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Guest on the line: Russle Bindeman, from Fight Arts Promotions

Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) is a South African mixed martial arts promotion company established since 2009. Guest on the line: EFC President Cairo Howarth.    

Guest on the line: Warren Rudolph, Tournament Director    

Guest on the line: rising star at TuksSport, Geronay Michaela Whitebooi.

Guest on the line: CMA Race Director, Rowyn James

Guest on the line: Promoter Zandile Malinga of Starline Boxing Promotion

At the 2022 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival, King Price Xtreme cyclist Philip Buys claimed his first national title win in 3h 42min – riding a Pyga MoBu frame, the first full carbon mountain bike ever produced in South Africa. Over and above this win under his belt, Philip has represented SA at the South Africa at the Olympic Games in 2012 and the Commonwealth Games in 2014, and plans...

Tegan Phillips loves to cycle, so much so that she uses her love of cycling to empower other women and uplift women in poorer communities. Her love of cycling is taking her on an adventure that will set a world record and see the South African flag fly high. Tegan plans to become the fastest woman to cycle from Cairo to Cape Town. Tegan started her love of cycling most comically; she entered a com...

Guest on the line: Chloe Badenhorst –South African Young Chess Player

Guest on the line: Nqobile Ndlovu - Director - Cash N Sport Research

Guest on the line: Brandon Silent –Impala Sports Programme Specialist

Guest on the line: Rodney Berman –Golden Gloves CEO

Guest on the line: Remy Kloos is a mindset coach, sustainability and wellness specialist, high-altitude mountaineer and speaker

Meet Miles Mpho Moshou Ikageng, Potchefstroom in the North West province. Miles has been an umpire for eight years and is currently a Netball South Africa A umpire that he obtained in 2018. Guest on the line: Mpho Moshou          

5 months ago I partially tore my ACL. I was manifesting a good year with many tournaments but obviously that was turned down. Guest on the line: Awande Malinga –SA  Professional Squash Player        

BNP Paribas RCS Rising Star Tennis will be expanded even further this season, after such a successful series last year.  This will extend the reach to more children and schools to make a bigger difference through social development initiatives as the programme returns for a highly anticipated third edition in 2022. Guest on the line: Anthony Moruthane, Tennis South Africa Head of Commercial,...

New sports being introduced at Wanderers, new hockey turf, other sections include running, squash, basketball, snooker (full size tables), tennis, rugby, hockey, gymnastics, bowls plus others Guest on the line: Debbie Friend- Sports Manager, The Wanderers Club  

A Pretoria man, SD Heijns, is said to have set a new world record for skipping rope at Sun International’s Maslow Time Square Hotel in Pretoria. Heijns (21) completed 71 185 skips in eight hours surpassing the previous record of 70 031 by 1 154 skips.   Guest on the line: SD Heijns, A Pretoria man.          

On Thursday, 21 April, the 17-year old, Bradley Nkoana, became the youngest sprinter to win a medal in the men’s senior 100m at the ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs. Guest on the line: Bradley Nkoana, #TuksAthletics      

Fortunately, the Comrades Marathon doesn’t only bring out the best in people’s athletic ability — it also brings out the living spirit of Ubuntu: the Comrades is because we are.  Guest on the line:  Dr Tom Boyles, Leading infectious diseases specialist.

Load-shedding could impact the results of the South African swimmers during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Guest: Rocco Meiring, Tuks Swimming Club head coach-.    

From an early age Nhleko was drawn to things that seem humanly impossible. She started doing Monkeynastix when she was four. By the age of six the real challenge began. She realised quite early on that gymnastics is a constant quest for that one moment of absolute perfection.   Guest on the line: Phiwe Nhleko- artistic gymnast          

Guest on the line: Mmatshepo Seoka- Mental Health activist Six months after being hit by a car during a morning run, sustaining head and knee injuries, Mmatshepo Seoka this week completed her first marathon.    

Guest on the line: Ryno Griesel -Chartered Accountant, Adventure Runner, Mountaineer, Public Speaker. 'Bagged' came the very simple text message from Adrian Saffy, one of the vital support crew on the Navigate Lesotho project.

Guest on the line – Prodigal Khumalo –founder of The Orcas Running Academy The Orcas Running Academy is a training academy and running club Khumalo founded in 2018 that supports the development of disadvantaged runners.