Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was open that while their performance was far from perfect as they ground out a 17-10 victory against Argentina at Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires on Saturday, he was pleased with the character showed by the team, which marked the return of several injured players. The teams entered the break tied at 10 points apiece, before a try in the fourth quarter by Cameron Hanekom broke the deadlock and put the Boks in front on the scoreboard, whi

Hosts Morocco booked their place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over former champions South Africa on Saturday evening. The win not only sends the Atlas Lionesses into the last four of the continental showpiece but also secures their qualification for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027. Morocco made an enterprising start and almost opened the scoring in the 20th minute when Sanaa Mssoud

The Springboks recorded a 12th successive victory but had to fight all the way to overcome a feisty and unrelenting Pumas to record a 17-10 victory (half-time 10-10) on a sunlit but cold and blustery afternoon in Buenos Aires. The Boks’ kicking game failed to ignite in the buffeting breeze and the first half was not a vintage performance from the men in green and gold as the rust was knocked off for the five players in the starting XV, who were playing their first Test in eig

A host of errors by the visitors saw the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV outplay the Sanlam Boland Kavaliers for a 19-12 victory in Round Four of the 2026 edition of the Carling Currie Cup on Saturday at the Princess Magogo Stadium, in KwaMashu. Thurlow Marsh, captain of the Kavaliers, rued his side’s error-ridden performance following a second consecutive loss in as many weeks. Although the visitors made a fast start to take a 5-0 lead after just four minutes, it was the Sharks who

There were smiles all around the Springbok Women change room at HFC Bank Stadium in Suva on Saturday as they earned a well-deserved victory over Fijiana XV in the first of two Test matches, with the second clash next Saturday in Lautoka. Both Bok Women assistant coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt and Libbie Janse van Rensburg, who made her debut as captain, were ecstatic after the 55-12 victory and applauded the South Africans’ team effort. Johannes-Haupt was most pleased about the

UP-Tuks produced the biggest result of the opening round of the 2026 Varsity Football season, coming from behind to stun defending champions UFS 4-2 at Shimla Park in Bloemfontein. At the Oscar Mpetha Stadium, DUT secured all three points with a convincing 2-0 victory over the University of Limpopo (UL). In the Gauteng derby, UJ claimed local bragging rights after edging TUT 1-0, while UWC and Wits were forced to settle for a share of the spoils following a hard-fought goalle

A final before a final. The football gods are out in full armour at the ongoing TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2026 and have delivered a heavyweight stakes matchup. In a repeat of the WAFCON 2022 final, hosts Morocco take on winners four years ago South Africa, in a must-win encounter at the Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat on Saturday night. Banyana Banyana won 2-1 in a thrilling match back then and this time, this is a two-fold tie with a place in the semifi

Lions Cricket are proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA), marking the beginning of an exciting collaboration focused on accelerating the growth, development and advancement of cricket in Tanzania and across the African continent. As one of Africa's leading cricket unions, Lions Cricket have entered into the partnership with a shared vision of creating meaningful development opportunities that will benef

The Springbok Women opened their two-Test tour to Fiji in emphatic fashion on Saturday, outplaying the Fijiana XV 55-12 at in Suva, where their pack of forwards laid the foundation for the nine-try victory. The South Africans delivered a strong first half at HFC Bank Stadium, scoring five tries for a 27-7 lead and then added four more in the second 40 minutes for a historic win. Their pack of forwards delivered big time, especially in the first half, when numerous powerful pi

The DHL Stormers 26/27 home jersey was revealed on Friday night in the historic clash against New Zealand at DHL Stadium. The DHL Stormers took on the world’s second-ranked international team for the first time and marked the occasion by playing in their new home jersey, with replica jerseys set to go on sale to the public in early September. The Stormers rose to the occasion, going toe-to-toe with New Zealand for 80 minutes and pushing them all the way. The match was deadloc

