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

The Springboks produced a powerful all-round display to beat Italy 66-7 in Turin on Saturday, maintaining their unbeaten run in the Nations Championship to move up to a full house of 20 log points from four successive victories. The world champions were out of sight by half-time after crossing for six converted tries and a penalty goal to take a commanding 45-0 lead into the break. They added a further three tries in the second half while conceding only once to complete anoth

Three teams have a chance to secure their spots in the semi-finals of the YesPlay Pro20 Cup this weekend, as the Super 8s stage of the competition reaches boiling point. DP World Lions continue to occupy top position in the table and just need a win to make sure of a last four berth, while Dafabet Boland and Dafabet Warriors – who make up the top three – could join them with bonus point wins in their matches. After an impressive display in the round robin where they finished

Sierra Leone and Kenya signed Statements of Intent with The Akuna Group (https://AkunaLearning.com/) at CHOGM 2026, becoming founding champions of the Commonwealth Creative Economy Partnership. The voluntary, country-led initiative seeks to connect talent with skills, investment, enterprise and markets across the Commonwealth and beyond. At the Akuna Moment of Engagement, Sierra Leone and Kenya signed Statements of Intent with The Akuna Group. The signatories were Chief Minis

The stage is set for an historic moment in women’s cricket as the inaugural ICC Women’s Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place in India early next year. The tournament brings together six powerhouse teams for a high-octane T20I showdown. Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka make up the six teams that will face-off against each other in the showpiece tournament Each team brings in their ranks a mix of talent and experience, players who will l

The Hollywoodbets Dolphins suffered an eight-run defeat to WSB Eastern Storm via the DLS Method in their YesPlay Pro20 Cup encounter at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Friday. Chasing a challenging target after the Storm posted 162/2 in their 20 overs, the Dolphins battled hard in their reply but ultimately fell short. Hanu Viljoen provided the standout contribution with the bat, scoring 46 off 32 deliveries. His innings included two fours and three sixes as he looked to keep t

Taylor Foster took another significant step forward in her rising career as a triathlete when she finished fifth in the women’s individual triathlon event at the Youth Olympics here on Friday. Having recently turned 16, Foster has joined the world of competitive events and the strong result at the Youth Olympic Games has fuelled the young triathlete to push on to bigger competitions and chase podiums around the world. “I am very pleased with my performance. I recently recover

Samuel Simpson. Perfect Exposure Samuel Simpson had to settle for second place in last year’s Telkom PGA Championship and he’s back to prove a point this year. Simpson’s second round of 63 – which started with two birdies and then an eagle in his opening three holes – carried him into the lead on 16-under par at Country Club Johannesburg. Simpson – the current Sunshine Tour Courier Guy Order of Merit leader – leads by two shots over Kieron van Wyk (66) and Louis Albertse (65)

Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick said there was no place for complacency going into Saturday’s match against Italy at the Allianz Stadium, Turin, in their opening match of the Nations Championship Northern Series, saying the Boks have to be at their best against a determined Italian outfit. The Boks may be ranked higher than Italy on the world rankings, but Stick said this match was vital for the team to build momentum with two tough games against France and Ireland

NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 SATURDAY – ITALY v SOUTH AFRICA @ ALLIANZ STADIUM, TURIN – KO 1.40PM (SAST) REFEREE NOTES Eoghan Cross (Ireland) Test debut: 18 December, 2021 – Netherlands 7-52 Spain Tests as referee: 12 Eoghan Cross will referee Italy for the first time with this fixture. South Africa won their only previous Test with the Irish official in the middle, beating Japan 61-7 at Wembley in November 2025. This will be Cross’ third Test of the year, having oversee

Can Man Utd build on dramatic European win when they host Villa? A stunning comeback from 2-0 down at home to Roma in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening could be the electrifying win Manchester United need to kickstart their season. Matheus Cunha’s dramatic late winner was certainly one of the great Old Trafford moments in recent times. Michael Carrick will be desperate to ensure his side bottle that feeling and ride the momentum into Sunday’s headline game – which

Bo Reed, the Team SA flagbearer at the opening ceremony, came close to earning a medal at the Youth Olympics here on Friday but it was the equestrian equivalent of football’s penalty shoot-out, or golf’s sudden death play-off, which cruelly put paid to her hopes. The 17-year-old had gone into Friday’s final at the Equestrian Centre as one of the medal favourites. On Thursday, in the second of the qualifying rounds, she had topped the leaderboard on her horse Carrera De Groom,

Following a breakthrough year in 2025, the Springbok Women concluded their 2026 international season with more achievements, firsts and entries into the record books, while also leaving their mark on an ever-growing supporter base. Following their unprecedented top eight finish at last year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup in England, much was expected of the South Africans in 2026 and despite some injury setbacks and a change in their coaching structures during the season, the Bok

Former Springboks Jongi Nokwe and Keegan Daniel, as well as several retired provincial players are among 48 coaches from South Africa and two from Zimbabwe who have been invited to take part in World Rugby Level 3 coaching courses in Pretoria and Cape Town in November. SA Rugby is accelerating its efforts to delivering globally qualified coaches to the growing rugby community in the country, having last month, successfully concluded its first standalone World Rugby Level 3 co

Mark Alexander, the President of SA Rugby, expressed his condolences to the family of former South African Rugby Football Federation (SARFF) player Christie Noble, who passed away in the early hours of Friday morning at the age of 63, after a short illness. Noble’s contribution to South African rugby extended across several provincial unions and generations of players – he enjoyed a distinguished playing career, representing Western Province, WP Liga, Eastern Province and Nat

The 2026/27 Hollywoodbets Pro Series season returns for its fifth weekend of action as the Hollywoodbets Dolphins and Warriors host the DP World Lions and Fidelity Titans, respectively, in the Hollywoodbets Pro50 and Pro20 Series competitions on Saturday and Sunday. Entry to matches at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium in Durban and the Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha will be free, with all games streamed live on Cricket South Africa’s YouTube channel. In the Dolphins’ cl

The 10bet Lions join a number of teams that have experienced loss on a personal level this season. 10bet Lions This year, there have been moments in rugby when we’ve been reminded that it is, after all, just a game. Moments when a loss has cut far deeper and has far more meaning than anything a scoreboard reflects on the field. As the All Blacks prepare for their Nations Championship clash with Scotland in Edinburgh this Saturday, they do so against the background of what a f

The Springbok Women’s Sevens ‘A’ side that will contest the 2026 Rugby Africa’s Women’s Sevens Cup in Kenya this weekend will leave no stone unturned to deliver the best results possible, not only for themselves, but also for the country. That is the view of team captain, Vianca Boer, who is confident that the talents and energy of her team will come to the fore when they take on Rwanda, Zimbabwe and Zambia in Pool A at the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi on Saturday Six of the grou

BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter Myles Smith is set to bring his tour to a blockbuster finale at Allianz Stadium, London, on Friday 27 November, headlining a packed weekend of live music and elite international rugby as the Nations Championship Finals Weekend takes over the capital. Fresh from a tour spanning England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the chart-topping British artist will bring his global hits, including Stargazing and Nice To Meet You, to one of the world's m

What began as a chance discovery hearing about an international design competition has taken Spanish designer Pilar Barbadillo Vicario all the way to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Watching the young athletes in Dakar receiving the medals she designed, Pilar felt as if she was truly part of the moment. “I feel as if I had won one of those medals myself. Athletes express themselves through sport, and for me, it's art,” she said. For Pilar Barbadillo Vicario, the mom