Bronze medal winning SA relay team Team South Africa is not down in the dumps following another poor harvest from the World Athletics Championships in Japan Tuesday morning. They ended an eight-year world championships medal drought, but the team of 49 athletes returned with just one medal, a bronze by the men’s four-by-400 metres relay…
New Zealand’s Cameron Roigard during training for Autumn International at the Lensbury hotel in London, Britain on November 1, 2024 New Zealand‘s mission to retain the Bledisloe Cup against Australia has helped the All Blacks move on from the pain of their record defeat to South Africa, assistant coach Jason Holland said on Tuesday. The…
Letsile Tebogo wins in men’s 4x400m relays for team Botswana during World Athletics Championships 2025 Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate its team’s gold medal in the men’s 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo to become the first African winners of the event. Collen Kebinatshipi, who also won the individual 400 metres,…
Team World player Taylor Fritz celebrates after winning a point against Team Europe player Carlos Alcaraz at the Laver Cup at Chase Centre Taylor Fritz delivered the decisive blow at the Laver Cup on Sunday by beating Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6(4) as Team World completed a 15-9 win over Team Europe to reclaim the men’s…
November 2, 2021 South Africa’s Temba Bavuma in action. The South African cricket team will start the defence of its ICC World Test Championship title without Captain Temba Bavuma. Bavuma has been ruled out of the upcoming all-format tour to Pakistan as he continues his recovery from a calf strain sustained during the recent tour…
Harold “Dickie” Bird at a cricket match Legendary English cricket umpire, Harold “Dickie” Bird, has died at the age of 92. Bird, one of the most beloved umpires in the history of the game, officiated in 66 Tests and 69 One Day Internationals, including three World Cup finals. He made his umpiring debut in 1970…
Former Olympic champion, Daniel Stahl of Sweden won Former Olympic champion, Daniel Stahl of Sweden won the last gold medal of the 2025 World Athletics Championships, today with the penultimate throw of a men’s discus final delayed for more than 2 hours by rain. World record holder, Mykolas Alekna managed the only legal throw before…
Paris St Germain’s Ousmane Dembele celebrates after winning the men’s Ballon d’Or award. Paris St Germain’s France international Ousmane Dembele said winning the Ballon d’Or was never a personal goal but admitted he could not hold back tears when he spoke about his family after being named the world’s best player on Monday. The forward…
Team South Africa don’t qualify to run the men’s four by 100 metre relay today at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Team South Africa’s men’s four-by-100 relay team failed to qualify for Sunday afternoon’s final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The Paris Olympic Games silver medalists were allowed to rerun their race,…
Javelin thrower, Jo-Ane du Plessis came 4th at the Tokyo World Championships 2025. Eight days into the Athletics World Championships in Japan, and still no reason for Team South Africa to celebrate. Javelin thrower, Jo-Ane du Plessis, had to settle for 4th place in the women’s final, despite a season’s best of 63.06m. The Paris…