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick sounded a strong warning to their charges after wrapping up their on-field preparations for Saturday’s match-up at Estadio José Amalfitani that they would be in for a massive battle against Los Pumas in front of a passionate home crowd in Buenos Aires on Saturday. The match – which will mark Kolisi’s first Test of the year, along with Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager (both locks), Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (flyhalf

The SA Under-18 side swept aside France U18 by 52-7 to record their biggest opening round score of the annual U18 International Series, which kicked off Friday at HS Durbanville in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. The South Africans led 21-7 at half-time and were unstoppable in the second stanza to maintain their impressive unbeaten record in the competition. The SA U18’s victory meant they are still unbeaten after they beat their age-group counterparts from France, Ireland

Luke Brown. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Luke Brown powered his way to a second Sunshine Tour title with a closing 64 to win the Sunbet Challenge Time Square Casino at Wingate Park Country Club on Friday. Brown finished on 19-under par overall following his round of six birdies and then a crucial eagle on the par-five 15th hole for a two-stroke victory. “One win is nice, but there is something special about being able to prove to yourself that you can do it more than once. I

The Hollywoodbets Sharks welcome the All Blacks to Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Tuesday evening (7.10pm) for an historic second tour match in South Africa, as Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry comes to Durban as part of New Zealand’s first full tour in South Africa in many years. The eight-match tour sees the All Blacks take on the four Vodacom United Rugby Championship clubs, alongside a four-match Test series against the Springboks. The tour gets underway this evening when New Zealan

There was Drama. There was thrill. There was last-minute suspense as Africa’s women’s elite Nations navigated their way from the Group Stages to the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026. The competition surprise package Malawi rose to the occasion while former champions Nigeria and South Africa secured a narrow passage. The competition now enters its knockout phase on 08 and 09 August, with the eight remaining nations bidding for

The Fidelity ADT Lions make the trip to the Diamond City this weekend for Round 4 of the Carling Currie Cup. Head coach Mziwakhe Nkosi’s men are on a winning momentum with victories in their last two fixtures, notably a convincing 42-19 victory over neighbours the Vodacom Bulls XVat the University of Johannesburg Stadium last week Saturday. The trip to the Northern Cape however is probably their toughest challenge yet. Poised as the ‘grudge match’, this top of the table clash

Injury woes have forced the Vodacom Bulls XV into making another raft of sweeping changes ahead of their Carling Currie Cup Round 4 clash against the Airlink Pumas at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday afternoon (3.05pm). Marking the fourth consecutive fixture where the coaching staff’s hands have been tied by personnel losses, the selection reshuffle comes as the Pretoria outfit searches desperately for a turnaround in fortunes. Currently propping up the Carling Currie Cup log afte

The significance of the moment is something to treasure but there is no doubt in the minds of the Springbok Women on what their job is when they face Fijiana XV in Suva on Saturday. Bok Women assistant coach Franzel September said everyone in the squad are aligned to deliver their best effort for team and country. The Springbok Women are on their first tour of Fiji, they will have a first-time captain in Libbie Janse van Rensburg and Shiniqwa Lamprecht will make her Test debu

The Toyota Cheetahs travel to Cape Town this weekend to face the DHL Stormers XXIII on Sunday at Athlone Stadium. Kick-off is at 3pm, with the match broadcast live on SuperSport Rugby (201 and 211). Three points separate the top five sides, with the Fidelity ADT Lions leading on 12 points, followed by Suzuki Griquas and the Toyota Cheetahs on 11, the Sanlam Boland Kavaliers on 10 and the DHL Stormers XXIII on nine. Reflecting on last week's performance, the head coach of the

CANAL+ confirmed a broadcast rights agreement with the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to show all matches in the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour live in South Africa on SuperSport on DStv. The agreement will see SuperSport, Africa’s leading sports broadcaster, showcase all four Test matches between the Springboks and All Blacks, as well as the four matches against the Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams as New Zealand embark

