SA down syndrome swimmer bags six world records in Thailand

Minke Janse van Rensburg South African swimming sensation from George in the Western Cape, Minke Janse van Rensburg, is now officially the best down syndrome swimmer in the world. She made history at the 2025 Virtus Swimming World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, shattering six individual world records and another with her relay team. Named “Swimmer…

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Osimhen ruled out of crucial World Cup qualifier against SA

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen Nigeria will be without key striker Victor Osimhen for Tuesday’s must-win World Cup qualifier in South Africa after a foot injury saw him miss the trip, officials confirmed on Monday. The 2023 African Footballer of the Year is Nigeria’s lead attacker, but was hurt playing in Saturday’s 1-0 home win over Rwanda…

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We need to go all out against Nigeria: Broos

Coach Hugo Broos during training Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos understands that a win against Nigeria will help the team qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Broos says the aim is not to draw but to play for maximum points against the Super Eagles at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, on Tuesday evening….

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Team SA hoping for medal haul at World Champs

Team that will represent SA Another group of Team South Africa has departed from Johannesburg on Monday to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In 2017, the team amassed seven medals, five gold, one silver and two bronze and were ranked third overall in the final standings. Former World Champion and Olympic Games gold…

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Proteas suffer heaviest ODI defeat

Proteas men’s cricket. Like in the series against Australia last month, the South African men’s cricket team was on the wrong side of One Day International (ODI) history again today. England who could no longer win the series and only had pride to play for, beat the Proteas by a mammoth 342 runs in the…

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