France held on to record only their second win over South Africa in 11 meetings in the super-charged atmosphere of the Stade de France on a night of feverish action and see-sawing fortunes, recording a famous 21-19 victory (half-time 21-7) to tumultuous acclaim. The French scored three tries in 17 first-half minutes and then held on through the second half to edge to a victory ultimately built on resolute defence against a Bok team that made rather more handling errors than t

Estiaan Conradie has been as consistent as a car windscreen wiper all season and he heads into the weekend of the Hyundai Open with a one-stroke lead and once again chasing a win on the Sunshine Tour. Conradie leads the field on 13-under par after signing for a second round of 65 at the Ebotse Links on Friday. But behind him, DP World Tour champion Yurav Premlall posted a 65 of his own to end the day one shot behind him. And Adam Breen’s comeback to the Sunshine Tour continue

Having jumped to the second spot in the ICC World Test Championship Rankings, South Africa will now face Bangladesh in the ongoing cycle. Despite the visitors being ranked lower in the WTC Standings than their previous opponents - Australia - the hosts will be determined to not let their feet off the accelerator as they look to make a push for next year's WTC Final. "In international cricket, you can't take any series for granted," Kagiso Rabada ​told the reporters ahead of t

A brand-new YesPlay Pro20 Cup trophy was unveiled at the competition's Media Day on Friday as anticipation builds towards a momentous final, where the inaugural champions will be crowned and walk away with the prestigious title. All roads lead to the iconic YesPlay Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday, where four teams will have an opportunity to make history with both semifinals and the final match being played on the same day for the very first time. The four captains; Tristan

South Africa all-rounder Marco Jansen has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October 2026 after he played a pivotal role in his side’s memorable 2-1 ICC World Test Championship series triumph over Australia. The 26-year-old overcame fellow nominees, Pakistan's rising all-rounder Arafat Minhas and West Indies white-ball skipper Shai Hope to claim his first-ever Player of the Month accolade. Jansen delivered a series-defining performance with both bat and ball, co

Team SA fencer Nikita Venturas has been given the opportunity to carry the country’s flag at Friday’s closing ceremony as the curtain comes down on the fourth Youth Olympics and the first-ever staged on African soil. With Team SA finishing the competition aspect of their Games on Tuesday, ending with a record 11 medals – two more than their previous high of nine at Singapore in 2010 – the Youth Olympics Athletes Village has been visible emptying, including all six medallists

NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY, 13 NOVEMBER – FRANCE v SOUTH AFRICA @ STADE DE FRANCE, SAINT-DENIS – KO 10.10pm (SAST) REFEREE NOTES Andrea Piardi (Italy) Test debut: 17 March, 2018 – Switzerland 30-24 Poland Tests as referee: 23 Andrea Piardi will referee France for the first time with this fixture. South Africa have a W1, L1 record with Piardi in the middle, the defeat coming in September when the Springboks lost 42-38 to Australia in Perth. Their victory came against Argent

South Africa coach Shukri Conrad has provided an update on injured fast bowler Anrich Nortje ahead of the upcoming ICC World Test Championship series against Bangladesh. Nortje injured his groin during the second Test of the recently completed three-game series at home against Australia, with the right-armer recently returning to training ahead of the opening match of the Bangladesh series that commences in Johannesburg on Sunday. While Conrad admitted that first Test probabl

Ebotse Links. Sunshine Tour On the same day the new Hyundai VENUE was launched in South Africa, the Sunshine Tour’s professionals revved the scoring deep into the red in the first round of the Hyundai Open at the Ebotse Links on Thursday. For the second week in succession a first round of 63 led the field – this time from Chile’s Gabriel Morgan. On a sweltering day at the Ebotse Links, Morgan kept his cool as he signed for a bogey-free nine under par which puts him one shot c

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick showed great respect for France ahead of their Nations Championship Test at the Stade de France in Paris on Friday and admitted the selection of Antoine Dupont at flyhalf could bring a new dimension to the hosts’ game, although they were prepared for an epic battle. Both teams wrapped up their training on Thursday for the clash with their traditional captains run and both Stick and Siya faced a barrage of quest

