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Its a bittersweet moment that while the South African football fraternity are still celebrating the appointment of Rulani Mokwena as a Wydad Casablanca head coach, the sad news of the legendary Stanley Screamer Tshabalala was announced. Bra Screamer is pioneer of black coaches in the co

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has defended the selection of Wayde van Niekerk ahead of Luxolo Adams for the 200m sprint at the Paris Olympics next month, with the federation insisting it had discussed the decision with Adams, after the former national champion revealed at the weekend he was takin

The Junior Springboks now only have pride to play for at the World Rugby U20 Championship after losing to Argentina, for the second time in the tournament, in the fifth-place semi-final in Cape Town on Sunday. Bafana Nhlekos team will now play for seventh place at the Junior World Cup a

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has revealed his new-look squad from which hell pick his matchday-23 for Saturdays Test against Portugal in Bloemfontein. The Boks will go into the match after a narrow 25-24 loss to Ireland in the second Test between the nations in Durban on Saturday. The

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said that they would be making wholesale changes for the third match of the Incoming Series against Portugal in Bloemfontein this coming weekend, after the Boks went down 25-24 to Ireland to draw their two-game series. After clinching a 27-20 win in the op

Spain lost influential midfielder Rodri to injury at half-time, but shrugged that off to take the lead within two minutes of the restart through Nico Williams, who was set up by his fellow star winger, Lamine Yamal. England came from behind as they have done so often at this Euros, as s

Carlos Alcaraz overpowered seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets to retain his Wimbledon title on Sunday in a brutal statement that the new era of mens tennis has arrived. The Spanish third seed produced a performance combining awesome power with delicate touch to win 6-2,

South Africas wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane and her partner Yui Kamiji of Japan have won the 2024 Wimbledon womens doubles title. The pair defeated French duo Diede De Groot and Aniek van Koot 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets during an epic tennis clash on Sunday. This is

Sprint sensation Benjamin Richardson took another massive step forward in his fledgling career, tearing up the track to set a personal best of 19.86 seconds in the mens 100m event at the Resisprint meeting in Switzerland on Sunday. Richardson, who will represent South Africa in the mens