Mahikeng native Tete Morena Dijana claimed his third Comrades Marathon title over the weekend. Dijana crossed the finish line in a time of five hours, 30 minutes, and 38 seconds, from Pietermaritzburg City Hall to Durban, with more than 22,000 runners lining up in what was the 98th edition of the Comrades Marathon. The official distance for 2025 was 89.98 kilometres. He’s now a three-time Comrades winner: 2022, 2023, and 2025. Dijana, who’s with the Nedbank Running Club, will look…

Local football agent Mike Makaab is putting out the fires after a rather surprising revelation that his client Sipho Mbule has been offered to Kaizer Chiefs. Makaab, who’s the director of ProSport International and has been in the business for almost three decades, was on the receiving end of criticism late Sunday when he went public about Mbule and Chiefs. “Let me set the record straight. Sipho Mbule has been offered to Kaizer Chiefs. It is up to the club…

Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has fought his way out of retirement. Coincidentally, the Filipino was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday. The honour, undoubtedly, cements his place among the best boxers of all time. But questions will be asked whether he’s still got it after coming out of retirement at 46 for another shot at a world title. Pacquiao, who’s the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing, will jump back into the ring for his…

Banyana Banyana’s chances of retaining their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations [WAFCON] title may have greatly diminished after the latest squad was announced. On Sunday, Banyana Banyana coach Dr. Desiree Ellis trimmed her preliminary squad from 46 to 28 ahead of the tournament in Morocco next month. The players will go into camp in Johannesburg on 19 June, but without star player Thembi Kgatlana. Nicknamed “Pikinini,” Kgatlana has more often than not delivered for the team, scoring 31 goals in…

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz rallied from two sets down for the first time in his career to retain the French Open title by defeating world No. 1 Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), and 7-6 (10-2) on Sunday. Described as “one of the greatest-ever Grand Slam finals,” the final turned out to be the longest Roland-Garros men’s singles final in Open era history at five hours and 29 minutes. Incredibly, the 22-year-old Alcaraz saved three championship points while serving…

US tennis star Coco Gauff’s latest success hasn’t quite sunk in just yet. The 21-year-old defeated the world’s number one, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, in the French Open women’s singles final to claim the second Grand Slam title of her young career over the weekend. Gauff (2) beat Aryna Sabalenka (1) 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. “Wow, this means so much to me, truly… French Open champion. I worked so hard for this moment, and for it to have happened…

Portugal has won their second Nations League title after beating Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw on Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo and company came out on top at the Munich Football Arena to become the first team to win the UEFA Nations League twice. Spain drew first blood with Martin Zubimendi tapping in after Roberto Martínez’s men twice failed to adequately clear a teasing Lamine Yamal cross. Barely five minutes later, Portugal was back level; Nuno Mendes beat Unai…

Former African Footballer of the Year El-Hadji Diouf has made his choice for this year’s award. Diouf, who won the coveted award twice in 2001 and 2002, is in the corner of Moroccan fullback Achraf Hakimi. The Paris Saint-Germain star has played second fiddle to other stars for the award in the past two years. He was runner-up to Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen in 2023, and last year, he again missed out to another Nigerian forward, Ademola Lookman. Diouf argues…

Kgothatso Montjane and Yui Kamiji won their second French Open Women’s Wheelchair Doubles title in Paris late Friday. South Africa’s tennis star Montjane and her Japanese partner, Kamiji, staged a fight back in the final, after losing the first set, to defeat the number two seeds, Chinese duo Xiaohui Li/Ziying Wang, 4-6, 7-5, [10-7], claiming their second Roland Garros title together, with the first coming in 2023. Montjane and Kamiji will share the prize money of €21,650 [R438,000], as prize…

Bafana Bafana played to a disappointing goalless draw against Tanzania at the New Peter Mokaba Stadium on Friday. To his defence, Bafana mentor Hugo Broos did sound a warning prior to the match that it was not a must-win clash but rather to cast his eye on the new players, and true to his word, Bafana did not play as well as expected. The hosts kicked off with three debutants: Deano van Rooyen, Simphiwe Selepe, and Khulumani Ndamane, and the…