SANDY BATTLES AND BASHING BARS ON THE CARDS FOR RED BULL KTM July 1, 2022   National Motocross Championship - Round 4 Red Bull KTM have reason to be quietly confident ahead of the fourth round of the National Motocross Championship that is set to take place in Port Elizabeth this Saturday. The sand track of Rover is renowned for being tough and unforgiving and with most of the team leading their classes expect to see some fireworks on Saturday. Freshly back from a stint in the United Kingdom, Tristan Purdon said he is looking forward to some big battles at his hometown...

2022 MONSTER ENERGY FIM MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS – TEAM SA (23-25 SEPTEMBER 2022) June 30, 2022   The MSA Motocross Commission is proud to announce that three riders will be representing South Africa at the 2022 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, which is set to take place from 23 – 25 September 2022 at Red Bud Motocross Park, United States.    Without a doubt, the MXON is one of the biggest team events on the International Motocross calendar, with teams consisting of competitors from across the globe. The South African team will be competing against some of the...

Growthpoint Properties has renewed its partnership with Tennis South Africa (TSA). 4Jul   Extending its long-running support of the sport, across all levels of the game, Growthpoint Properties has renewed its partnership with Tennis South Africa (TSA). Growthpoint, which became the headline sponsor of TSA in July 2017, will continue to support the federation for another 12 months. This announcement ensures local tennis will be able to continue its upward trajectory, after seeing a significant increase in participation over the last couple of years at junior, senior and...

Final names added to Team SA for Birmingham   The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) announced an additional 61 athletes to the Team South Africa squad that will carry the nation’s flag at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which will take place from 28 July to 8 August. This was the second and final squad announcement following the first one last month and it brings the total number of athletes to 251. More representatives across six codes were named – athletics, hockey, badminton, wrestling, swimming and gymnastics. It...

BITTER-SWEET MOMENT AS CSA BIDS FAREWELL TO MEDIA TITAN SIPOKAZI SOKANYILE JOHANNESBURG – It is a bitter-sweet moment as Cricket South Africa (CSA) announces that the Proteas Men’s team Media Manager, Sipokazi Sokanyile has left the employ of the organization to ply for cricket from a higher level. Sipokazi joined CSA in 2009 as an intern and carved her media relations teeth in almost all the CSA properties. She has worked intimately in the KFC Mini-Cricket programme; worked at every national week from the U13 to the boys and girls U19 tournaments, worked on every CSA domestic...

South African rising tennis star Isabella Kruger upsets fourth seed South African rising tennis star Isabella Kruger upsets fourth seed and world No.12 junior Nikola Daubnerova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Junior Wimbledon Championships. The 17-year-old qualifier will next face British Mingge Xu for a place in the quarterfinals. Stunning tennis, Bella! 

It’s GOLD for Birkett at 2022 World Games   Team SA’s Andy Birkett struck gold at the 2022 World Games being held in Birmingham, Alabama, when he won the men’s canoe marathon, K1 standard distance final. Birkett won the grueling event in 1hr 23min 52sec, finishing 30 seconds ahead of Denmark’s silver medallist Mads Brandt Pederesen. “The pace that Mads was setting down was insane!” said Birkett after the eight-lap final. “He has taken the race from a slow, strategic race with a big end sprint to a fast race, and to be competitive in the end sprint you have to be there. “I had...

Meintjes second on L’Alpe d’Huez after heroic ride   South Africa’s Louis Meintjes finished second behind Britain’s Tom Pidcock in Thursday’s 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1km Alpine trek between Briancon and L’Alpe d’Huez. Pidcock, riding for Ineos-Grenadiers, prevailed from the day’s breakaway with an attack 3.3 km into the final climb, a 13.8km effort at an average gradient of 8.1 percent. Meintjes, of Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux, was second some 48 seconds behind Pidcock and Britain’s four-time champion Chris Froome took third place a further 1min 18sec...

CSA CONFIRMS MOMENTUM PROTEAS SQUAD FOR THE ENGLAND T20I SERIES JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) have today named the 16-player squad that will take on England in a three-match T20 International (T20I) series between 21 – 25 July. The same group of players, with the exception of the uncapped Delmi Tucker, will feature for Team South Africa at the inaugural Women’s T20 competition at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham from 29 July – 07 August. Momentum Proteas’ T20I Series vs England 16-player Squad:Suné Luus (Captain) (Titans Ladies), Chloé...

5th year: Growthpoint Top Guns returns Tennis South Africa (TSA) and Growthpoint Properties are delighted to announce that the Growthpoint Top Guns national club tennis tournament will return this September for the fifth year running. The Growthpoint Properties’ sponsored tournament will feature both men and women in a doubles team competition with over R200 000.00 in prize money up for grabs. Each team will comprise of two men and two women who will play men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. The event will again be played in 14 tennis regions across South...

World Games: How Team SA Fared (Day 9)  Photo: Dylan Kruger There were five Team SA athletes in action in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday. Conditions were again described as “brutally hot” on the penultimate day of the competition. Dylan Kruger and Jonathan Benjamin competed in the men’s duathlon, Natalie Sterk took part in the women’s duathlon and sport climbing was represented by Lauren Mukheibir and Mel Janse van Rensburg. This is how Team SA fared on the day: DUATHLON Women’s Duathlon, final: Natalie Sterk placed 8th with a total time of 2hr...

