Marathon competition 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) says it has activated its disaster management teams to ensure a coordinated response as severe weather conditions are expected ahead of the Comrades Marathon on Sunday. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a weather warning of extreme cold conditions…
Uzbekistan celebrate qualifying for the World Cup on June 6, 2025. 2 minutes Uzbekistan Coach Timur Kapadze lauded the efforts of his players after the Central Asian country qualified for the World Cup for the first time. The White Wolves claimed their spot at the expanded 48-team 2026 finals yesterday with a 0-0 draw in…
Bafana Bafana train in Polokwane. 2 minutes Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named Stellenbosch defender, Fawaaz Basadien as captain of the national team in the two friendlies against Tanzania and Mozambique. Bafana will face Tanzania on Friday evening before welcoming Mozambique on Tuesday. Both encounters will be played at the new Peter Mokaba stadium…
SA’s top ultra-marathon runner Gerda Steyn. 2 minutes South Africa’s top ultra-marathon runner Gerda Steyn says she definitely feels there’s a target on her back in Sunday’s Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. Steyn chalked up a hat trick last year by finishing first in three consecutive Comrades Marathons, setting new records for both the…
South African former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius competes in a triathlon event, 12 years after murdering his girlfriend and a year after his release on parole, in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, June 1, 2025 1 minute Former Paralympic track star and convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius, is back doing what he loves. The…
South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus before a match. 1 minute Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named the same 54 players who attended the second national alignment camp in Cape Town last month, in a training squad for the opening stages of the international season. The Springboks open their season with a match against the Barbarians…
Ripper GC’s Marc Leishman tees off during the LIV Golf series at Club de Golf Chapultepec, Naucalpan, Mexico on April 25, 2025. 2 minutes Australian Marc Leishman has rubbished the idea that players who have defected to the LIV Golf series are ill-prepared to win major championships. The former world number 12, who joined LIV…
AC Milan’s Tijjani Reijnders in action with Bologna’s Jhon Lucumi. 2 minutes Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from Serie A side AC Milan on a five-year contract worth 55 million euros ($62.60 million), a team source confirmed on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Reijnders joined Milan in 2023 on a…
Sharks players at the United Rugby Championship quarter-finals games against Muster on May 31, 2025. 1 minute Sharks flanker Siya Kolisi says the team will seek to win any way they can when they face the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship (URC) semi-finals at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. The Sharks ousted…
Athletes at the finish line of the Comrades Marathon on June 9, 2024. 1 minute The eThekwini Municipality says preparations for the 98th Comrades Marathon are in full swing. The biggest sporting event on the South African calendar is scheduled for Sunday. This year it will be a down-run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The Municipality’s…
