BSI Football welcomed the Wolves Football Academy to Mzansi
The BSI Football Academy and Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) partnership continues to gain credibility and impact in South Africa. Wolves recently sent two coaches to BSI to strengthen the relationship, share knowledge, conduct an experiential training camp, and provide BSI Footballers with exclusive training sessions. Their time at BSI started with a three-day training camp for players ages 8-17. The camp was attended by over 80 players from Botswana, Swaziland, Cape Town, Kimberly, Durban, and around Gauteng and was headed by Wolv…
Fiji break Springbok Women's hearts in Auckland
It was heartbreak for the Springbok Women as they went down 21-17 (half-time 14-7) in their second pool clash at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, with a try at the death clinching the victory for Fiji after 80 minutes of tense rugby.
A minute earlier South Africa had taken a 17-14 lead through a Libbie Janse van Rensburg penalty goal, but they failed to control the ball from the restart, Fiji worked it through a number of phases and at the end, Karalaini Naisewa scored the match-winning try and broke the Women Boks’ hearts.
After yet…
Breakaway stays clear as Gibbons 4th in Langkawi
Ryan Gibbons took 4th place on Stage 5 from an eleven-man escape on the flat run-in from Kuala Kangsar to Kulim (172km) at the Tour of Langkawi today.
The day's strong breakaway formed after the first hour of racing with all the major teams represented, including UAE Team Emirates through Gibbons.
They would hold a lead of approximately a minute for the final 30km with no organised chase from the peloton behind, with UAE with options through Molano in the case of a sprint.
The break would remain clear howver, with Dutchman Lionel Taminiaux…
South African Sheldon van der Linde crowned DTM ’22 champion
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Image: BMW Motorsport
Image: BMW Motorsport
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Image: BMW Motorsport
Recently Crowned DTM Champion and protagonist of this article; Sheldon van der Linde is a 23-year-old racing driver born and raised in South Africa. Racing at the tender age of 6 and inspired by his father Shaun who did the same in his adolescence, the 2022 DTM champion then progressed into the South African Polo Cup championship. The rest, as they say, is history!
At the end of 20…
Springbok Women’s starting team unchanged for Fiji
Springbok Women coach Stanley Raubenheimer retained his starting XV for their second Rugby World Cup clash in New Zealand and made only one change to the replacements for Sunday’s match against Fiji, which kicks off at 06h45 (SA time) in Auckland.
Nolusindiso Booi will lead the same team on the field, while Springbok Women’s Sevens forward Lerato Makua has been named on the bench, where she replaces Catha Jacobs, who played against France at Eden Park on Saturday.
Makua, with five test caps to her name, recently played for South Afri…
Umpire Spotlight Leonard Masao
Meet Netball South Africa umpire, Leonard Masao from Klipgat in North West. He has been umpiring for 15 years and currently holds a Netball South Africa A grading.
Leonard was recently invited to umpire at the upcoming European Netball World Cup Qualifiers in Glasgow from 12-16 October 2022.
How did your netball journey begin? I started playing netball in Primary School and from there joined a club.
How did you get into umpiring? Through school, when there was a need for an umpire I would jump in and assist.
Which tour…