ARGENTINA v SOUTH AFRICA @ ESTADIO JOSÉ AMALFITANI, BUENOS AIRES – KO 4PM (9PM SAST) REFEREE NOTES Christophe Ridley (England) Test debut: 18 November, 2017 – Portugal 45-12 Czech Republic Tests as referee: 16 Christophe Ridley has stepped in to replace Pierre Brousset as referee after the French official suffered an injury in training. Ridley will take charge of this fixture for the second time, having overseen Argentina’s 29-28 victory on his Rugby Championship debut in Sa

FIJI v SOUTH AFRICA @ HFC BANK STADIUM, SUVA – KO 2PM (3AM SAST) REFEREE NOTES Jess Ling (Australia) Test debut: 1 May, 2022 – Fiji 14-28 Japan Tests as referee: 7 Jess Ling will take charge of South Africa for the first time with this fixture. Fiji have a W3, L1 record with the Australian official in the middle, their solitary defeat coming on her Test debut in May 2022, 28-14 against Japan on the Gold Coast. Ling refereed all three of Fiji’s games in their Oceania Rugby

The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) has unanimously endorsed the “Joint Update” by the FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Secretary General Mattias Grafström on the FIFA Forward Enterprise (“FFE”). CAF has taken note of the statements in the “Joint Update” that: “we acknowledge mistakes were made in the process of the proposed establishment of the FIFA Forward Enterprise (‘FFE’). It was certainly not the intention for the FIFA Council and FIFA Member Associations

A majority of Africans support the free movement of people across borders, but many remain cautious about immigration into their own countries, Afrobarometer’s (www.Afrobarometer.org) new African insights flagship report (https://apo-opa.co/3TXSRot) shows. While citizens are quite open to having foreigners in their midst, they are evenly split on whether immigrants are good or bad for the national economy, and majorities would prefer to see fewer or no job seekers and refugee

Herman Loubser. Sunshine Tour/Tyrone Winfield Herman Loubser equalled the Wingate Park Country Club course record with a 62 to earn himself a three-shot lead going into Friday’s final round of the Sunbet Challenge Time Square Casino. It was a commanding performance by Loubser as he equalled the course record set by Thriston Lawrence and Jacques Blaauw in this tournament in 2024, climbing to 15-under par overall. Lawrence is one of his nearest challengers on 12-under par follo

Alexandra Candler and Faye Tunnicliffe starred with the bat as the SA Emerging Women claimed an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh Emerging in the opening T20 at the Pietermaritzburg Oval on Thursday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Fresh from her century in the final 50-over match, Tunnicliffe continued her fine form with a sublime 82 from 49 balls, striking 11 fours and a six. She shared a match-winning 146-run partnership with the unbeaten Candler, who score

No 8 Jacobus de Villiers will captain the SA Under-18 side against France U18 while lock Martin van Niekerk has been handed the captaincy duties for the SA U18 ‘A’ side in their game against Ireland when the 2026 U18 International Series kicks off at HS Durbanville on Friday. The popular annual series will see South Africa’s two representative sides face their age-group counterparts from Ireland, France, England, and Georgia at three venues, with the opening round on 7 August

The Sanlam Boland Kavaliers are hitting the road this week for the first time since the start of this year's Carling Currie Cup competition. The Kavaliers will face the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV on Saturday at the Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu; kick-off at 5.15pm. For the first time since the 2025 Carling Currie Cup semi-final, Ashlon Davids starts at flyhalf alongside the returning Louis Schreuder, with Chris Smit providing cover for the No 10 position on the bench. At t

Flyhalf Jean-Luc du Plessis returns from injury to lead the DHL Stormers XXIII in their Carling Currie Cup encounter with the Toyota Cheetahs at Athlone Stadium on Sunday. The inclusion of the experienced playmaker is the only change to the starting backline for the clash with the Free State side, which kicks off at 3pm on Sunday. All tickets are R50 and available from stormers.co.za. There are three changes to the forward pack, with Mhleli Khuzwayo starting at loosehead prop

