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Paterson’s career-best 5-71 puts Proteas in charge

Dane Paterson celebrates during a Proteas match. 2 minutes Seamer Dane Paterson took a career-best 5-71 as South Africa bowled Sri Lanka out for 328 on the third day of the second test at St George’s Park on Saturday before increasing their second-innings lead to 106 with nine wickets in hand at tea. A first…

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Melikhaya Frans wins 1 City Marathon

Gqeberha-based long distance runner Melikhaya Frans. 1 minute Gqeberha-based long distance runner Melikhaya Frans has won the ninth edition of the 1 City Marathon in Eastern Cape. The Nelson Mandela Bay’s flagship marathon saw over 2 000 athletics participate in the full, half, and 10-kilometre races respectively. Favourable weather conditions helped many runners to qualify for…

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Brisbane 2032 Olympic chief wants purpose-built main stadium

File image: Olympic rings. 2 minutes Brisbane Olympic chief Andrew Liveris has weighed in on the debate over the venues for the 2032 Summer Games, saying he would “love” a purpose-built arena as the main stadium for the sporting spectacular. Newly elected Queensland State Premier David Crisafulli last week announced a seven-member board would conduct…

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Comrades Marathon reopens entries with 1 000 additional slots

Comrades Marathon runners at the starting line. 1 minute Entries for the 2025 Comrades Marathon are to be re-opened for a limited period.  The Comrades Marathon Association’s (CMA) new board has announced that a limited number of 1 000 entries will be made available to athletes on a first-come-first-served basis. The CMA says this is…

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US’s Max Homa leads way at Nedbank Golf Challenge

Billboard for the tournament 2 minutes Defending champion Max Homa of the USA leads the way on six under par after the opening round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City. He’s one shot ahead of South Africa’s Ockie Strydom who completed his first round in five under par 67. Homa started where he…

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State requests for recusal of Jordaan’s lawyer

SAFA President Danny Jordaan and co-accused in the dock 1 minute The case involving South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan and is two co-accused has been postponed in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court at Palm Ridge to next Tuesday for an urgent applications to be heard. The state argued that, Advocate Norman Arendse…

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Former Springbok lock, coach John Williams has died

Former Test lock and South Africa’s first post-isolation Springbok coach Dr John Williams passed away on Thursday morning. 1 minute Former Springbok lock and the first national coach post isolation, John Williams, has died in a Pretoria hospital after being in a coma for the past 10 days. Williams was a star-player for the Blue…

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Union to approach SAFA regarding unpaid player bonuses

The SAFA NEC with Minister Gayton McKenzie early this year. 3 minutes The South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) says it will do everything possible to get the attention of the South African Football Association (SAFA) leadership to resolve the impasse of unpaid bonuses. Both Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana have not received match bonuses…

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