Kirsten Neuschäfer takes lead in Gruelling Golden Globe
31 JANUARY, 2023
Picture Above: Kirsten Neuschäfer (39) / South Africa / onboard her Cape George 36 – “MINNEHAHA”. Credit: Kirsten Neuschäfer / GGR2022
Simon Curwen (GBR) HOWDENS, declares Chichester Class unable to repair his Hydrovane and sailing to Chile for repairs.
Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF) MINNEHAHA now leads the GGR, next out of the Exclusion zone, to dive south toward Cape Horn and home to Les Sables d’Olonne.
Abhilash Tomy, (IND) Bayanat, 2018 GGR back injuries appear causing pain and slow sailing...
FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup | Austria Edge World Cup Opener
The historic FIH indoor Hockey World Cup, presented by SPAR, got started at the Heartfelt Arena in South Africa. An almost capacity crowd created a cauldron of noise as the South Africans and Austrians locked horns at a World Cup for the first time since 2007.
It was the SPAR South African Women who got the game to a raucous start and rewarded through for their efforts with an opening goal from captain Jess O’Connor. Playing in her 125th test cap the South African captain fired home from the Penalty Corner to send the crowd into a...
Day 164: Kirsten Neuschäfer first around Cape Horn in the Golden Globe Race
16 FEBRUARY, 2023
Picture Above: “Horn Island visible, hail squalls, having fun, here in my element”. Credit Kirsten Neuschäfer / GGR2022
Kirsten rounds Cape Horn on 15 February leading the GGR fleet.
Abhilash Tomy, windvane failure close in on lee shore and heavy weather faces difficult decisions overnight.
Michael Guggenberger, 1000 miles away, has an ongoing good weather window.
Simon Curwen seeks refuge again, as strong southerlies off the coast of...
NWC2023 Match Schedule Released
Download the Netball World Cup Match Schedule
HOW IT WORKS
First Stage
Sixteen teams compete in the Netball World Cup from across the five World Netball regions. The event is played in three stages. All teams play in each stage and will have completed either 7 or 8 matches at the end of the event.
The first stage of play is four round-robin Pools of four teams (Pools A, B, C and D).
Each team plays three games – one against each of the others in the pool.
At the end of the First stage each team in a Pool is ranked from 1 to 4.
e.g. A1, A2, A3, A4...
The Adventure Racing World Championship Goes to Africa for the first time in 2023
The 2023 Adventure Racing World Championship will be hosted by Expedition Africa, and held in the Kouga region of the Eastern Cape of South Africa in October.
The race will be the 18th Adventure Racing World Championship, and the first to be held on the African continent. The 700km race will be the culmination of the 2023 Adventure Racing World Series, which unites in competition the world’s best endurance athletes at the premier expedition adventure races around the world.
Expedition Africa will Host the World...
Absa Cape Epic (ACE), Africa’s Untamed Mountain Biking Race 2023
South Africa, 09 March 2023: In the lead-up to the Absa Cape Epic (ACE), Africa’s Untamed Mountain Biking Race and the premier mountain bike stage race in the world, the 19th edition of the Absa Cape Epic (from 19 to 26 March 2023) will take in 658 gruelling kilometres, with 15 775 metres of limit-testing climbing through its eight days of racing that are unlike any edition before it. The 2023 Absa Cape Epic promises to stretch every team almost to their breaking point, to trial partnerships both old and new, and to reward those...
Day 1 at the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals is in the books. Durban was put in a spin with an incredible 96 matches played out in front of the South African fans.
With so much drama and action, here is a glimpse at some of the moments and stories you may have missed on the opening day of the World Championships in Durban.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
When it came to dominating the table, brothers were combining to cause some serious damage in the opening round of the Men's Doubles. Sibling sensations Alexis and Felix Lebrun teamed up as well as Noshad Alamiyan and Nima Alamian for big...
Day 1 at the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals is in the books. Durban was put in a spin with an incredible 96 matches played out in front of the South African fans.
With so much drama and action, here is a glimpse at some of the moments and stories you may have missed on the opening day of the World Championships in Durban.
BROTHERS IN ARMS
When it came to dominating the table, brothers were combining to cause some serious damage in the opening round of the Men's Doubles. Sibling sensations Alexis and Felix Lebrun teamed up as well as Noshad Alamiyan and Nima Alamian for big...
The 2023 Vitality Netball World Cup is almost upon us, and this is your chance to familiarise yourself with how it will all go down from 28 July to 6 August at the Cape Town ICC.
The 16 teams will take part in 60-matches on the two courts across the 10 days of competition and every match will be broadcast live on SuperSport. Matches will also be broadcast on SABC.