Professional rugby players and their employers have agreed a new two-and-a-half-year deal to cover conditions of employment in South African rugby. The agreement is negotiated by MyPlayers on behalf of professional rugby players with the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and the South African Rugby Employers’ Organisation (SAREO), which represents provincial rugby unions and franchises. The document – the South African Rugby Industry Collective Agreement (SARICA) – establishes

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced the appointment of Olympic rowing champion Sizwe Ndlovu as Chef de Mission for Team South Africa at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. The fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games will take place from 31 October to 13 November 2026. Dakar 2026 will be the first Olympic sports event staged on the African continent, making the occasion especially significant for Team South Afric

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced a revised schedule for the Proteas Women’s inbound tour against India this summer, set to take place from 9-30 December. The tour will now conclude with a three-match T20 International (T20I) series, kicking off with a Boxing Day clash (26 December) at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, before the remaining two fixtures play out at the NWC Oval in Potchefstroom on 29 and 30 December. The T20I series will form part of the teams’ preparation fo

Springbok utility forwards Elrigh Louw and Cobus Wiese, and prop Zachary Porthen were open about the challenge they expected against Argentina at Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires on Saturday and said they intended to give everything to contribute to the team when they take on Los Pumas on their home patch. Louw, who featured in the team’s 29-28 defeat against Argentina in Santiago del Estero in 2024 – the last time the teams met in South America – said they were under

The fourth round of the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division promises another compelling weekend of domestic rugby – opening with a top-of the table clash in Kimberley between holders Suzuki Griquas and log leaders the Fidelity ADT Lions – with all four fixtures carrying significant implications after a dramatic shake-up last weekend. The round opens with the Kimberley clash, which kicks off at 1pm on Saturday; followed by the Vodacom Bulls XVs first home match of the season,

Defending Pick n Pay Women Super League 2 champions, the Hollywood Foundation Pumas Women, are home and dry, while the Limpopo Blue Bulls (who have a bye this weekend) are out of the play-offs but come Saturday and the penultimate round of pool matches in the tournament, there will be heartbreak for some and joy for others. The undefeated Pumas await the Valke Women in White River; AVBOB Griquas Women, currently in second place on the log, will travel to the Garden Route to f

For 30 years, generations of players have worn the Black and White with pride and generations of supporters have built memories around a badge that came to represent far more than a rugby team. Today, the Sharks begin the next chapter of that story. This evolution does not replace that history, it builds on it. It is a bold expression of the same identity that has defined the Sharks for three decades, designed to carry the club confidently into its next era. "Our badge has ev

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) East and Southern Africa Regional Office is pleased to announce the appointment of Botlhale Boikanyo as its new Regional International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Youth Champion. Boikanyo is an award-winning South African poet, actress, speaker and youth advocate whose journey from becoming the first poet and youngest winner of South Africa's Got Talent at the age of 11 has evolved into a powerful platform for you

Jonathan Broomhead. Sunshine Tour/Tyrone Winfield Jonathan Broomhead is making a strong defence of his title in a stellar field after opening with a 65 to share the first-round lead in the Sunbet Challenge Time Square Casino at Wingate Park Country Club on Wednesday. Broomhead’s opening round of seven-under par sees him share the lead with countrymen Shaun Norris and Daniel Cronje, and Chile’s Gabriel Morgan. DP World Tour champion Michael Hollick is just one shot off the lea

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has agreed a multi-year partnership with Nike that will see the brand play a leading role in driving the global growth, culture and performance of flag football through the Olympic cycle to the LA28 Summer Games. Under the agreement, Nike becomes the exclusive Performance Apparel Partner of IFAF Flag Football, responsible for kitting out staff and International Technical Officials at major flag football events over the

The Hollywoodbets Sharks XV welcome the Sanlam Boland Kavaliers to Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu, when the two teams meet in a fourth-round Carling Currie Cup clash on Saturday (5.15pm). After three games on the road, the Sharks XV are relishing the opportunity to play in Durban and in the spirit of taking the game to the community are playing this match in KwaMashu. Following big wins over the Vodacom Bulls XV in round one and the DHL Stormers XXIII (41-3), the Kavalie