From left to right: Gordon Mcfadyen, Chinmayee Mayya, Alex Simkins, Carlos Lopez Verano, Gabriella Barr and Peter Agardi. Emirates (www.Emirates.com) has won Gold in the inaugural Best Travel, Leisure & Experience Campaign category at the 2026 Global Performance Marketing Awards. Emirates was recognised as the first-ever winner of the Best Travel, Leisure & Experience Campaign award for its work to transform its affiliate marketing programme in Asia Pacific (APAC) - one of th

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Dr Aila Ahonen, President of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM), to its Advisory Board. Dr Ahonen leads EASM, Europe’s foremost academic and professional body for sport

The Board of Limpopo Impalas Cricket is pleased to announce the appointment of Kagiso Masubelele as Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following the departure of former CEO, John Openshaw, in June. Speaking on his appointment, Masubelele expressed his enthusiasm about returning to the province where his cricket journey began. "I am excited to be returning home and building on the strong foundation that already exists within Limpopo cricket. This is where my cricket journey

Six players who played for the Junior Springboks at this year’s Junior World Championship in Georgia have been included in a squad of 61 players who will assemble in Stellenbosch from 23 to 27 November for a week-long SA Under-20 Academy camp in Stellenbosch as the juniors take their first steps towards the 2027 season. The camp will be staged at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) and forms the starting point of the Junior Boks’ preparations for next year, introducing a

Team SA completed their 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics campaign with a total of 11 medals, comprising three gold, five silver and three bronze. It’s their highest haul in four such Games. At Singapore 2010 they won nine medals, at Nanjing 2014 one medal and at Buenos Aires 2018 five medals. Athletics produced six medals, swimming three and rowing (coastal beach sprints) and rugby sevens one each. Here’s a detailed look at how each Team SA athlete performed in Dakar. ARCHERY Benjam

For Humphrey Kayange, the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games have brought together two defining parts of his life: his experience as an African Olympian and his role in helping to deliver the first Olympic sporting event on the continent. The former captain of Kenya’s rugby sevens team, who competed at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and now chairs the IOC Coordination Commission for Dakar 2026, has watched years of preparation come to life across Senegal. Reflecting on the delivery o

The strongest field in recent Nedbank Golf Challenge history will be matched by an unrivalled hospitality offering for Africa’s Major, from prime viewing right alongside the 18th green to an opportunity for fans to build their ultimate tournament experience. This year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club from 3-6 December will feature several hospitality offerings all designed for a premier experience of an event that will showcase four Major champions in

From left to right: Managing Director (MD), Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Engr. Olasunkanmi Ojowuro; Head of Bus Services, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs Olukemi Amure; Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Mr Maroof Olawale Musa; Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Lagos State, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi; President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL), Mr Ademola Ogunbanjo; MD and CEO, L

Springbok prop Ox Nche was under no illusions about the threat France would pose when the teams cross paths in Paris in their Nations Championship encounter on Friday and highlighted the scrums as one of the key areas of the game. Nche, who will pack down in the Bok front row with Malcolm Marx and Wilco Louw at the Stade de France, spoke highly of the French forward pack. “They love the scrum,” he said. “They have a lot of big and heavy boys, who want to scrum and that French

The final day of competition for Team South Africa at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games saw Megan Nieman bring home another gold and Milan Blignaut a silver, to conclude what has been a record-breaking Games for Team SA. The 11 medals surpass the country’s previous Youth Olympic highest tally of nine at the 2010 edition in Singapore. Nieman (pictured) was the one who took Team SA into double figures, gold in the 400m hurdles. In victory, she became the team's first female athlete

Springbok assistant coach Felix Jones and hooker Malcolm Marx were open about the fact that the team were bracing themselves for an intense battle against France in their Nations Championship fixture at the Stade de France on Friday. Both also agreed that there may still be a “revenge” factor to the game from the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final – won by a single point by the Boks – which has been a big talking point in France. “To be honest with you, I would imagine it’s s

