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Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, has shown his hand as he announced his preliminary squad for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire. The Belgian mentor announced a 50-man preliminary squad that will be trimmed to 23 players in the beginning of the new year shortly before departure to the West African country. The 34th edition of the biennial continental tournament will be held in the Ivory Coast […]

After an illustrious career spanning over nine years, SPAR Proteas veteran player, Phumza Maweni, has decided to call time on her playing days. Maweni started playing professional netball at the age of 28 and has gone on to achieve a lot of success for herself on the court. Having started off playing for the Southern Stings in the then Brutal Fruit Netball League (now the Telkom Netball League), Maweni played […]

Reeza Hendricks’ attacking intent with the bat together with three wickets important by Gerald Coetzee helped the Proteas edge out India by five wickets on the DLS Method in the second T20 International at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Tuesday. The right-hander struck eight boundaries and a six in his 49 runs off 27 balls and was supported well by captain Aiden Markram (30) as the hosts hunted down […]

Final day of the Netball Series between England and South Africa went down to the wire, with both teams locked at one–all, it was a winner takes all match. Norma Plummer, the Proteas Head Coach, made only one change from the team that started on the second day with Phumza Maweni starting ahead of Nicola Smith, who left the court injured on Saturday. Plummer, who was sitting on the bench […]

Banyana Banyana qualified for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a 2-0 (3-1 aggregate) victory over Burkina Faso in a second leg qualifier at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Monday afternoon. The match also served as veteran defender Janine Van Wyk’s farewell match after she officially bowed out of the sport as the most capped African player (men or women). Van Wyk was substituted in the 8th minute […]

Banyana Banyana were held to a 1-1 draw by Burkina Faso in the first leg of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium on Thursday in the Ivory Coast. The two sides went to the half-time break deadlocked at 0-0 after a physical first half that saw a Thembi Kgatlana strike being disallowed for an offside in the 38th minute. Veteran defender, Janine […]

Bulls loose-forward, Nizaam Carr, wants the Bulls to keep up their proud home record when they host the Sharks on Saturday in the seventh round of the United Rugby Championship at Loftus Versveld, in Pretoria. Jake White's charges sit in third spot on the URC log after their emphatic win over Connacht last week. Saturday's clash will be the first South African derby of the season. Speaking to the media […]

Sports Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has appointed a new Boxing South Africa Board, which comprises of seven members and will be in office for the next three years. Kodwa announced on Tuesday morning that the chairperson of the board, Sifiso Shongwe, Sakhiwo Sodo, Romy Titus, Nande Mshe, Princess Nongoma and Mary Sitata will be the new board members until 2026. They will be in office from December 12. Shongwe holds an […]

Laura Wolvaardt has officially been named the Proteas Women captain for all three formats. Wolvaardt takes over the reins full-time after a successful tenure as interim captain during the recent tours against Pakistan and New Zealand, where she led from the front with the bat, helping her team to back-to-back 2-1 ODI series victories. The 24-year-old has already appeared in 86 One-Day Internationals and 59 T20 Internationals, recording 3421 runs […]