Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus. Springboks will take to the Loftus Versfeld pitch on Saturday against Italy with centre Jesse Kriel as their captain, making him the 67th player to skipper the Boks in a test match. Regular captain Siya Kolisi is ruled out through stiffness – first in the neck and then the Achilles tendon…
Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams in action. Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams struck a fluent 137 from 164 balls on day two of the first test against South Africa in Bulawayo on Sunday, but the visitors were in command with a 216-run lead and nine second-innings wickets remaining. A South African side missing several regulars will resume on 49…
The Proteas during a match. The South African men’s cricket team has taken an expected 1-0 lead in the two-match test series against Zimbabwe. The Proteas beat their hosts by 328 runs at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, wrapping up the match with a day and a half to spare. Zimbabwe, that were set…
[FILE IMAGE]: Springbok players line up before a match. Springbok lock Jean Kleyn has been ruled out of the squad for the incoming series after sustaining an injury during the team’s 54-7 victory against the Barbarians in Cape Town on Saturday. Kleyn, who started the match with lock partner Lood de Jager, will return to…
[FILE IMAGE]: Springbok players line up before a match. Scrum guru, Daan Human, says South Africa were given a thorough test against two of the best tight-head props in the French league when they scrummed down against the Barbarians on Saturday. Human is expecting more of the same against Italy when the incoming tour begins…
United States’ Coco Gauff embraces Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka after winning the women’s singles final in the French Open at Roland Garros, Paris, France on June 7, 2025. Wimbledon top seed Aryna Sabalenka says she has cleared the air with Coco Gauff after she raised eyebrows with her remarks in the aftermath of her French Open final loss to the…
Defending champions of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Banyana Banyana, have resumed their preparations to successfully defend their continental title following the impasse over monies owed to them by the South African Football Association. Coach Desiree Ellis and her players returned to the pitch on Saturday afternoon and played a training match against Benin…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton during qualifying Lewis Hamilton hailed a ‘world class’ performance by Ferrari in Austrian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday after Charles Leclerc took second place on the starting grid and he followed up in fourth. The session equalled Ferrari’s best of the season in Monaco, even if Leclerc was still more than half a second…
Chelsea’s stadium Chelsea scored three times in the second period of extra-time to hand 10-man Benfica a 4-1 defeat in Charlotte in their weather-affected last 16 Club World Cup clash on Saturday as the English side set up a quarter-final meeting with Brazil’s Palmeiras. Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored in a nine-minute…
Banyana training camp The wage dispute between defending Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) champions, Banyana Banyana and the South African Football Association (SAFA) has been resolved. Speaking after the SAFA Congress held in Sandton, SAFA CEO Lydia Monyepao acknowledged that match bonuses weren’t paid but said the matter has now been settled. The players…