Emirates SkyCargo has announced the launch of a new weekly freighter service connecting Milan (MXP) with New York (JFK) from 5th December 2026. The service provides direct trade connectivity for exporters from Italy, particularly the Lombardy region, to the United States, one of the country’s most important trading partners. Additionally, on the return leg, the freighter also provides businesses in the US, particularly in the greater New York region more export connectivity t

Swimming South Africa is proud to announce that veteran champions Chad le Clos and Erin Gallagher will lead a dynamic, youthful national team to the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Beijing, China, from 1-6 December. The duo will captain a squad brimming with confidence following a standout performance at the recent Commonwealth Games. The 21-swimmer squad heads to the Beijing National Aquatics Centre-commonly known as the Water Cube, blending experienced leader

Arsenal have enjoyed their joint-best start to a Premier League season after the opening 10 matches, with nine victories and only one defeat giving them 27 points out of a possible 30 and a five-point lead over their nearest challengers, Brighton & Hove Albion. But where does the reigning champions' start rank among the best ever in the history of the Premier League? And how much does such a good start determine whether they will retain their title? Let's have a look. Where d

Emirates (https://www.Emirates.com) is giving travellers across Europe more choice this winter, with Premium Economy now available on flights to 31 of its 41 destinations across Europe and the UK, and more onward connections through Dubai to some of the world's most sought-after winter sun destinations. Across this year’s winter schedule, Emirates will operate an average of 78 flights a day between Dubai and Europe. The airline is also adding 31 weekly flights to winter sun f

SA Rugby has announced two Under-17 Elite Player Development (EPD) squads for boys and girls, who will attend national training camps at Boland Landbou near Paarl and Delsma Farm in Riebeek Kasteel from Saturday, 28 November to Friday, 4 December. The two national age-group squads were selected following an extensive talent identification process conducted throughout the season. “These camps form an important part of SA Rugby's national player pathway and will give some of th

The YesPlay Cobras will look to continue their strong home form when they welcome the Garden Route Badgers to the majestic YesPlay Newlands for a YesPlay Pro20 Cup Super 8 clash on Tuesday evening. The match gets underway at 6pm, with the Cobras eager to make home advantage count against an in-form Badgers outfit that has won all three of its Super 8 matches so far. Coming off a successful run of five consecutive home matches at Newlands, the Boys in Blue will head into the e

The Springbok Sevens squad are in their final two weeks of preparation for the forthcoming HSBC SVNS season and according to Blitzbok head coach Philip Snyman, the anticipation of getting their series title defence underway is real and exciting. The Blitzboks will travel to Dubai on Monday 23 November for the opening leg of the 2027 series, to be held at The Sevens on 28 and 29 November, with the HSBC SVNS Cape Town a week later. Snyman will name his 13-player squad for Dubai

The new date, 2 December 2026, brings forward one of the most prestigious events on the African sporting calendar, as the continent's finest players, coaches and teams gather in Lagos for a glittering celebration of the achievements that have defined another remarkable year for African football. The ceremony will begin at 7pm local time. The CAF Awards return to Lagos for the first time since the 2014 edition, with Nigeria’s largest city set to provide a fitting stage for an

Athletics has secured three more Youth Olympic medals for Team South Africa’s growing haul and high jumper Matao le Roux made sure one was gold. The 17-year-old’s leap of 2.16m was enough to see him to the top of the podium. Enrique Bosch won the bronze in the 110m hurdles and Darius Botha picked up bronze in the shot put. The medal tally is now nine, which is a joint best-ever haul for the country at these Games, matching the nine won in 2010 in Singapore. Le Roux became Tea

