One of South African athletics legends, Rikenette Steenkamp, has decided to put her spikes away for good. The Tuks athlete has undoubtedly been the “boss lady” of 100m-hurdles racing since 2010 in South Africa. In 47 local races, she has been beaten only twice in the short hurdles. It was in 2010 and 2013. According…
Springbok Women and Springbok Women’s Sevens star Nadine Roos will join Nagato Blue Angels in Japan on a six month contract in January 2023. Roos, the 2022 MyPlayers Women’s Player of the Year and nominee for the Springbok Women’s Player of the Year award, is the first local player to sign for a Japanese club…
The South African Football Association (SAFA) is delighted to see the career moves made by several Banyana Banyana players in pursuit of their dreams. Midfielder Linda Motlhalo joined Scotland’s Glasgow City FC this week in a move that will have made the SASOL-sponsored South African senior women’s national team coach Desiree Ellis proud. Motlhalo was…
The Vodacom Bulls are happy to announce the signing of Premiership and Champions Cup winner, Jannes Kirsten. The multifaceted forward will join the Pretoria-based Vodacom Bulls from 1 July 2023 with his initial stay penciled in till June 2026. Kirsten – a former South African Under-20s international – is no stranger to Loftus, having made…
Michaela Whitebooi’s refusal to curb her dreams is why she received the Bestmed Tuks Sports Woman of the Year award last night. And deservedly so. During the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won gold in the judo under the 48 kg category. She is the first South African female judoka to win gold at a major…
South African paddling veteran Thulani Mbanjwa has added his name to the growing entry for the 2022 Fish River Canoe Marathon, and while he comes into the race with limited expectations, the race forms an important cog in his summer paddling plans. The Eastern Cape classic from 8-9 October has often fallen outside of Mbanjwa’s…
Wanderers Stadium South Africa’s only Tier One cricket stadium will now offer an unrivalled in-stadium experience game day and beyond – thanks to telecom giant Telkom and the place where Joburg meets. The partnership with Telkom will turn the stadium into Africa’s first 5G stadium that will allow fans to have a high-tech experience such…
The 2022/23 season of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship got off to a flying start on the weekend, with the Vodacom Bulls setting the tone on local soil while two of last season’s quarter-finalists were beaten on the road. Defending champions, the DHL Stormers, and the Cell C Sharks will join the action this weekend,…
Women’s defending K1 Fish River Canoe Marathon champion Bridgette Hartley is eager to test her skills once again at one of South Africa’s premier river marathons starting at Grassridge Dame on Friday, 7 October. It was back in 2018 that Hartley claimed her first K1 title at the Fish when she held off a strong…
Vodacom Bulls director of rugby, Jake White, has committed for a long-term stay at Loftus Versfeld with a contract extension that will see him at the helm of the side until 2027. The 58-year-old 2007 World Cup-winning coach joined the Vodacom Bulls in 2020 where he took them to two back-to-back Carling Currie Cup titles…
