The Bulls Head Coach Johan Ackermann. The newly appointed head coach of the Bulls, Johan Ackermann, has finally been introduced as the new head coach at Loftus Versfeld. Ackermann replaces 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White, whose contract was cut short earlier this month — ahead of the start of this year’s edition of the…
South African Football Association (SAFA)’s chief medical officer, Dr Thulani Ngwenya, has revealed that Banyana Banyana midfielder Gabriela Salgado suffered a horrific injury in the 2-1 loss to Nigeria in the semi-final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Casablanca on Tuesday night. Banyana Banyana players never recovered from the shock after the 27-year-old…
Bayanda Walaza celebrates winning the 200m crown at the under-20 world championships. South African sprint sensation, 19-year-old Bayanda Walaza, has added the World University Games’ title to his World Athletics Under-20 crown and Olympic Games relay silver medal won in Paris last year. He won the 100 metres in 10.16 seconds in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, beating…
South Africa have been dethroned as Women’s Africa Cup of Nations champions. Nine-time champions Nigeria broke Banyana Banyana’s hearts with a goal on 90 minute for a 2-1 semifinal victory in Casablanca, Morocco. The Super Falcons scored via a penalty by their captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, on the stroke of halftime to take a slender lead into…
For the second time in a week, South Africa lost to New Zealand in the Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series. The Kiwis beat the Proteas by seven wickets with 25 balls remaining in the fifth match of the series in Harare in Zimbabwe. The two sides will face one another again in the final of the series…
The Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, says arrangements are being finalised to bring the group of soccer players stranded in Portugal back home by Thursday. The group left the city earlier this month to take part in a football tournament in Spain. They’ve since been left stranded after the BT…
Soccer ball on the sports ground. A group of Cape Town-based soccer players who were stranded in Europe are expected to return home tomorrow. The 35 young players affiliated to an unregistered academy left on July 6 to participate in a soccer tournament in Spain. They were expected back in the country on Wednesday last week; however,…
Bryan Mbeumo arriving at Brentford’s stadium before the match against Manchester United last season. Manchester United have signed forward Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford until 2030, with the option to extend for a further year, United said yesterday. United paid 65 million pounds ($88 million) to Brentford, with another 6 million potentially due in add-ons, for…
Venus Williams of the US in action during her first round match against Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina. Former world number one Venus Williams said she was embracing the challenge and joy of tennis after a difficult year marked by health concerns and time away from the court as the 45-year-old prepares for her return at the…
SA U20 captain Riley Norton and the Junior Boks lifted the U20 world crown. The South African Under-20 rugby team is expected to arrive at the OR Tambo International Airport anytime soon. The Junior Boks broke a 13-year drought, winning the World Rugby Under 20 Championship for the first time since 2012. They beat six-time…