Nare prevails in 10km thriller in Mbombela   Defending champion Tadu Nare (Nedbank) of Ethiopia enjoyed a thrilling victory over teammate Helalia Johannes of Namibia in the SPAR Grand Prix Women’s 10km race in Mbombela on Saturday. She finished in 32min 43sec and Johannes in 33:02. Ethiopian junior runner Selam Gebre was third in 33:12. Glenrose Xaba (Boxer) was the first South African home, in 33:37. Kesa Molotsane (Murray & Roberts) was fifth in 33:44. A group of 10 runners stuck close together for the first 7km before the top three broke away. At 8km, Nare...

Springboks seal the deal against Wales in Cape Town Eben Etzebeth and Bongi Mbonambi celebrated their Springbok Test milestones in style in Cape Town on Saturday after South Africa sealed the Castle Lager Incoming Series with a XXXX win over Wales. It was Etzebeth’s 100th Test, while Mbonambi celebrated his 50th by scoring one of the Boks’ three tries, the others courtesy of Handre Pollard and Siya Kolisi. Pollard converted all three tries and kicked three penalty goals for a personal contribution of 20 points. More to follow… Scorers: Springboks 30 (17) – Tries:...

World Athletics Championships: How SA Fared (Day 2) Team SA’s Akani Simbine finished fifth in the men’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in 10.01sec. The gold medal was won by Fred Kerley of the United States in 9.86. Silver went to Marcion Braxy (US) in 9.88 and bronze to another American, Trayvon Bromell, also with 9.88. Simbine had qualified for the final by winning his semi-final in 9.97, which was the fastest qualifying time heading into the final. It was the third time in history that the USA filled the men’s 100m. It happened in Helsinki in...

Etzebeth and Mbonambi were thrilled to celebrate milestones with victory   Eben Etzebeth and Bongi Mbonambi were delighted to celebrate their special Springbok career milestones with a Castle Lager Incoming Series victory against Wales at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday and said they were proud as individuals, as well as for the team and the country. Etzebeth became the seventh player to his earn his 100th Test cap in the history of Springbok rugby, while Mbonambi became the 45th player to earn a half-century of caps as the team wrapped up their three-match...

DUNKLEY CENTURY HELPS ENGLAND TO 114-RUN VICTORY OVER MOMENTUM PROTEAS   BRISTOL: A maiden Sophia Dunkley century inspired England to a 114-run win over the Momentum Proteas in the second One-Day International (ODI) to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead at the County Ground in Bristol on Friday. Dunkley smashed 107 runs off 93 balls (8 fours, 2 sixes) to help anchor the hosts to an imposing total of 337 / 5 after their allotted overs before Charlie Dean (4 / 53) and debutant Issy Wong (3 / 36) formed a daunting bowling partnership to restrict South Africa to 223 all out,...

    WAYDE VAN NIEKERK SHINES IN 400M HEATS AT WORLD CHAMPS Wayde van Niekerk displayed the best form he has shown in some time, cruising to a convincing victory in his 400m heat on Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday.Van Niekerk, continuing his comeback from a serious knee injury he picked up after winning his second world title in 2017, won his first-round race in 45.18 seconds.  The world record holder progressed as the second quickest qualifier for the one-lap semi-final, to be held on Wednesday.  Fellow 400m sprinter Zakhiti Nene...

SPAR Proteas Face Wales as Preparation for Commonwealth Games BY NETBALL SOUTH AFRICA   19 July 2022, Cardiff – The South African senior netball team, the SPAR Proteas who are currently getting ready to get into the Commonwealth Athlete Village are in Cardiff ahead of their two test match series against Wales. Dorette Badenhorst charges were on a two-week training camp in Stellenbosch before jetting off to Bath last Tuesday and have been staying and training at the University of Bath since their arrival on the 13th of July. The team also...

GC Growthpoint Super 8 concludes     The Johannesburg leg of the Growthpoint Super 8, a Tennis South Africa junior and open ranking tournament reached an exciting conclusion on Monday, 18 July 2022 at Ellis Park Tennis Club. Final Results Singles Boys Under-12 [10] Keegan GROENEWALD (GE) bt [11] Luka VAN NIEKERK (WC) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 Under-14 [3] Nhlakanipho NGWENYA (GC) bt [4] Hlumani KEKANA (WC) 6-2, 6-1 Under-16 [1] Willem DE WAAL (WC) bt [5] Pieter KOTZé (WC) 6-3, 6-4 Open [15] Matthew HARRIS (GC) bt Johann COETZEE (GN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1   Girls Under-12 [1]...

GC Growthpoint Super 8 concludes     The Johannesburg leg of the Growthpoint Super 8, a Tennis South Africa junior and open ranking tournament reached an exciting conclusion on Monday, 18 July 2022 at Ellis Park Tennis Club. Final Results Singles Boys Under-12 [10] Keegan GROENEWALD (GE) bt [11] Luka VAN NIEKERK (WC) 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 Under-14 [3] Nhlakanipho NGWENYA (GC) bt [4] Hlumani KEKANA (WC) 6-2, 6-1 Under-16 [1] Willem DE WAAL (WC) bt [5] Pieter KOTZé (WC) 6-3, 6-4 Open [15] Matthew HARRIS (GC) bt Johann COETZEE (GN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1   Girls Under-12 [1]...