LATEGAN, BARAGWANATH STAR IN DAKAR DAY 3 DRAMA   by Motorsport Media - 3 Jan 2023 14:20:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 3 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Tuesday 3 January 2023 Community International   All-South African crews, Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings’ Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux, and Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer’s Century starred on a tough Dakar Day 3. 2022 winners Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel meanwhile shook off a tough day at the office to move into the car lead in their Proudly South African Gazoo Hilux.   Lategan chased day...

DAKAR’S DAY 4 OF THE LEGENDS   by Motorsport Media - 4 Jan 2023 15:20:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 4 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Wednesday 4 January 2023 Community International Loeb beats Peterhansel, Sainz & Al Attiyah on Day 4 Dakar 2023 reached its quarter distance mark after a somewhat less dramatic Day 4 as the legends of the sport fought it out for car victory. Sebastien Loeb ultimately emerged victorious for the troubled Hunter team, mere seconds ahead of Stephane Peterhansel’s Audi, his teammate Carlos Sainz Sr. and Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s...

CENTURY’S DAKAR WORK IN PROGRESS   by Motorsport Media - 5 Jan 2023 15:00:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 5 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Thursday 5 January 2023 Community International SA team developing new CR6-T on the fly Century Racing faced an uphill battle when teething problems raised their heads on both all-new Factory CR6-Ts as Dakar 2023 reached one-third distance. After dropping back Wednesday, Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer however climbed back up to 12th overall to lead the FIA T1.2 4x2 class despite a scare late Thursday. Mathieu Serradori...

DAKAR DAY 5: AL ATTIYAH, TOYOTA IN CHARGE What Dakar 2023 Day 5 Report Where H'ail, Saudi Arabia When Thursday 5 January 2023 Community International Overall leader Nasser takes car control, Hondas win Day 5 bikes   Nasser Al Attiyah and Mattieu Baumel powered their Gazoo Toyota Hilux to a crushing Dakar Day 5 victory on Thursday, as they consolidated their overall lead in the race. Honda duo Adrien van Beveren and Jose Cornejo came from behind to take a bike 1-2 in a test of navigation through the soft Arabian Desert sand and camel grass of a second loop around Ha’il.   South...

TOYOTA TAKES CHARGE AFTER AUDI DAKAR DISASTER What Dakar 2023 Day 6 Report Where Riyadh, Saudi Arabia When Friday 6 January 2023 Community International     South African Toyota Hiluxes are in complete control of Dakar 2023 after a catastrophic day for the petrol-electric Audi team. Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel’s Gazoo Racing Hilux DKR T1+ steamed to their third stage win of the race and their second on the trot from Sebastien Loeb’s BRX Hunter. Attiyah opened up an hour’s advantage at the head of a Toyota overall 1-2-3-4 on Friday.    The race...

SA Rugby confirms the amicable departure of CEO SA Rugby and Jurie Roux, SA Rugby’s CEO for the past 12 years, have confirmed his departure from the role. Mr Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby Union, said the decision was mutually agreed in the wake of speculation about Roux’s future. “Jurie Roux has consistently emphasised his loyalty to the organisation and his desire to do what is in its best interests,” said Mr Alexander. The process to appoint a successor would be advised in due course while an acting CEO would be confirmed before the end of the month. Mr Alexander...

SA Rugby confirms the amicable departure of CEO SA Rugby and Jurie Roux, SA Rugby’s CEO for the past 12 years, have confirmed his departure from the role. Mr Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby Union, said the decision was mutually agreed in the wake of speculation about Roux’s future. “Jurie Roux has consistently emphasised his loyalty to the organisation and his desire to do what is in its best interests,” said Mr Alexander. The process to appoint a successor would be advised in due course while an acting CEO would be confirmed before the end of the month. Mr Alexander...

SOUTH AFRICAN MACHINERY DOMINATES DAKAR   by Motorsport Media - 7 Jan 2023 14:10:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 7 Report Where Al Duwadimi, Saudi Arabia When Saturday 7 January 2023 Community International   South African cars are leading three of the 2023 Dakar Rally’s four classes, with Nasser Al Attiayh Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel’s Gazoo Racing DKR T1+ leading a made in SA Hallspeed Toyota Hilux overall 1-2-3-4 to dominate the top T1+ 4x4 class.   SA crew Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer’s SA-built Century Factory Racing CR6-T leads the T1.2 4x2s,...

SOUTH AFRICAN DAKAR DOMINATION by Motorsport Media - 8 Jan 2023 15:30:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 8 & Mid Race Report Where Riyadh, Saudi Arabia When Sunday 8 January 2023 Community International   Dakar 2023’s opening week has been a stunning success for South African men and machines, with incredible results across all categories. SA-built cars lead three of Dakar’s four car categories to the traditional midway rest day, as South African riders led the way among the two-wheelers too.   2022 car winners, Qatari Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator Mathieu Baumel’s...

09 JAN NORTHERN CHAMPIONS CLAIM CSA CUBS WEEK HONOURS STELLENBOSCH: Northern Champions were crowned the new champions of Cricket South Africa (CSA) Cubs Week after a nail-biting finish on Sunday. The aptly named Champions knew by the final session that they needed a bonus point victory over the Eastern Warriors and to increase their net run rate to walk away with the spoils. They needed to bowl the Warriors out for 218 or less. In the end, they manage to restrict the Warriors to 175 runs with Martin Khumalo (4/27) and Tristan Luus (3/30) being the heroes with the ball in hand. The...

