Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has kept faith in the players who did duty for the team in their opening two Castle Lager Rugby Championship matches against Australia for their tour to New Zealand. They will play back-to-back Tests against the All Blacks next month. The Boks will battle it out with the All Blacks at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, 6 September, and the Sky Stadium in Wellington a week later on 13 September in matches that will be…

Premier Soccer League (PSL) referee Jelly Chavani is heading to Qatar for the FIFA U17 World Cup. Chavani, 29, will be the sole representative from South Africa among the match officials, which features 27 referees and 54 assistant referees. Chavani, who hails from the Limpopo province, is one of only four African referees for the finals, including Hamza El Fariq (Morocco), Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon) and Abdel Abdou Merife (Cameroon). More recently, Chavani has been officiating in the African Nations Championship…

Legally, Lucas Ribeiro Costa has no leg to stand on against his employers, Mamelodi Sundowns. This is the view of sports attorney Raymond Hack, who discussed the matter at length with media publication SoccerBeat. For background, Ribeiro claims he has “just cause” to terminate his contract with Mamelodi Sundowns, who have been accused of driving “up the (transfer fee), again and again, in an unreasonable manner, without any regard for the player’s personal interests, which made the deal (with Qatar…

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso has suggested his team is not yet ready for “high-demanding” games early in the 2025/26 season. The Portuguese was speaking after the Brazilians lost on penalties to Orlando Pirates in the semi-finals of the MTN8 in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, over the weekend. Cardoso argued that Sundowns’ participation in the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup means the reigning Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions did not have enough rest time and also not enough time for their pre-season…

African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finalists Kenya will receive $450,000 (R8.8 million) for their efforts, but the country’s finest footballer, Victor Wanyama, says their rise is priceless. With South Africa’s Benni McCarthy at the helm, the Harambee Stars fell to Madagascar in the last eight, and McCarthy, on a two-year deal since March, has been hailed for “reviving” Kenyan football despite their tournament exit following a penalty shootout defeat to Madagascar on Friday. And amongst those who are full of praise…

Retired swimming star Tatjana Smith was named the Sports Star of the Year during the 18th Annual South African Sport Awards at the Sun City Superbowl in the North West Province on Sunday. The main award was presented by SA deputy president, Paul Mashatile, alongside Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie. The 28-year-old Smith bowed out on a high note after she won gold in the 100m and silver in the 200m race at the 2024 Paris Summer…

Springbok and Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye has disputed that he has committed an anti-doping violation. This comes after the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) reported an “adverse analytical finding” from Ntlabakanye’s sample taken during a random test by the organization. The 26-year-old from Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, was expected to be in the Boks squad for the New Zealand leg of the Castle Lager Rugby Championships. The team was set to be announced on Sunday but was delayed…

The Springboks defeated the Wallabies 30-22 (half-time 20-10), bouncing back to form in their Castle Lager Rugby Championship match on a cold and windy Saturday evening in Cape Town. However, the South Africans had to work hard for their win in front of 56,350 supporters at a packed DHL Stadium, especially after last weekend’s shock loss to the Wallabies on the Highveld. This victory, which saw South Africa retain the Mandela Challenge Plate, was built on a solid grind, with…

Premier League club Arsenal has announced the signing of Eberechi Eze on a contract until June 2030, handing him the number 10 jersey. The 27-year-old England international returns to north London, where his football journey began in the Gunners’ academy before he rose to prominence as one of the Premier League’s most dynamic attacking talents. Joining Queens Park Rangers in 2016, Eberechi made his breakthrough in the 2019/20 season, being voted as QPR’s Player of the Year, before moving to…

On 5 December 2025, the world will discover the group stage matches for the FIFA 2026 World Cup. The draw will be conducted at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, United States of America. Next year’s 48-team FIFA World Cup will be co-hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico. As announced by the President of the United States and Chairman of the Kennedy Center, Donald J. Trump, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the…