The league phase of the UEFA Women's Champions League enters its second half, as Matchday 4 is played across three days between Tuesday and Thursday. Arsenal's visit to Barcelona's Camp Nou in a rematch of the 2025 final is among the highlights to look forward to on Matchday 4 of the 2026/27 UEFA Women's Champions League. Here we preview the fixtures and look at the key storylines and players to keep an eye on, shining a spotlight on two in-form midfielders – Juventus' Eva Sc

Dafabet Warriors and DP World Lions have secured their places in the YesPlay Pro20 Cup semi-finals, while Dafabet Boland and YesPlay Cobras are firmly in the driving seat to claim the remaining two spots ahead of the final round of Super 8 matches. Both Boland and Cobras will qualify for the last four if they win their respective final fixtures. Boland face Lions at home on Wednesday, while Cobras host Garden Route Badgers at YesPlay Newlands on Tuesday evening. Badgers and M

SA Rugby has named a 27-player SA U18 Girls squad for the forthcoming international series against their age-group counterparts from the Netherlands in Stellenbosch, with the return of the team from Europe providing another significant step in the growth and development of the women's game in South Africa. The squad forms part of the national pathway designed to expose the country's most promising young female players to high-performance environments and international rugby.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus showed faith in the players who steered the team to victory against Italy for their second Nations Championship Northern Series Test, making only two changes to his match-23 to face France in Paris on Friday, which sees Wilco Louw move into the starting team and Cobus Reinach being drafted onto the bench. Louw will join forces with Ox Nche and Malcolm Marx in the front row in the only change to the starting team, while Thomas du Toit will link u

The benefits of playing in a highly competitive tournament outweighs the disappointment of the results for the Springbok Women's Sevens ‘A’ side that returned from Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, according to team coach Cecil Afrika. A sixth-place finish was not what was expected as they went there to win, Afrika said of the Rugby Africa Women's Sevens tournament, where Uganda won to qualify for HSBC SVNS 3. “It was definitely a mixed bag of results,” said Afrika. “The team perform

Masters champion Bubba Watson has added his name to one of the strongest fields in AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open history and will make his debut in this tournament at Mont Choisy Le Golf from 10-13 December. The winner of The Masters in 2012 and 2014 and former world number two has announced his participation in the 10th edition of this Sunshine Tour and DP World Tour co-sanctioned tournament and said he is excited to see Mauritius for the first time. “The reason I added Maurit

Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to victory in a thrilling wet Sao Paulo Grand Prix as Mercedes clinched the 2026 Constructors' Championship. Norris claimed his third win of the season during Sunday's 71-lap race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, which began wet and dried out before the McLaren driver had to navigate a late rain shower, eventually claiming victory by 14.6 seconds after starting from pole. Verstappen climbed to the podium from P21 on the grid during a freneti

The championship chase rolls on to the Portuguese Grand Prix. Under the lights in Lusail, Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) bounced back from Saturday's low to rise highest on Sunday, keeping himself in the title race frame. That's the Italian's 12th MotoGP win and his most important to date but it's second-place finisher Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) who takes another step towards retaining his crown after collecting 20 points at the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar. Thi

Team SA went into competition on Sunday at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics with a total of five medals – one gold, three silver and a bronze – but Jean-Pierre Theron earned a silver medal in the hammer throw, to take Team SA to six medals, with a best throw of 71.79m. The total is one more than the five from Buenos Aires at the last such Games in 2018. There were three codes represented on Sunday – artistic gymnastics, athletics, cycling. CYCLING Girls road race: Madison Bateso

Team South Africa’s two cyclists at the 2026 Youth Olympics, Madison Bateson and Yahyaa Martin, came out of their first international race with reputations enhanced, after going wheel-to-wheel with strong global opposition at the fourth such Games staged, and the first on African soil. Bateson finished 12th, an admirable effort in a strong field where 20 riders headed for the line in a bunched sprint after 59.5km, while Martin crossed the line in 27th in his 76.5 km race. Aft

