It is funny how perceptions about sports can change. A few years back, Nolwazi Hlabangane thought rugby was a sport where the only goal was to kill your opponent to be in control of the ball. As said, that was a few years back. Nowadays, Hlabangane is the one “doing the killing”. She is seemingly…
Pieter Coetzé proved to be the star of the South African team at the World Junior Swimming Championships which came to an end in Lima, Peru on Sunday 05 September 2022. Fresh from his gold, silver and bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the 18-year-old from Pretoria left the Peruvian capital with a haul…
For years, Marlize de Bruin prepared herself, physically and mentally, to represent South Africa in the World Cup in Cape Town – after all, the B.Ed. honours graduate from the University of Pretoria ticked all the right boxes to fulfil her dream of playing for her country at the highest level of them all. The…
St David’s Marist host another successful Fasken Time Cricket Festival aimed at introducing young players to the longer format of cricket. The 2nd round of two-day games at the St David’s Fasken Time Cricket Festival all ended in draws. Four days of action in the sun, so early in the season, clearly took its toll…
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have named the latest squad for the South Africa Under-19 men’s side. The selected 15-player squad will participate in this year’s Division 2 short white-ball format. CSA’s high-performance is championing the kickstart of preparations for the 2024 ICC U19 Men’s World Cup through this programme. The squad consist of a number…
The Springbok Sevens squad for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 have three bronze medalist survivors from 2018, in Siviwe Soyizwapi – who will lead the team – Selvyn Davids and Ryan Oosthuizen. Springbok Women’s Sevens stalwart Mathrin Simmers will play in her third RWC 7s in Cape Town next weekend; and stalwart Cecil Afrika was…
The Vodacom Bulls will begin their 2022/23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaign against an old foe – the Emirates Lions – and in the Tshwane-based side’s arsenal will be a man who knows the opposition side intimately, that is utility forward, Ruan Vermaak. The hard-working and versatile 24-year-old will begin his first full season with…
An undefeated half-century from captain Mary-Anne Musonda inspired Zimbabwe to a fiercely-contested 20-run triumph over the South African Emerging side to take an unassailable lead in the five-match series at the Groenkloof Oval on Friday. Zimbabwe are ahead 3 – 1 with one match to play. Musonda recorded six boundaries enroute to a game-changing 48…
The former Jaguars captain, Marlize de Bruin, has decided to quit netball to focus on playing sevens rugby. Doing so, she proved a change is as good as a holiday. She will represent the Springbok sevens women’s team in two weeks at the Rugby World Cup in Cape Town. “Netball was good to me. I…
Which South African coach has since 2016 got athletes to medal at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championships and the Commonwealth Games? There is a real chance that very few sports fans will know the answer to this. It does not faze Neil Cornelius. He is not coaching to be famous. He coaches because…