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was so hungry to be part of the Springboks that he travelled to Johannesburg to watch the team face England during his stint on the sidelines due to injury, and he cannot wait to get back on the field when the Boks line up against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday. The star flyhalf, who will earn his 20th Test cap when he takes the field next to experienced scrumhalf Cobus Reinach, is one of a number of stalwarts returning from injury. This list

The DHL Stormers team to face New Zealand for the first time in the history of the club has been named. Outside centre Ruhan Nel will captain the team that will face the visiting side for the first match of their tour at DHL Stadium, with kick-off at 7pm on Friday night. Nel is joined in midfield by Jonathan Roche, with 20-year-old flyhalf Yaqeen Ahmed set to link up with scrumhalf Imad Khan in his first appearance for the Stormers. Fullback Warrick Gelant will have wings Sea

Emirates (www.Emirates.com) and South African Airways (SAA) today announced an expansion of their codeshare partnership, enabling access to nine cities and establishing the start of a reciprocal codeshare agreement between both carriers. The expanded partnership opens more destinations across central and southern Africa, simplifying connectivity for customers. Since launching their codeshare agreement, Emirates and SAA have operated on a unilateral basis, with SAA placing its

Libbie Janse van Rensburg will become the 12th player to lead South Africa on the field since their first Test against Wales in 2004 after she was named as captain of a much-changed Springbok Women match-23 when they take on Fijiana XV in Suva on Saturday. The 31-year-old Janse van Rensburg is the only backline player who retains her place in the starting team from South Africa’s last Test, against the USA Eagles Women in Pretoria on 12 July. Amongst the forwards, only Vainah

Nike and SA Rugby on Wednesday unveiled a Springboks’ jersey “like no other” for the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour, celebrating the mindset that has powered the team under the leadership of Rassie Erasmus. The Springboks meet the All Blacks in the first of four Tests at 10bet Ellis Park on 22 August, ending a 30-year wait for the resumption of a Test series between the two great rugby nations – and they will do so in a specially commissioned jersey that hon

Mitchell Marsh, Joe Root, Sam Curran and Phil Salt are some of the international stars set to feature in Season 5 of Betway SA20, with all six teams announcing their retained and pre-signed players today. The remainder of the squads will be finalised at the 7 October Auction, which will only feature 19 available slots, with most of the teams retaining the core of their squads and South Africa’s top talent. Former Australia captain and ICC T20 World Cup winner Marsh is in line

Former African champions South Africa booked their place in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso in their final Group B fixture on Tuesday evening. The decisive moment came in the 21st minute when Thembi Kgatlana finished from close range after a well-worked move involving Fikile Magama, securing all three points and confirming Banyana Banyana's place in the knockout stages. Burkina Faso mad

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus on Tuesday included a host of stalwarts, who will all make a timely return from injury – including captain Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Morne van den Berg – in a quality match-23 to face Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Andre Esterhuizen and Ethan Hooker, who picked up niggles during the Nations Championship last month, also make a welcome return in a starting team that shows 13 changes to the si

What started out as nothing more than "a hobby for extra cash" back in 2012 will now take Betway SA20 umpire Siphelele Gasa to the grand stage of Lord’s Cricket Ground. ​ Gasa is the fourth South African recipient of the Betway SA20 and Cricket SA (CSA) Umpire Exchange Programme with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and The Hundred. ​ Lubabalo ‘Babs’ Gcuma, Stephen Harris and Arno Jacobs have all been afforded the opportunity before, with Englishmen Russell Warren, J

Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain Tristan Stubbs can’t wait to see St George’s Park bathed in orange once again as the defending Betway SA20 champions prepare to open their Season 5 title defence against Pretoria Capitalss - a repeat of last season’s final - on 17 January 2027. The Sunrisers are the most successful franchise in SA20 history, with three titles and a runners-up medal in four seasons. This has created an almost cult-like fan following in Gqeberha, with the Orange A