CSA AIMS TO BOWL AND BAT AGAINST GBV
JOHANNESBURG – Cricket South Africa (CSA) is pleased to announce its extended commitment to bowl and bat against gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa with an all-encompassing #SummerOfCricket campaign titled #ENDGBV to be amplified throughout the 2022 / 23 cricket season.
The #ENDGBV campaign was born out of the annual effort from the national women’s cricket team, the Momentum Proteas, and their Black Day movement where the team don their unique all-black kit in an international match to shed light on a critical societal issue facin…
TSA bids farewell to CEO Andre Homan
With the sport on the rise at all levels of the domestic game, Tennis South Africa (TSA) announces with sadness that TSA chief executive officer Andre Homan has ended his journey with the federation.
Homan, who was appointed in February, has resigned from his post to take up an attractive leadership position in commercial sports management.
“It is with mixed emotions that I announce my resignation from Tennis South Africa to pursue another opportunity. It has been a privilege to be involved with tennis at this level and I thoroug…
SA Masters open marathon medal account
The South African paddlers opened the team medal account with six medals on the first day of the Masters Cup event that precedes the start of the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Portugal.
In one of the final races of the day Pretoria stalwart Gustav Radloff took the gold medal in the K1 Men 50-54 race, cheered home by a large and vocal group of South African supporters on the banks of the river.
Seasoned Masters Cup racer Allan Hold got the ball rolling with a silver medal in the K1 Men 70-74 in a thrilling duel with eventual winner Brian Gree…
Trailblazing Ngwevu on a clear mission in NZ
It was a travel-weary and tired Springbok Women squad that was handed their room keys to their Auckland hotel in the early hours of Monday morning as they arrived for Rugby World Cup 2021, but inside centre Aphiwe Ngwevu’s smile was there for all to see.
Not even the Saturday morning departure from Cape Town with stops in Johannesburg and Sydney and finally Auckland could wipe the smile of the face of the hard-running centre, as her road to make the squad was much more eventful than a couple or air pockets over the Indian Ocean.
A year ago…
Trailblazing Ngwevu on a clear mission in NZ
It was a travel-weary and tired Springbok Women squad that was handed their room keys to their Auckland hotel in the early hours of Monday morning as they arrived for Rugby World Cup 2021, but inside centre Aphiwe Ngwevu’s smile was there for all to see.
Not even the Saturday morning departure from Cape Town with stops in Johannesburg and Sydney and finally Auckland could wipe the smile of the face of the hard-running centre, as her road to make the squad was much more eventful than a couple or air pockets over the Indian Ocean.
A year ago…
Marathon worlds – Lovemore wraps up two months of preparation in Europe
National marathon champion Hamish Lovemore has set his sights on the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Portugal that get under way this week after spending almost two months in Europe training and preparing with elite marathon racers in Denmark and Portugal, and sharpening his sprint skills at the Under 23 sprint world championships in Hungary.
With the marathon world title deciders getting under way in Ponte de Lima on 29 September, Lovemore is looking forward to reconnecting with his South African team mates af…
Nike returns as technical apparel provider in 2023
The Springboks and SA Rugby will have a new technical apparel provider in 2023. An agreement has been reached with Nike to succeed current partner ASICS, whose contract comes to an end at the end of 2022.
Nike and SA Rugby have agreed a six-year deal – to include the 2023 and 2027 Rugby World Cups – which will see the famous Swoosh appear on the front of the Springbok jersey for the second time. Nike was the team’s apparel partner between 1996 and 2003.
“We enjoyed a great relationship with ASICS and really appreciate the cont…
