Subscribe
Daily DispatchDaily Dispatch
Subscribe
Sports Staff

Creator

Sports Staff

Tatjana Smith, who retired after the Paris Olympics, will return to competitive swimming at the South African short-course championships in Pietermaritzburg next week

Swimming sensation Tatjana dives back into the pool for short-course champs

South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Tatjana Smith, is on the comeback trail, returning to action at the South African short-course championships in Pietermaritzburg from September 24-27.

  • Sports Staff
American Kenneth Bednarek crosses the line to win the men's 200m final ahead of second-placed South African Sinesipho Dambile during the World Athletics Diamond League meeting at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Saturday.

Dambile lands SA’s only podium finish at Diamond League finale

Commonwealth Games champion Sinesipho Dambile scored South Africa’s only podium finish at the Diamond League finale in Brussels on Saturday night as he delivered another 200m sub-20-second performance

  • Sports Staff
South Africa flyhalf Handre Pollard will miss the second Test

Pollard ruled out of second Test, Kolbe returns for Arendse

Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard has been ruled out of the second Test against the All Blacks in Cape Town on Saturday, with Cheslin Kolbe coming in for Kurt-Lee Arendse in another late change.

  • Sports Staff
Sinesipho Dambile finished second in the men's 200m race at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. Picture:

Dambile takes second place in the men’s 200m race at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne

Sinesipho Dambile continued to build on his superb form this season, taking second place in the men’s 200m race at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday night

  • Sports Staff
Bernice Ferreira undergoing a medical check by Dr Robert Selepe before she won the vacant IBO title. File picture:

SA’s Bernice Ferreira lifts WBC super-featherweight title on DQ in US

The victory in Atlanta makes Ferreira South Africa’s first female WBC titleholder and fifth overall

  • Sports Staff
Tumi Ramokgopa finished second in the women’s 400m hurdles final at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday. File photo

Ramokgopa helps SA complete world U-20 champs with eight medals

Country’s largest medal haul at the championships since bagging nine in Nairobi in 2021

  • Sports Staff
Malcolm Marx during a Springbok training session at Johannesburg Stadium on July 8 2026. Picture:

Boks’ Marx bracing for confrontational battle against Wales

Uncapped prop Carlu Sadie set for Test debut as coach Rassie Erasmus rings changes

  • Sports Staff
Khuthadzo Rasivhaga scored a hat-trick as the Junior Springboks beat England in their World Rugby Under-20 Championship semifinal. File photo

Sublime second half against England sees Junior Boks into U-20 world champs final

The South Africans, who will meet France in the final, were 20-12 down at halftime

  • Sports Staff
Vusi Moyo during a Springbok Training at Johannesburg Stadium on June 25. Moyo will start at flyhalf in the Nations Championship Test against Wales at Kings Park on Saturday.

Erasmus names four uncapped players in Bok team to face Wales

Coach strikes balance between naming a strong and giving every player in his expanded squad a chance

  • Sports Staff
France's Kylian Mbappé reacts after scoring during the penalty shootout of the World Cup soccer final in 2022. On the left is Argentina's Lionel Messi. Will the two teams meet in the 2026 final again?

Here are the World Cup quarterfinal fixtures

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has reached its quarterfinal stage. Here are all the last eight fixtures

  • Sports Staff
Siyanda Ndlovu of Lamontville Golden Arrows and Siphesihle Ndlovu of Kaizer Chiefs compete during their Betway Premiership match at Moses Mabhida Stadium on August 30 2025. File picture:

Sundowns complete signing of Pirates’ target Ndlovu from Arrows

Mamelodi Sundowns have completed the signing of Golden Arrows’ dribbling wizard Siyanda Ndlovu, beating tough competition from rivals Orlando Pirates

  • Sports Staff
Siphosethu Mnebelele played a starring role as the Junior Boks beat Georgia at the Under-20 World Championship. File photo

Junior Bok forwards rise to Georgian challenge in Tbilisi

With two bonus-point wins from two outings, SA top Pool A in U-20 World Championship on 10 points

  • Sports Staff
A fan takes a selfie with Bafana Bafana midfield star Teboho Mokoena during the team's arrival at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Thursday morning after reaching the knockouts of the 2026 Fifa World Cup. Picture:

WATCH | Enthusiastic greeting for Bafana on arrival at OR Tambo from World Cup

A band accompanied the few thousand supporters who greeted Bafana Bafana at the OR Tambo International Airport arrivals hall when the team returned from the 2026 Fifa World Cup

  • Sports Staff
Raphinha (11) of Brazil crosses the ball against Achraf Hakimi (2) of Morocco during the Fifa World Cup 2026 Group C match at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 13 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Picture:
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026

All of the 2026 Fifa World Cup last 32 fixtures

The 2026 Fifa World Cup last 32 started with Canada beating Bafana Bafana 1-0 at Los Angeles Stadium on Sunday

  • Sports Staff
Bulls winger Stravino Jacobs is beaten to the ball by Leinster flyhalf Sam Prendergast in the URC final at Croke Park on Friday night. Picture: GALLO IMAGES

Leinster thump lacklustre Bulls to retain URC trophy

Leinster produced the magic when it counted as they condemned the Bulls to a fourth failed URC final at Croke Park in Dublin on Friday night, the home side winning 36-7 to retain their status as champions

  • Sports Staff