The Springbok Women's Sevens ‘A’ side finished in sixth place at the 2026 Rugby Africa’s Women’s Sevens Cup at the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi, Kenya after a mixed bag of results that yielded three wins and three defeats. The South Africans finished the tournament with a 17-12 defeat to Zambia in the fifth-place final on Sunday, while they also started the day poorly by losing 24-17 against Uganda in the quarter-finals. Their only success on day two came in the fifth-place semi-

Louis Albertse. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour Louis Albertse wrote his name into South African golf history with a commanding performance to claim the Telkom PGA Championship at Country Club Johannesburg on Sunday. Albertse closed with a 68 for an impressive 27-under par to see him win by three shots over the second-placed duo of Kyle de Beer and Samuel Simpson. It was one shot short of the all-time tournament record of 28-under par held by Louis Oosthuizen for his 2008 trium

The Fidelity Titans claimed a convincing victory over the Warriors, while the encounter between the Hollywoodbets Dolphins and the DP World Lions was abandoned due to inclement weather in the fifth week of the Hollywoodbets Pro20 Series on Sunday. The Dolphins-Lions clash at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead in Durban was called off without a ball being bowled following early morning showers, leaving both teams in third and fourth place, respectively. In Gqeberha, Suné Luus delivered a

Morne van den Berg admitted that while the 66-7 victory over Italy in Turin was fantastic to build momentum going into Friday’s clash against France in Paris, they will review the match thoroughly to identify the areas in which they can improve this week. The Test against France will be followed by a clash against Ireland in Dublin next week Saturday, before the competition wraps up with a jam-packed Finals Weekend in London the weekend of 27 to 29 November. The Bok scrumhalf

YesPlay Cobras held on to fourth place on the Super 8s table in the YesPlay Pro20 Cup, with a 9-run win over the DP World Lions on Saturday night to keep alive their dreams of a semi-final berth. Cobras had to win at home with the Garden Route Badgers breathing down their necks but faced a difficult task against a side that had only lost once since the start of the competition. The visitors won the toss at YesPlay Newlands and opted to field first, taking the wicket of Jivesh

The Fidelity Titans and the DP World Lions secured comfortable wins over the Warriors and the Hollywoodbets Dolphins, respectively, in the latest round of the Hollywoodbets Pro50 Series on Saturday. The Titans maintained their stronghold at the top of the table with an emphatic nine-wicket triumph over the newly promoted Warriors at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha. In Durban, the Lions defeated the Dolphins by 68 runs to move into second place on the log, following nota

Louis Albertse. Tyrone Winfield/Sunshine Tour The Telkom PGA Championship is renowned for some low scoring and Saturday at Country Club Johannesburg was no exception. Louis Albertse climbed into the lead on 23-under par with a third round of 63. This is the best tournament score under par since George Coetzee won with 27-under par in 2011, and there’s still one more round to go. The tournament record is Louis Oosthuizen’s 28-under par in 2008. Starting the day two shots behin

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus described the team’s convincing victory against Italy at the Allianz Stadium, Turin, on Saturday as “satisfying”, but he was open about the importance of improving on their performance with two massive matches against France and Ireland ahead. The Boks got the first of their Nations Championship Northern Series matches off to a strong start, scoring six tries for a convincing 45-0 half-time lead and they added a further three tries in the second

The Team South Africa squad for the 2026 Youth Olympics features two sets of identical twins. The first pair to compete were the Marule brothers in the rugby sevens. Now it’s the turn of the gymnasts, Gethin (left in picture) and Frederik Davies-Vaneetvelde, who started their Games on Saturday. After completing their subdivision qualification, they both spoke about the experience of competing in Dakar and the journey they have shared throughout their lives. Gethin began talki

The 2026 Youth Olympics has made for an unforgettable experience for Team South Africa’s archers, Benjamin Oosthuizen and Layla Viljoen. Although both were eliminated in the Round of 16 on Saturday, the 17-year-olds shared the similar feelings of pride in their performances, and their opportunity to represent their country. Oosthuizen was first up on Saturday against the fifth seed from South Korea, Jiho Lee. The South African from Cape Town pushed Lee to the end, however the