Relentless in their pursuit of excellence, pushing boundaries and rewriting the record books, the back-to-back Sports Organisation of the Year, #ThePrideOfJozi, has emerged even more driven ahead of the 2026/2027 season. With a renewed sense of purpose, the DP World Lions Cricket professional squads remain almost unchanged as they aim to maintain premier position for domestic dominance. The DP World Lions Men’s team once again stamped their authority on the domestic stage, se

Three finals in as many years, two of which have been at the most recent editions of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. South Africa have come close to clinching their maiden ICC senior women’s title, and fallen agonisingly short of it. At the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales however, skipper Laura Wolvaardt believes her side will walk in hungrier than ever to taste the silverware. "Reaching back-to-back T20 World Cup finals has obviously been very special for

LIV Golf heads to Busan, South Korea, for the eighth event of the 2026 season. It is the league’s second trip to Korea and its first at Asiad Country Club. The Rees Jones-redesigned course will play as a 7 024-yard par 70, with the narrow, tree-lined Valley nine on the front and the more scoreable Lake nine on the back. The signature hole is the 159-yard par-3 sixth, a downhill shot to an island green. With two par 5s converted to par 4s, scoring should be tougher than usual.

Shaunique Alexander and Zethu Gcaza will earn their maiden Test caps when the Springbok Women take on Uganda in the second round of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Kenya on Wednesday (1pm), while Abigail Smit is in line to make her international debut off the bench at the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi. The trio will complete the new cap tally for the nine uncapped players who left South Africa a week ago, with all six players who made their debuts against Madagascar, involved in t

Underdogs. Written off. Not given a chance. For Morné Steyn, that’s exactly where any South African rugby team thrives and it’s this mindset which he believes the Fidelity SecureDrive Lions will carry with them into their Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Leinster this weekend (9pm on Saturday – SAST). Playing Leinster in Dublin is never an easy task. But Steyn has enough experience of pulling off the impossible in this competition. He was part of the Vo

South African lifestyle golf apparel brand BooYaa Golf has added another distinctive voice to its growing ambassador family, signing professional deaf golfer Allen John as a new brand ambassador. Based in Germany, John brings international credibility, serious competitive pedigree and a personal story that aligns closely with BooYaa’s own brand energy. He is a multiple Deaflympics champion and former World Deaf Golf Champion but his story is not only about medals. It is about

All that remains to decide the play-offs order of games in the DHL Super Rugby Pacific 2026 competition is who will secure the third-place home advantage and where the Brumbies (33) and the Reds (32) will play their games. The third-placed Blues (38 points) and fourth-placed Crusaders (36) are in a battle royale to secure the spot as they respectively face the Chiefs (2nd) and the Hurricanes (1st) in next weekend’s final preliminary round. Should the Crusaders lose and the Br

The Gauteng derby between the Golden Fireballs and the Jaguars took center stage in the final fixture of the day at Telkom Netball League Power Week 2. The Jaguars were first on the scoreboard, while the first held ball call of the game came in the Fireballs’ shooting circle as Goal Shooter Tinita van Dyk was about to take a shot but the turnover was quickly rectified by Goalkeeper Amara Agbai who secured an intercept to help the team register their first goal. The match rema

Unbeaten half-centuries from Jordan Hermann and Zubayr Hamza guided South Africa ‘A’ (SA ‘A’) to a dominant eight-wicket victory over the England Lions in the first four-day match on Monday. The win at Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground puts the visitors 1-0 up in the two-match series. SA ‘A’ resumed the final day comfortably on 122/1, needing a further 92 to win. Lesego Senokwane (55) was the solitary wicket to fall, adding four runs to his overnight score before Eddie Jack

The Diamonds and the Sunbirds locked horns in a scintillating Telkom Netball League Power Week 2 clash on Monday morning, with both teams entertaining from start to finish. The Sunbirds were efficient from the outset, forcing turnovers and capitalizing on early opportunities but the Diamonds gradually settled into the game midway through the opening quarter and showed discipline to draw level 13 minutes in. A goal from Diamonds Goal Shooter Colene Dercksen, followed by a two-

