Sports

South African swimming youngsters appear to have a winning streak. Swimming sensation Kris Mihaylov shot to first place in the 200m butterfly at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Bucharest, Romania. The race was on Sunday night. Kris Mihaylov is now South Africa’s latest swimming world champion following Pieter Coetzee’s record-breaking backstroke performance at […]

It was a battle of talent and skill on the pitch of the International Cricket Championship (ICC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. South Africa was pitted against Australia. The ICC Test Championship brought nine national teams from across the globe to take on each other to determine the ultimate cricket champion team. The teams compete across

The English Rugby Team – the Roses – has “captured” three South African Rugby nationals Players from competing against their home country. In the case of the trio of Duhan Van Der Merwe, Pierre Schoeman and Benhard Janse van Rensburg based in the United Kingdom they competed in the Junior Boks at a time when

Accomplishments in Swimming are forged in championships. When South African athletes Rebecca Meder and Erin Gallagher both made it through to the semifinals of their first event on the opening day of the swimming programme at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Meder obtained her place in the 200m individual medley semifinals with

South Africa secured a 55-10 win over Georgia at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday, 19 July 2025 for the Rugby World Championships. It was Springbok star player Retshegofaditswe ‘Tshego’ Nché also popularly known as ‘Ox’ Nché who scored the winning goals. Fans and social media were ecstatic by the win. Nché’s dominance as the prop in

The South African Cricket team shone in T20 Tri-Series in Harare, Zimbabwe. This was when the Proteas was called upon to put in their efforts against Zimbabwe and New Zealand teams respectively. The Proteas took out their Zimbabwean hosts with a five-wicket win. George Linde scored with the ball for South Africa. He took three

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2025 is being commenced in the North African nation of Morocco. In a test of strategy and strength Ghana’s Black Queens Head Coach Kim Lars Björkegren is set to train his team to go up against South Africa’s Banyana Banyana (the Girls) in the Moroccan city of Oudja. Ghana

Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and globally renowned advocate for girls’ education, has once again turned the world’s attention to the plight of women in Afghanistan—this time, through the lens of sport. In a powerful new statement, Yousafzai called on international sports organizations to demonstrate “bravery and courage” by creating opportunities for Afghan

The annual Ocean 8 Charity Swim held over the Youth Day weekend on the Durban beachfront raised more than R1.1 million for fourteen local charities. The number of swimmers who participated in the race numbered around 250. They took to the ocean between June 14 and 16, participating in four swim distances, the 1,4,8 and

The Springboks Sevens ‘A’ side beat Madagascar 26-12 in the final of the Rugby Sevens at Labourdonnais Sports Club in Mauritius on Sunday to become the champions at the Rugby Africa tournament. The Springboks won the continental Championships in the tropical paradise of Mauritius. South African Rugby fans are thrilled. The Springboks enjoyed smooth sailing