Defending champions of the Khaya Majola Cricket Week, Western Province, booked their place in this year’s semi-finals here with a 111-run victory over the Titans. WP’s Paul James (102) and Daniel Bosman (93) spearheaded their team’s win. The pair shared a 143-run partnership for the fourth wicket on the Johan Volsteedt Oval. Titans opening batsman Reuben van Zyl (110) scored the bulk of his side’s 200 runs with his century. All matches on the second day of the tournament were

No fewer than five centuries were recorded on the opening day of this year’s Khaya Majola Cricket Week, which got off to a spectacular start in Bloemfontein. Andrew Sobiech (Free State), Daniel Cooke (Western Province), Francois Prins (Boland), Daniel du Plessis (Garden Route Badgers) and Xavier Coetzee (Easterns) all began the tournament in the best possible fashion with hundreds on day one. Western Province cruised to a convincing nine-wicket victory over the hosts, Free St

“The Roar of Youth” – a striking design by 26-year-old Spanish designer Pilar Barbadillo Vicario – has been selected for the obverse of the medals for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The artwork was selected by a jury following a global call for designs and will feature on the medals awarded to athletes who step on to the podium in Senegal. Created following research into Senegalese art and symbolism, The Roar of Youth places a lion at the centre of the design, repr

Away from the ever-present sound of zooming cars and blaring horns in the hustling city of Luanda is the small province of Bengo where the African Youth Games track and field athletics took place. It was where Team SA totalled 19 medals, with Oluchi Ndubueze earning three silvers in the 100m, girls medley and long jump. Soon to be starting Grade 11 at Randpark High School, the 16-year-old sprinter and long jumper carries a radiating smile wherever she goes. However, the begin

SA Rugby has standardised the age at which tackling is permitted for young players, which will see children in the Under-5 to Under-8 age groups participate exclusively in non-contact forms of the game, such as TAG and Touch Rugby. Full contact and tackle rugby will only start in the U9 age group, following a structured and standardised “Confidence and Safety in Contact” programme, which will be introduced during the second half of the U8 season to build foundational skills s

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the South Africa Under-19 Men’s squad that will represent the nation at the 16th edition of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup. The tournament will be held in Namibia and Zimbabwe from 15 January to 6 February 2026. KZN Inland’s Muhammad Bulbulia will lead the squad, having already impressed the team in recent Youth competitions. South Africa has been drawn in Group D alongside the West Indies, Afghanistan and Tanzania. The Junior Pro

The first Fairtree Sportfees powered by STADIO, will be hosted from 24-27 April 2026 at Die Hoërskool Menlopark in Pretoria – a sports tournament aimed at raising the standard of South African school sports and creating a highly respected national tournament for rugby, netball and hockey. The vision for the festival is clear: “to push boundaries in order to offer a highly respected tournament to a broad school market”. With teams in the Under-15 and Under-18 age groups (rugby

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) on Thursday announced a squad of 91 athletes representing 12 sports for the upcoming African Youth Games in Luanda, Angola. These are the fourth such Games, and the third in which Team South Africa will be competing, after previously being staged in Rabat (2010), Gaborone (2014) and Algiers (2018). This year’s edition, from 10-20 December, are especially important as they serve as preparation fo

The SA Rugby Under-19 Academy squad wasted no time in settling into their European base after arriving in Paris on Thursday, marking the start of their three-week tour of France and Ireland. The 30-man touring party and team management have set up camp at the France High-Performance Centre (HPC) in Marcoussis, which is located approximately one hour’s drive outside of Paris. This modern, world-class facility, the heart of French rugby, provides the young South Africans with a

The well-rounded development journey continues, this time with the Telkom Future Cup, taking place from 1-29 November, in both the T20 and 50-over formats of the game. The Lions Cricket/Telkom partnership reinforces a shared commitment to bridging the gap between amateur and professional cricket through a robust, inclusive and all-encompassing pipeline programme: The Telkom Talent Acceleration Programme. Under this programme, talent is identified and accelerated; with lives a

In a gripping finale at St Stithians College on Friday, King Edward VII School (KES) claimed the Switch Schools SA20 Central Gauteng Lions Phase 1 boys’ title, overcoming Jeppe High School for Boys by four wickets in a see-saw encounter. The finalists had earlier overcome St John’s College (Jeppe – by a slim one-wicket margin) and Steyn City School (KES – by a comfortable 55 runs) to seal their place in the afternoon’s showpiece encounter at Dlamini Oval. Batting first, Jeppe

Five members of the triumphant Junior Springbok side from earlier this year have been included in the SA Rugby Under-19 Academy squad of 30 players for an exciting three-match European tour to France and Ireland. The touring squad, which includes Junior Bok captain Riley Norton and his 2025 SA U20 teammates Oliver Reid, Phiwayinkosi “Rambo” Kubheka, Siphosethu Mnebelele, and Vusi Moyo, will depart South Africa on Wednesday. The tour is a crucial part of the pathway for age-gr

Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, thanked the outgoing leadership of the SA Schools Rugby Association and congratulated the new Executive Committee and selectors, who were elected at their Annual General Meeting in Durbanville on Monday. KwaZulu-Natal’s Noël Ingle’s term as chairperson has come to an end after 10 years, with Kervin Grove from Western Province, the former secretary, elected to take over from Ingle at the meeting held at Hoërskool Durbanville. The two vice

The SA Under-18s defeated England by 69-24 in their final match of the U18 International Series at Paarl Gimnasium on Saturday to gain...

France delivered a late flurry of tries to outplay a gritty SA Under-18 ‘A’ side by 40-14 in their last match of the U18 International...

The two South African Under-18 squads are all set for their highly anticipated final matches of the U18 International Series Saturday in...

North-West Cricket (NWC) and the North-West Department of Education (NWDoE) have taken a bold and united step forward in championing the...

The SA U18s delivered a second impressive performance in the U18 International Series when they beat Ireland by 45-5 at Boland Landbou...

The SA Under-18 ‘A’ side shook off their narrow loss to Ireland to run out comfortable winners by 57-19 in a spirited display against...

The two South Africa U18 squads (SA U18 and SA U18 ‘A’) show extensive rotational changes for their second-round matches of the U18...