There are just two teams left standing in the 2025/26 Uefa Champions League and Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal are now heading to Budapest's Puskás Aréna for the showpiece of European club football. Holders Paris are bidding to become only the second club in the Champions League era to successfully defend their title after Real Madrid, who won three in a row between 2016 and 2018. The Gunners, runners-up in 2006, are seeking to become the 25th club to lift the trophy and the

Montpellier Hérault Rugby produced a historic performance to defeat Ulster Rugby 59-26 in the EPCR Challenge Cup Final at San Mamés Stadium on Friday, recording the highest points tally ever by a team in a final in the competition’s 30-year history. The French side crossed for nine tries and added seven conversions, setting new Final records in both categories as they completed an unbeaten campaign in emphatic fashion to lift the trophy. The victory marks Montpellier’s third

Union Bordeaux Bègles secured back-to-back Investec Champions Cup titles this weekend with a clinical and captivating display, extending Leinster Rugby’s agonising wait for a fifth European star at Bilbao’s iconic San Mamés Stadium. In front of a sold-out crowd, with the Basque sun blazing down, the French side completed an unbeaten campaign in style to lift club rugby’s most coveted trophy for the second consecutive season. Led by captain Maxime Lucu, Bordeaux’s route to glo

Junior Springbok head coach Kevin Foote has once more made a number of rotational and injury-enforced changes to his match-23 for the second round of the Under-20 International Series against Fiji on Tuesday at Wynberg Boys’ High School in Cape Town. The match kicks off at 3pm and will be preceded by the encounter between Chile and Georgia at 1pm. Both matches will be broadcast live on YouTube. Following their emphatic 97-0 victory over Chile in the opening round at Rondebosc

An unbeaten half-century from Lesego Senokwane steered South Africa 'A' (SA ‘A’) one step closer to victory on the penultimate day of the first four-day match against England Lions in Arundel on Sunday. The opener struck a composed 51* off 113 balls (7x4) alongside Jordan Hermann (41*) as the visitors reached stumps on 122/1, requiring a further 92 runs to secure a positive result. Earlier, Asa Tribe and Ben Mayes both recorded centuries to propel England to 387, setting a ta

Global superstar Cheslin Kolbe will make a sensational return to Cape Town next season, after signing a deal to pull on the DHL Stormers jersey once again as Stormers Rugby continues to build towards an exciting new era through Project 2029. One of the most electrifying players in world rugby, Kolbe’s return is a major statement of intent. It brings one of Cape Town’s favourite sons back to where his journey began, adding world-class quality, championship experience and unmis

Mamelodi Sundowns won the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for the second time after holding FAR Rabat to a 1-1 draw in the second leg of the final in Morocco on Sunday night. The South African side completed a 2-1 aggregate victory at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium on Sunday, adding to their first-leg 1-0 win in Pretoria last week. Mohamed Hrimat gave FAR Rabat hope from the penalty spot in the 40th minute but Teboho Mokoena’s superb strike in first-half stoppage time restore

It was a final-day fairytale for Sunderland after they made history by qualifying for Europe for the first time in 52 years despite beginning the afternoon outside the qualification places. In a final day full of twists in the race for Europe, the promoted team sprang the biggest surprise, taking the lead against Chelsea in the 25th minute to climb into eighth – the final Uefa Europa League qualification place – above their opponents. When Brighton & Hove Albion fell behind t

Kimi Antonelli has taken victory in a dramatic Canadian Grand Prix and extended his championship lead to 43 points in the process, after Mercedes teammate George Russell was forced to retire on Lap 30 following a power unit issue on his car. The early stages of the race were dominated by a thrilling battle for the lead between Russell and Antonelli, with some contentious moments between them as the pair swapped positions on numerous occasions. But the duel came to an end in h

The Crinums completed a commanding double over the Kingdom Stars on Sunday afternoon at the Ellis Park arena in Telkom Netball League Power Week 2. After defeating the Stars 54-34 during Power Week 1, the Free State side once again asserted their dominance. The Stars settled quicker in the opening quarter and raced to an early three-goal lead. Both sides produced beautiful pieces of play in their shooting circles but some much needed intercepts from Crinums’ Centre Refiloe Nk