Springbok prop Thomas du Toit and scrumhalf Grant Williams shot down talk by the local media that the Boks could approach Saturday’s Test against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium as a grudge match. The last time the two teams clashed, last July in Durban, Ireland beat the Boks by 25-24 but the Bok duo said on Tuesday previous results between the teams were history. The Test – the penultimate in the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour – kicks off at 7.40pm (SAST) on Saturday and will be br

Karabo Mokoena. Sunshine Tour As the Sunshine Tour’s Vodacom Origins of Golf series prepares for its season final at the Pezula Golf Estate this week, there may well be a sense in Karabo Mokoena’s mind that he’s only now getting started with his season. The final of this celebrated series will be played from Thursday to Sunday this week on the same golf course where it first teed off in 2004. It’s a series that has opened doors for some of the biggest names on the Sunshine To

Ask Cody Kock what changed this past season and he will not point to a single jump. He will talk about time, learning to manage it and the stress that goes along with studying Grade 12 while chasing scores on the ice. “The biggest lesson I have learned was time management,” he says. “I have also been able to manage stress and self-doubt. Learning how to manage my time has helped me prepare better for my Grade 12 year and final exams, while also training and preparing for comp

After a stellar victory in Kolkata, South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad now has his eyes set on winning the series in Guwahati. South Africa claimed their first Test win on Indian soil in 15 years after staging a remarkable comeback to script a win in Kolkata. Elated with the achievement, Shukri Conrad is now targeting an even bigger prize, aiming to win the Test series, something South Africa have not accomplished since 2000. "This was right up there for us. Coming to Indi

It took him nine tournaments and two seasons – during which he was part of two HSBC SVNS tournament wins – to finally come to terms with rugby sevens and his Blitzbok role and now, David Brits cannot wait for the new season to start for him to give it his best shot. The 29-year-old joined the Blitzboks at the end of the 2023 season and made his debut in Perth in 2024 but injuries limited his appearances to only three for the season. Last season Brits – who won the Carling Cur

Africa’s biggest club competitions return this weekend as the Group Stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup gets underway across the continent. A star-studded field features reigning TotalEnergies CAF Champions League winners Pyramids FC, record 12-time champions Al Ahly, four-time winners Espérance de Tunis, South African powerhouse Mamelodi Sundowns, Moroccan giants RS Berkane and AS FAR, alongside ambitious challengers fr

Marco Penge. Getty Marco Penge, the only three-time winner on the DP World Tour in the 2025 season, has added his name to the field for the Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player, with the Englishman set to make his debut in “Africa’s Major” at the end of his breakthrough year. With his three wins in China, Denmark and Spain, Penge finished the season in second place on the Race to Dubai Rankings, 30th on the Official World Golf Ranking and earned dual membership on

The nominees have been unveiled for the World Rugby Awards 2025, recognising the players and moments that have defined the sport over the past calendar year. With the women’s categories already awarded at the end of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in September, this year’s men’s shortlist spans three headline categories: International Rugby Players Association Try of the Year, World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year, and Player of the Year. Each nominee has been voted by the

The fourth set of league phase matches in the Uefa Women's Champions League take place across Wednesday and Thursday, with some teams already closing in on progression to the knockout stage. The expanded 18 teams are competing over six matchdays, with the top four teams progressing directly to the quarter-finals and the sides finishing between fifth and 12th advancing to February's knockout round play-offs, where they will vie to complete the last-eight line-up. All times CET

Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth, who increased his Test cap tally to 139 against France two weeks ago, said the Boks are looking forward to Saturday’s Castle Lager Outgoing Tour showdown against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium and added that it would be a “nice opportunity” to try to change their fortunes in Dublin, where they last won a Test in 2012. The teams last met in South Africa in the Castle Lager Incoming Series in July 2024, with each side winning one game but Etzebeth sa

Lhuan-dré Pretorius, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Dian Forrester and Delano Potgieter all got starts but failed to kick on as South Africa 'A' suffered a nine-wicket loss against India 'A' in game two of their three-match One-Day Series in Rajkot on Sunday. The tourists, who lost the opening match by four wickets on Thursday, struggled with the bat in this second outing when they were bowled out for just 132 in 30.3 overs at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who struck a centu

Fierce cross hemisphere rivalries will be put on the global stage when the Nations Championship debuts in July 2026. A landmark joint venture agreed between Six Nations Rugby and SANZAAR, to create the new biennial tournament, signals a watershed moment for rugby union, years in the making. The Nations Championship creates a competitive tournament format, injecting jeopardy and context into every fixture, on the way to crowning a tournament Champion and deciding the dominant

It was a good day of cricket out at the WSB Newlands Cricket Ground for WSB Western Province when both men and women’s teams emerged victorious against Hollywoodbets Dolphins in the T20 double-header on Sunday. In the T20 Challenge fixture, World Sports Betting Western Province recorded a five-wicket win. After electing to bowl first, the hosts delivered a disciplined performance to restrict the Dolphins to 138/7. Mbulelo Dube was the standout with the ball, claiming 4/26 in

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has officially unveiled the Top Three Nominees in each of the Men’s Categories of the highly anticipated CAF Awards 2025. The prestigious event will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on 19 November, celebrating the exceptional performances and achievements that have defined African football this year. Leading the charge for the Player of the Year Top prize are Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain) a

Back-to-back victories for the first time and a first 1-2 finish for the first time since 2023? That’ll do very nicely for Aprilia as Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) clinches a lights-to-flag victory in Valencia. The Italian was made to work for it though. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) produced a fine ride to end his home GP just 0.6s away from Bezzecchi, as Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) battled past Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Ra

We are 11 weeks into the Premier League season, with almost the first third of the campaign now completed. As the final international break of 2025 begins, we're taking stock of what we’ve learnt from 2025/26 so far. Set-pieces, long throws and direct football are back in fashion The headline feature of this Premier League season is a sudden return to what might be called a more conservative or old-school way of playing the game. Last year felt like a new peak of clubs sticki

The Springbok Women’s Sevens confirmed their standing as the best team on the continent after they outplayed hosts and main contenders, Kenya, in the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens Cup final in Nairobi on Sunday, and according to coach Cecil Afrika, it was a great team effort that brought them success. After the final, won 22-0 by South Africa, Afrika said the attitude of the players during the tournament, a strong desire to play for the team and each other, and a good team spir

Experienced utility back Damian Willemse said the Springboks must be dialled in and ready for anything Ireland throw at them when the teams cross paths at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday in the penultimate Test of the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour. Fresh off his Player of the Match performance in the Boks’ 32-14 victory against Italy in Turin on Saturday, when they had to show true character to overcome a red and yellow card in the match, Willemse said they expected anot

Bongi Mbonambi (hooker) and Ntuthuko Mchunu (prop) will join the Springboks in Ireland on Sunday as national coach Rassie Erasmus and his coaching team prepare for their final two clashes of the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour, against Ireland and Wales. Mbonambi, who was a member of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship squad, was one of the players named on Erasmus’ standby list for the tour, while Mchunu earned the last of his three Test caps against Portugal in Bloemfontein in t

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and coach Rassie Erasmus praised the team’s fighting spirit to beat Italy in their Castle Lager Outgoing Tour Test at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday, despite receiving an early red card for the second week in a row and said they are doing everything they can to avoid losing players on the field due to mistakes. The Boks were reduced to 14 men in the 12th minute when utility forward Franco Mostert received a red card for a dangerous tack