Category: Sports

Tian Meyer will replace the Cheetahs’ injured skipper and scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar in their team for Saturday’s Super Rugby Unlocked third-round encounter with the Lions in Johannesburg.  Former age-group international Junior Pokomela takes over as the Cheetahs captain. Pienaar injury blow hits Cheetahs Pienaar, the experienced former Springbok No 9, sustained a serious knee injury […]

Lions skipper Elton Jantjies has been ruled out of the team’s first home match of the Super Rugby Unlocked campaign. Jantjies suffered a grade 1 calf injury during training on Tuesday 20 October and will miss the match against the unbeaten Cheetahs. Kriel to captain depleted Lions Centre Dan Kriel has been named skipper for […]

Marcel van der Merwe will get his first start since returning to Pretoria from France earlier this year, when the Bulls host Sharks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. White tweaks starting XV Director of Rugby Jake White has made a few changes to his team for this clash against the Sharks, after the Bulls narrow […]

For Red Bull BMX Athlete, Murray Loubser that daydream was captured into an almost hypnotic video where he is transported from a lecture room into a BMX scene scape, sessioning some of the most iconic locations around the City of Cape Town, in ‘Shapes in the City’. Shapes in the City Conceived by Loubser and his friend […]

The top performers from the 2019/20 Premier Soccer League (PSL) campaign were rewarded for their brilliance on Thursday night at the SuperSport Studios in Randburg at the annual awards evening. This year’s awards ceremony was held through a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic however the hype remained the same with Mamelodi Sundowns’ Themba […]

It was a night to remember for former Multichoice Diski Challenge star Lassina Traore after he made his debut in Europe’s elite club competition, the UEFA Champions League, for Ajax Amsterdam. The former Ajax Cape Town reserve striker came on during the final seven minutes of Ajax Amsterdam’s 1-0 loss against Liverpool in their 2020/21 […]

Uefa Champions League and Europa League results: Uefa club competitions got their first group stage matchdays out of the way this week with the Champions League starting on Tuesday and the Europa League staging a bumper evening on Thursday. Real Madrid suffered a 3-2 defeat away to Shakhtar Donetsk in what was perhaps the shock […]

After a short turnaround, there is a fresh batch of PSL fixtures coming this weekend, as the 2020/21 season kicks off. All 16 top-flight clubs will be in action over the next two days, with a number of exciting match-ups on the card. PSL fixtures on Saturday The action begins with one of the biggest […]

A sense of normalcy returns to mass-participation sport this weekend when mountain bikers and trail runners get to compete in their first major event of the year. The two-day Illovo Eston Trail Challenge takes place on Saturday and Sunday, while the start of the Sappi Karkloof Classic Challenge provides a double delight for trail enthusiasts. […]

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has revealed names of players enrolled in the men’s national academy. The development programme was overhauled in November last year, with the women’s academy intake announced in February 2020. Fresh talent identified  Ahead of the start of the domestic season, it was the men’s turn on Friday, with a number of […]