TSA mourns the loss of Masters legend Petro Kruger
28Jun
It is with great sadness that Tennis South Africa announces the passing of Petro Kruger, a true legend of Masters tennis, at the age of 78. Petro's remarkable career and unwavering passion for the sport have left an indelible mark on the tennis community, both in South Africa and internationally.
Petro was not only an exceptional sportswoman but also a versatile athlete. In addition to her representation of the National Seniors Tennis Teams, she participated in Interprovincial Squash and League Golf....
TSA mourns the loss of Masters legend Petro Kruger
28Jun
It is with great sadness that Tennis South Africa announces the passing of Petro Kruger, a true legend of Masters tennis, at the age of 78. Petro's remarkable career and unwavering passion for the sport have left an indelible mark on the tennis community, both in South Africa and internationally.
Petro was not only an exceptional sportswoman but also a versatile athlete. In addition to her representation of the National Seniors Tennis Teams, she participated in Interprovincial Squash and League Golf....
CAPE TOWN, 11 August 2023 – GolfRSA National Squad quartet Kesha Louw, Jasmine Furstenburg, Gia Raad and Olivia Wood are primed to fly the flag for South African in the 94th edition of the prestigious R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship from 15-20 August in Yorkshire, England.
Raad has been campaigning in Britain for the last three weeks, while Louw, Furstenburg and Wood, traveling with Womens Golf South Africa President Susan Andrew, left for the United Kingdom on Women’s Day.
“It is very exciting to have four members of our National Squad participating in this championship,” Andrews...
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Proteas Women National Selection Panel has confirmed a16-player squad to face New Zealand in the inbound white-ball tour featuring three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and five T20 Internationals (T20I) between 24 September – 15 October.
Top-order batter, Laura Wolvaardt will continue her tenure as interim captain, while experienced all-rounder Chloé Tryon returns from a leave of absence to strengthen the Proteas contingent currently touring Pakistan.
The 16-strong group will resume the Proteas Women’s battle against New Zealand, with the last...
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have once again cemented their place as the Queens of African football, registering a 3-0 win over Sporting Club Casablanca in Sunday’s entertaining CAF Women’s Champions League final. The historic win was achieved at a packed Stade Amadou Gon Coulibaly in Korhogo.
Refilwe Tholakele finished the game with a stunning brace, while Boitumelo Rabale added one as Banyana Ba Style clinched the continent’s premier women’s tournament for the second time in their history.
The Brazilians, who won the inaugural title in 2021 and finished as runners-up to the Moroccan...
Reigning African champions, Mamelodi Sundowns were crowned the best club of the continent at the CAF Awards 2023 for a second year running in a glittering CAF Awards 2023 event held in Marrakech, Morocco.
The recently crowned African champions have been dominant during the December 2022 - November 2023 period and as a result, retain the crown they won as last year’s awards.
The two-time African champions won a total of three titles during this time, with their marquee trophy being the CAF Women’s Champions League, which was preceded by a COSAFA Women’s Champions League title and just...
As the year draws to a close, the forthcoming Kathea Energy Nkosi Cup stands poised to conclude a successful period for South African hockey. This prestigious indoor hockey tournament, scheduled from December 15th to 19th at the Wynberg Military Sports Stadium, will mark the closing event in a year of unparalleled achievements for the country’s hockey landscape.
South Africa’s hockey journey throughout 2023 has been nothing short of remarkable. Hosting the FIH Indoor World Cup in February marked a historic moment as it was the first time the event was held outside Europe. The South African...
A capacity crowd at the Wynberg Military Base was on hand to witness a remarkable final of the inaugural Kathea Energy Nkosi Cup. It was a renewal of the old rivalry as South Africa locked horns with the Namibians to decide the first champion. It was the 50th Test cap for SPAR South Africa striker Kayla de Waal, who had the honour of leading the team on.
The game got off to an incredible start with Namibia opening the scoring in less than 40 seconds. Marcia Venter ran up the right and squared for Gillian Hermanus to open the scoring. It got even better when Kiana Cormack scored her...
24 January 2024, Pretoria – Following a series of retirements from some senior players in the SPAR Proteas setup and the lapses of performance contracts signed by the players, Netball South Africa has invited a total of thirty players to a training camp in Stellenbosch with the view of awarding new contracts. The federation had contracted around twenty-four players back in 2022 with these being performance-based contracts expected to run until the end of the 2023 Netball World Cup.
“As Netball South Africa, we decided to invite a group of 30 players, hoping to select fifteen players...
The SA Women's Hockey5s have secured top spot in the group with a victory over Ukraine. They will next play Fiji / Malaysia in the Quarter Finals on Friday morning.
FIH Hockey5s World Cup 2024 Pool B Standings
In a repeat of the first test of the series the Swiss Indoor Ladies have come from 1-0 down to win 3-1. They now lead the series 2-0 with four tests remaining.
Springbok Women head coach Louis Koen has named a squad of 32 players for a 10-day alignment camp in Cape Town, with places in the squad’s touring group to Europe next month an added incentive.
The squad to depart on 7 March will have training sessions against Scotland and Wales in the first two weeks before taking on Spain in a Test match in Valladolid on Saturday 23 March.
They will return to London for an encounter against the United States of America before returning to South Africa at the end of March.
The Springbok Women will then play in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in...
Springbok Women head coach Louis Koen has named a squad of 32 players for a 10-day alignment camp in Cape Town, with places in the squad’s touring group to Europe next month an added incentive.
The squad to depart on 7 March will have training sessions against Scotland and Wales in the first two weeks before taking on Spain in a Test match in Valladolid on Saturday 23 March.
They will return to London for an encounter against the United States of America before returning to South Africa at the end of March.
The Springbok Women will then play in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in...
The #TTOM2024 Rematch
The ladies’ ultra: Gerda Steyn v Irvette van Zyl, the rematch – or is there someone else lying low?
While Gerda Steyn rewrote the history books for the second year in succession in 2023 when she won the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon for the fourth consecutive time by breaking her own 2022 course record by 41 seconds, it was that race in 2022 that will forever be remembered as the clash of the women’s titans.
It was in 2022 at the bottom of Constantia Nek when one of the most epic duels in the history of the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon was set...
The #TTOM2024 Rematch
The ladies’ ultra: Gerda Steyn v Irvette van Zyl, the rematch – or is there someone else lying low?
While Gerda Steyn rewrote the history books for the second year in succession in 2023 when she won the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon for the fourth consecutive time by breaking her own 2022 course record by 41 seconds, it was that race in 2022 that will forever be remembered as the clash of the women’s titans.
It was in 2022 at the bottom of Constantia Nek when one of the most epic duels in the history of the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon was set...
Angela Duke “The name on the front of the jersey represents who you play for, the name on the back of the jersey represents who raised you. Do them both justice.”
