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Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) defeated Royal Eagles 2-1 in a Premier Soccer League promotion/relegation playoffs match in Thohoyandou.

The Stormers picked up a good 34-22 win against the Highlanders at Newlands Rugby Stadium, to keep their hopes of reaching the Super Rugby knockout stages alive.

Amon Twins Thulisile and Thobile Amon are fast following in the footsteps of Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya. The middle-distance runners who attend Tshwane University of Technology have been awarded a scholarship to study Bachelor of Social Science at the Monroe College in New York in the United States of America.

No stranger to the big stage, Thembi Kgatlana will take to the field for her biggest showdown ever when France host the Women’s World Cup and South Africa kicks off their Group B campaign against Spain.

The coaches of both Eswatini and Mauritius were content with a 2-2 draw from their opening match of the Cosafa Cup in Durban on Saturday.

Former President of the Socialist Party of Azania Lybon Mabasa says they could see at his young age that Ramaphosa was destined to reach great heights.

When national team coaches announced their squads, one of the questions they try to avoid at all times is the omission of certain players especially those who deserved call-ups and didn’t make it.

South African born soccer player Thabang Matuka will join Spanish League third tier CD Almunecar City on a one year agreement from August.

South African men under-20 national team Coach Thabo Senong says their objective at the FIFA World Cup in Poland is to reach the knockout stage.

Male’s national team Coach Arthur Maseko says they are anticipating an entertaining match against the Spar Smileys in the Telkom Premier League match at the Rembrandt Hall at The University of Pretoria this evening (kick-off 8pm).

Reigning International Boxing Organisation (IBO) welterweight champion Thulani ‘‘Tulz’’ Mbenge, who won the Male Boxer of the Year award at the 2018 South African Boxing Awards ceremony at the Sandton Convention Centre last Friday, will defend his title against German boxer Sebastian Formella on Saturday, 6 July.

The Blood and Gold as Esperance are popularly known will be attempting to defend their title tonight when they meet Wydad Casablanca in the first leg of the CFACL final at the Complexe Sportif Moulay-Abdellah stadium in Rabat. Mamelodi Sundowns lost to the Moroccans in the semi-finals and head coach Pitso Mosimane expects a tight game at midnight.

Assistant Royal Eagles coach Bafana Nhlapo is targeting twin wins from their remaining Premier Soccer League Promotion/Relegation Play-Off matches, starting with the game at Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) tomorrow (Saturday).

Sharks coach Robert du Preez has made four changes to his starting line-up to face the Lions in Durban tomorrow, as the KwaZulu-Natal side aim for the double over their Gauteng rivals.

The FIFA U20 World Cup kicks-off tonight and Amajita are only two days away from opening their campaign against Argentina at Stadion Miedjski in Tychy, Poland on Saturday evening.

The Maximal Training Approach is alive and working. This was the reaction of the students of the late former Bafana Bafana coach Ted Dumitru when Daniel “Dance” Malesela led National First Division side TS Galaxy to a historic Nedbank Cup title victory last weekend. Galaxy shocked South African cup kings Kaizer Chiefs beating them 1-0 at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban on Saturday. It was for the...

It looks like Chippa United bosses have learnt a lesson from what happened to the team this past season as the club’s Chief Operations Officer Lukanyo Mzinzi reveals that they have already started planning for the 2019/2020 season by tying down most of the players, who helped them survive relegation at the end of the past term.

As the South African Women’s National team jets off to France for their maiden FIFA World Cup appearance tonight (Thursday, 23 May 2019), their sponsor Sasol hosted a send-off celebration for them in Sandton this afternoon. SAFA president Danny Jordaan revealed at the event that the Banyana players will each pocket R320‚000 if they reach the last 16 stage, R520‚000 for reaching the quarter-finals‚...

Former Bafana Bafana striker Jerry Sikhosana believes the COSAFA Cup that gets underway in Durban this weekend provides the perfect preparation for those teams that will be playing in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) next month. The May 25 to June 8 competition will feature four teams that have qualified for the continental spectacle to be played in Egypt. Those teams are Bafana Bafana, Zimbabwe...

The Stormers have made just one enforced change to their starting line-up as they prepare to take on the Highlanders in a Super Rugby game at Newlands on Saturday afternoon. Coach Robbie Fleck says at this stage of the competition it is nice to be able to have a consistency in selection and reward the players who did so well to draw 19 all against the Crusaders. Stormers Captain Siya Kolisi says t...

Former Kaizer Chiefs coach Steve Komphela has launched a stinging attack on ex-Free State Stars coach Luc Eymael, saying he is arrogant and insolent, adding that his lack of respect could also be one of the reasons why Ea Lla Koto were relegated from the Absa Premiership. This comes after Eymael said he had left Ea Lla Koto in a better position and is not to blame for the ‘mess’ that the club is i...

National track cycling sprint champion, Jean Spies, says he will pull all stops to meet Olympic qualifying standards according to international benchmarks. This is despite not yet receiving any feedback locally as to what the South African Olympics team standard is.

Maritzburg United striker Judas Moseamedi is happy that the club can depend on him in their quest to stay in the Premier Soccer League (PSL). The Kwa Zulu Natal based side are battling for survival in the ongoing promotion/relegation playoffs against Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) and Royal Eagles. Moseamedi has been an instrumental part of Eric Tinkler’s team since his arrival on loan from Ca...

Maritzburg United coach Eric Tinkler is pleased that for the first time in months his side is actually in charge of their destiny. Tinkler’s side moved three points clear at the top of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) promotion play-offs log with a 2-0 win over Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) in Thohoyandou on Wednesday (22 May 2019). United have scored three goals and kept two clean sheets in a...

Netball South Africa President Cecilia Molokwane says the Spar Proteas Netball National Team is better than Bafana Bafana in terms of rankings. The Netball team is currently ranked fifth in the world, while Bafana are ranked 14th on the continent and 73rd in the world. Molokwane said this when Netball SA announced a strong team to represent the country at the 2019 World Cup in Liverpool, England,...