tour have withdrawn James Kamte from the co-sanctioned Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club after he was identified as a close contact of his caddie, who tested positive for Covid-19. A statement on the European Tour’s website, read: In accordance with South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ […]

As the summer paddling season hits full swing, the organisers of the 2021 MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon have launched a brand new Dusi Series which will see paddlers fight it out for overall honours in the three main pre-Dusi races and the Dusi Marathon itself from the 18th to 20 February. Dusi Series launched Making […]

South African-born England cricket great, Kevin Pietersen, has achieved every golfer’s dream – a hole-in-one. And the star batsman had the feat captured on camera! Pietersen holed out for an ace at the par-3, 2nd hole at the Skukuza Golf Club inside the Kruger National Park. After the round Pietersen was presented with a certificate […]