The tournament comprises of three phases which include two group phases before the knockout and placing phase, from which the champion will emerge, and each team will be ranked from first to 16th.
Download the full match...
The prospect of a new World No.1 is on the cards and it will all come down to the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban.
Week 21 of the ITTF Table Tennis World Rankings are now out and the reign of Fan Zhendong at the top of the ladder continues. But this all could change next week.
There are 2000 points sitting up top for the champion in Durban, putting three men in contention to claim the title of World No.1 in seven days time. Dominating the global standings and poised to grasp the No.1 position next week is the Chinese triumvirate of Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma...
Celebrations Mark 50 Day Countdown To Vitality Netball World Cup 2023
Thursday, 8 June 2023 – Cape Town, South Africa is all set to welcome the world with just 50 days remaining until the first centre pass of the Vitality Netball World Cup 2023.
Final preparations are ramping up, along with excitement levels ahead of the best 16 nations in the world converging on the Mother City for 10 days of captivating netball action.
The Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 will take place from 28th July to 6th August 2023 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
The...
Netball stars around the world are wrapping up their final preparations ahead of the Vitality Netball World Cup 2023, which gets underway next month in Cape Town.
One player who is relishing the prospect of performing in front of a home crowd if selected for South Africa is Karla Pretorius – the world-renowned defender who claimed the Most Valuable Player accolade at the last Netball World Cup, Liverpool 2019.
Since then she has given birth to her first child, a daughter Kara, and made a return to the court for her first season back with the Sunshine Coast Lightning in Australia’s...
Australia (AUS)
The Diamonds will arrive in Cape Town as the No1-ranked side in the world, with their win at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham confirming their status. Australia have won 11 World Cup titles, including when hosting the event Sydney in 2015. New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago are the only other nations to have lifted the trophy.
Ahead of the start of World Rugby’s new annual global women’s 15s competition, players representing the 12 nations competing in WXV 2 and WXV 3 gathered in Cape Town and Dubai.
Women’s rugby is ready to take its “biggest step forward” this weekend as the inaugural WXV 2 and WXV 3 tournaments get underway in Stellenbosch and Dubai.
It is hoped that WXV, World Rugby’s new three-level annual global women’s 15s competition, can help supercharge the test game by giving national teams access to more top-level matches.
That was certainly a sentiment echoed by the players who gathered in Cape Town...
South Africa vs. New Zealand has been a trending fixture in South African sport in 2023 and its latest chapter was etched in Chile on Thursday as the two junior hockey sides met in the 13-16 Playoff. Both New Zealand and South Africa had been consigned to this bracket having lost a shootout in their respective matches against India and Korea.
Both sides had penalty corners in the opening quarter but neither team was able to make an impact and breach the goalbox. In fact, it was a quarter of very few clear-cut chances. South Africa though would open the scoring in the second quarter through...
DP World Wanderers and Zapper trial QR code order-pay-deliver
Johannesburg, December 20, 2023 – Amidst the backdrop of South Africa's 8-wicket defeat against India in the Pink Day One Day International, Zapper and its partners DP World Wanderers Stadium introduced an innovative fan experience system in South Africa yesterday. This innovation, particularly poignant given the match's outcome, allowed fans to immerse themselves in the game without missing a moment. At one stage, had you left your seat for food and beverage, you would have missed three wickets leaving South Africa at 57/6. Innovative...
Branch, Cox win bikes, Toyota takes cars, de Villiers third
Southern Africans starred at the opening day of Dakar 2024. A South African-built Toyota swept to the car win with veteran Giniel de Villiers third. His rookie teammate Guy Botterill however stole the show, only losing second on the day to a late issue as he dropped to seventh. Botswana hero Ross Branch meanwhile took the motorcycle win as fourth placed Bradley Cox won the R2 amateur bike class. But that’s not all, seven South African cars filled the top ten, while teenage Toyota Gazoo rookie Saood Variawa ended eleventh.
Prologue...
Teams share excitement as U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup action looms
41 matches to be played across 24 days of competition, starting on 19 January
Teams conclude their preparations with warm-up fixtures between 13 and 17 January
The ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 lies just ten days away, and preparations are in full flow as South Africa gears up to host the very best young cricketers in the world from 19 January.
The 15th edition of the celebrated event will see 41 matches take place across 24 days of competition, with five host venues staging the action; Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein,...
Teams share excitement as U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup action looms
41 matches to be played across 24 days of competition, starting on 19 January
Teams conclude their preparations with warm-up fixtures between 13 and 17 January
The ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 lies just ten days away, and preparations are in full flow as South Africa gears up to host the very best young cricketers in the world from 19 January.
The 15th edition of the celebrated event will see 41 matches take place across 24 days of competition, with five host venues staging the action; Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein,...