SOUTH AFRICAN BIKERS, CARS KING AT DAKAR   by Motorsport Media - 11 Jan 2023 15:30:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 10 Report Where Shaybah, Saudi Arabia When Wednesday 11 January 2023 Community International   IIt was a red-letter day 10 for Southern African bikers and cars at Dakar 2023, as Botswana’s Ross Branch scored his second stage win in three days, while SA rider Mike Docherty moved into the rookie bike lead with third overall. He joins compatriot Malle Moto rider Charan Moore in leading his class, while SA cars continue to dominate, leading three of the four...

DAKAR RALLY DAY 11: LOEB HUNTS NASSER   by Motorsport Media - 12 Jan 2023 13:00:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 11 Report Where Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia When Thursday 12 January 2023 Community International   Dakar 2023 continued to deliver epic action as competitors fought on through the Arabian Desert on Thursday. 9-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb continued to pile on the pressure through Day 11 as he took his fourth stage win on the trot. Car leader Nasser Al Attiyah however held strong up front as South African cars dominate. It was a game of cat...

FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup | Argentina edge South Africa in opener 1 489 days since Belgium lifted their first-ever FIH Hockey World Cup title at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the same venue played host to the opening game of the next edition. FIH Hockey Nations Cup champions South Africa taking on the 2016 Olympic champions Argentina. The opening exchanges had an element of early tournament jitters as neither side were able to create any significant moment of quality, with both offering a glimmer of the threat available as a potential warning sign. Nic Spooner was instrumental...

DAKAR DAY 12: LOEB FLIES, NASSER IN CONTROL   by Motorsport Media - 13 Jan 2023 12:30:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 12 Report Where Shaybah, Saudi Arabia When Friday 13 January 2023 Community International A shakeup in the cars, bikers duke it out in the desert Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb’s ruthless pressure paid off as his fifth straight stage win on Friday moved him up to second overall, an hour and a half behind overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah’s made in South Africa Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux. In a busy day among the cars, the bike race remains...

A first ever World Table Tennis Championships is coming to South Africa in 2023 and to the African continent for the first time since 1939.   MEC MAVIMBELA SPEAKING NOTES ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF ITTF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DURBAN 2023 MOSES MABHIDA STADIUM, 09H30 27 May 2022 It gives me great pleasure to address you this morning on this delightful and historic occasion of the launch of the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships taking place in Durban. In just less than a year from today, the City of eThekwini, the Province of KwaZulu-Natal,...

DAKAR DAY 13: BITTERSWEET STING IN THE TAIL   by Motorsport Media - 14 Jan 2023 12:45:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 13 Report Where Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia When Saturday 14 January 2023 Community International Drama all round, Attiyah ‘s Toyota on the brink of car win Saturday’s 154-kilometre stage through the dunes to Al Hofuf would prove a dramatic dream breaker for some. South African T1.2 leaders Brian Baragwanath and Leonard Cremer, who suffered a hard landing, flipped, and damaged their Factory Century. The car was towed out of the stage. Another Century driver,...

Baron to debut for Blitzboks Former Boland Kavaliers standout, Jaiden Baron, has been named in the Springbok Sevens squad that will travel to Australasia to contest the HSBC NZ Sevens and HSBC Sydney Sevens tournaments later this month. The New Zealand event takes place in Hamilton on 21-22 January, with the Australian tournament a week later in what will be the fourth and fifth editions of the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Baron was included in the final training squad for the HSBC Cape Town Sevens last month and although he missed out on the final 13 named then, he will now...

DAKAR 2023 SHINES ON SOUTH AFRICAN STARS by Motorsport Media - 15 Jan 2023 13:15:00 What Dakar 2023 Day 14 & Final Report Where Damman, Saudi Arabia When Sunday 15 January 2023 Community South Africa National SA success as Al Attiyah’s Toyota, Benavides’ KTM win Dakar 2023 proved a stunning success for South Africa. Nasser Al Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel’s GR Hilux DKR T1+ stormed to their third Dakar victory for Toyota Gazoo Racing on Sunday as SA cars starred, taking the overall and two class wins.    South Africans also starred on two wheels, as Argentine...

Summer Series 2023 | Another second quarter blitz from India seals second test match Following a wait of more than 1 000 days for the next South African Women’s test match it was just 24 hours before the next one would be presented. South Africa were looking to bounce back and specifically show an improved first half performance as they faced off with India in the second test at UCT this afternoon. The match was played under a blistering heat which definitely factored into the opening exchanges lacking some of the crispness that was evident on the opening night. However,...

FORTUIN SPINS PAARL ROYALS TO VICTORY OVER DURBAN’S SUPER GIANTS Paarl Royals spinner Bjorn Fortuin ripped through Durban’s Super Giants‘ top order to set the home side on their way to claiming a 10-run victory at Boland Park on Tuesday. Fortuin returned figures of 3/14, claiming the wickets of Kyle Mayers (12 off 11), Quinton de Kock (0 off 2 balls), and Dwaine Pretorius (0 off 1 ball) to leave the visitors struggling on 29/3 after 4.3 overs. Wickets continued to fall just as it seemed the Super Giants were getting themselves back into the game, which stifled their momentum...