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  Guest on the line - HENRY Cock, a 35-year-old former businessman from Johannesburg

Winning the 2021 Momentum gsport Awards SuperSport School Sport Star of the Year accolade has inspired Miyanda Maseti to continue striving for greatness. Maseti, who is a three-time South African BMX Champion, two-time national champion and junior Protea colours recipient, was recognised for her outstanding achievements at the 16th edition of the awards ceremony took place on 31 August. In her six...

It is always good news when we see our young riders progressing and we look forward now to tracking the progress of Unathi Nxumalo over the next phase of his cycling journey. Unathi has progressed steadily through the ranks to become one of KZN's best juniors and has now effectively graduated out of the development ranks and into the bigger leagues by taking up the option to join the Absolute Moti...

When Ntando Mahlangu jumped 7.17 metres, setting a world record to win gold in the long jump at the Paralympic Games there, was a moment of shocked silence in a house 13 498km away from Tokyo. Neil Cornelius could not believe what he had witnessed. But the moment the result flashed on the television screen, he went berserk. It was with just reason. His athlete had won. "I yelled. I think it might...

Rugby will naturally remain their primary focus, but the Springboks are "excited" to experience a slice of "normal" life when they come out of quarantine next Friday. South Africa and Argentina are both booked in at a resort in southeast Queensland as they complete a mandatory 14-day isolation period before resuming their Rugby Championship campaigns. Guest on the line –Johan Le Roux –...

Guest on the line - Virginia Mabaso - Development Coordinator for rowing South Africa (2 times sports administrator of the year 2015 and 2018. 2020 Gsport awards women of the year)

The gold medal the South African men's 4x100m relay team won at the World Relay Championships in Poland is the start of things to come. More SA teams will medal in the future. Athletics South Africa (ASA) relay team manager, Danie Cornelius, who is the Head of Programme at TuksAthletics is the one to make the bold prediction. Guest 1 on the line – Athletics South Africa (ASA) relay team mana...

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos insists that his players will have to grab their goal-scoring opportunities in future to win games after suffering a goalless draw against Zimbabwe in their opening 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup qualifier. A relatively new-look South Africa national side claimed a hard-fought point in their quest for next year's tournament in the Middle East. Guest on the line: Khan...

South African cricketers don’t have much experience of playing in major finals for the national team. And that’s a gender-neutral statement with both the men’s and women’s teams having suffered agonising World Cup semi-final defeats over the years. It has never been a question of talent or skill, but rather whether they possessed the mental strength to perform under pressur...

As the international paddling season continues, the South African stand-up paddling team is set to take part in the ICF SUP World Championships in Balatonfured, Hungary, that will be taking place from 9 - 12 September 2021. Team South Africa will travel to Europe for the competition with a squad of nine paddlers. Four of the paddlers will be taking part in the senior world championships and five p...

Hugo Broos on Tuesday trimmed eight players from his Bafana Bafana squad to play Zimbabwean and Ghana in 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers at the beginning of September. South Africa will play Zimbabwe in Harare on September 3 and Ghana at FNB Stadium on September 6, and Broos initially named a youthful preliminary 31-man squad last week, but has now cut it to 23. Guest on the line – Dr Metji M...

Berg River canoe marathon while his second-half Nikki Birkett won the women’s race… But in dramatic fashion. They’re the first husband and wife paddlers to win the Berg title. Andy grabbed a two minute lead on the second stage when Hank McGregor made an error in a tree block and managed to retain that advantage for the remainder of the race, despite McGregor continually trying t...

Guest - Charlene Pienaar - has enjoyed a sensational year and a debut SADGA Provincial Challenge appearance along with a runner-up finish at the Ekurhuleni Championship has the talented Visually-Impaired golfer dreaming of national colours Guest - Chris Wood - a right-arm amputee is a stalwart of South African Disabled Golf and has been involved with the association for a number of years.

Guest – Calvin Fiki –South African Bodybuilder

Guest 1 on the line – the founder of the QwaQwa Leopards rugby club: Kenneth Tshabalala  

Guest: Henry Cock –A Johannesburg Businessman Henry is planning to cover a distance of 2800km with 133 consecutive half marathons (21.1km) in 133 days.

Guest on the line -Moonira Ramathula, chairperson of Gauteng Women’s Rugby Institute and vice-president of the Gauteng Sports Confederation

The name Schalk Burger has become synonymous with motorsport, in particular rally racing. Legend has it that he was born behind a steering wheel. It’s not that far from the truth as his dad started cross-country rallying while Schalk was still in diapers. Guest– Schalk Burger

Guest: Sune Luus - a South African cricketer. She was born on 5 January 1996 in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a right handed batswomen and right arm leg spin bowler. In South African national women cricket team she play as a bating all rounder.

Owing to the current global climate and ensuring we adhere to COVID-19 protocols, the Canon South Africa Disabled Golf Open has been restructured to feature a series of four regional opens which will culminate in a Champion of Champions event. Guest - SADGA Executive Director, Craig Moorgas

Guest  – Clinical Psychologist, Dr Koketjo Tsebe Clinical Psychologist, Dr Koketjo Tsebe’s aim is to grow a comprehensive scholarship in sports psychology and work more with different professional sporting codes and federations to make a notable contribution in the field of sports and mental health. The University of South Africa lecturer’s passion for research and sport has...

The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Solly Malatsi and Makashule Gana have announced that they will run 500 km from Soweto to Tzaneen from July 24 to 8 August to raise funds for uniforms and pads for poor children. The duo hopes to raise R500 000 – R1000 a kilometre, with the campaign they call the Home Run. They have urged people to support the initiative and will be providing details on th...

Guest: Christeléne Steinhöbel -High Performance Mindset Coach