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The last South African golfer to win a Major, Ernie Els, is also, surprisingly, probably the best-placed in-form local to do the business and end the drought at this weeks Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland. The 152nd Open tees off on Thursday and Els , who is now 54, will lea

Stormers lock Salmaan Moerat will captain the Springboks in their one-off Test against Portugal in Bloemfontein on Saturday, with kick-off at 5pm. He will become the 66th man, and first Muslim, to lead the South African national rugby team. Here are a few facts you might not know about

According to reports in Belgium, the Bafana Bafana striker is set to do medical and fitness tests at Liege before signing a contract with the Belgian side. The 28-year-old striker is currently a free agent after leaving French Ligue 1 side RC Strasbourg at the end of the 2023/24 season.

In 2014, when Simon Magakwe became the first South African to break 10 seconds in the 100m dash, nobody could have predicted how much it would change the face of local sprinting. That performance opened the floodgates, and the countrys fastest men have since raised the bar to a whole ne

The Springboks are kicking their succession planning into high gear when a team made up of largely fringe players takes on Portugal in a one-off Test match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday evening. Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus named a side mixed with experien

The Brazilians, who lost out to ES Tunis of Tunisia in this years CAF Champions League final, are one of the teams that will represent Africa in the expanded FIFA competition. Speaking during an a Q A with Sundowns sponsors, PUMA, during the unveiling of the new home and away kits for t

Ive slept for many years with the dream of playing for Real Madrid and today my dream has come true, Mbappe told fans gathered in record numbers to greet him at the clubs Santiago Bernabeu stadium. The striker, who had completed his medical earlier on Tuesday morning, signed a five-year

Its time for change, and for a new chapter. Sundays final in Berlin against Spain was my final game as England manager, Southgate said in a statement. Names immediately bandied around as 53-year-old Southgates successor are Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, and two former Chelsea handlers,

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has picked a vastly different team to the one that featured in both Tests against Ireland recently for the one-off match against tier two nation, Portugal , in Bloemfontein on Saturday (5pm). The side will be led by the Stormers Salmaan Moerat. It will be