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Round 3 of the Vodacom URC brings the first South African derby double-header of the season, with table-topping Hollywoodbets Sharks travelling to DHL Stormers and 10bet Lions visiting Vodacom Bulls. Glasgow Warriors and Connacht renew last season’s Quarter-Final rivalry at Scotstoun, while Ulster and Munster meet in the first all-Irish clash of the campaign. Hollywoodbets …
India captain Shreyas Iyer has surged to a career-best seventh position in the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings after smashing his maiden T20I century in the opening match of the home series against the West Indies in Lucknow on Tuesday. Iyer’s unbeaten 102 from 43 deliveries that was studded with 10 fours and six sixes, …
7 October 2026 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) welcomes the appointment of nine (9) South African representatives to the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Standing Committees and Independent Bodies, including two appointments as Committee Chairpersons. The appointments represent a strong vote of confidence in the expertise and contribution of South African
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7 October 2026 – Sasol Banyana Banyana have settled in nicely in Bloemfontein ahead of their two 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games qualifiers against Madagascar scheduled for this Friday and next Tuesday. The 2022 African Champions arrived in the City of Roses on Monday to begin preparations for the all-important clashes set to be played
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7 October 2026 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) would like to inform the public that no spectators will be allowed in the first match of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games qualifiers between Madagascar and Sasol Banyana Banyana on Friday, 9 October 2026. The decision comes following a request made by the visiting
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It will be the dawn of a new era for Leinster Rugby this weekend as they play their first Vodacom URC game at the redeveloped Laya Arena. The league champions will welcome second-placed Cardiff Rugby to their new-look home at the Royal Dublin Society site on Saturday evening, with a bumper crowd expected for the …
The excitement for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 is building at extraordinary pace, with ticket ballot applications surpassing one million in less than three days of registrations launching on 1 October 2026. As of today, over 320,000 fans have already registered for the ticket ballot, with applications for more than 1.1 million tickets …
The India batting duo of Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma headline the ICC Men’s Player of the Month shortlist for September alongside Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza. Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu, India’s Sree Charani and Shafali Verma make up the women’s shortlist. Sharma smashed 229 runs in four T20Is, including a record 30-ball century against …
A nervous stomach, a cautious start and a simple instruction to take the racing ‘boat by boat’ proved an unlikely recipe for a perfect opening day for Sweden’s Fia Fjelddahl at the World Sailing Inclusion Championships in Portimão, Portugal. Fjelddahl and Patric Rosenberg began the Para Inclusive Two Person Keelboat competition with back-to-back victories in …
Ulster Rugby will be looking to get Belfast bouncing again when they head into a “huge” Irish derby against Munster Rugby this weekend. Richie Murphy’s team haven’t won any of their last five home games in the Vodacom URC. Indeed, you have to go back to January to find their last league victory at the …
Try machine Tom Bowen has a simple message for all smaller players in the game: “Back yourself”. At 5ft 7ins and 11st 11lbs, the Cardiff Rugby winger is dwarfed by some of the giants on the circuit, but he is standing tall with his performances. He scored a brace of tries in last Friday’s 47-27 …
Wales Head coach Sean Lynn has named the 30-player squad for the Wales WXV Global Series Tests against the Sakura Fifteen in Japan in October. Wales will play two Test matches against Japan to complete their WXV Global Series campaign for 2026. Japan are ranked 11th in the world, one place above Wales in the …
High drama came as standard in the Pick n Pay Gold Cup’s Round of 16, with nail-biting results and large crowds once again epitomising the community spirit of the ‘FA Cup’ of South African club rugby. The country’s pre-eminent knockout championship for non-university clubs – which is sponsored by the national retail chain for the …
The South African elite women’s league’s youngest player, 14-year-old Imanathi Makinana, brought down the curtain in grand style at the Hollywoodbets Super League Amplified Festival in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, at the weekend. Buoyed by a sizeable home crowd at Westbourne Oval on Sunday, Makinana’s brace helped City Lads Ladies to a 2 – 1 win
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4 October 2026 – Bafana Bafana continued their sensational form under coach Pitso Mosimane after stunning Egypt in their own backyard at the Cairo International Stadium on Sunday night. A lone strike from Puso Dithejane in the 50th minute was enough to win this international friendly match and also extend the South African senior men’s
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5 October 2026 – South African U23 men’s national team assistant coach Karabo Mogudi says the two international friendly matches against Algeria were extremely important. The two nations first met on Thursday and then faced off again on Sunday in matches that were played at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein. The South Africans
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The Springbok Women delivered a solid 20-0 win over Spain in Seville on Sunday and for Franzel September and the rest of the coaching staff, it was a constructive day at the office in their final WXV Global Series tour match. September, who shares the head coaching responsibilities with Laurian Johannes-Haupt, said it was a …
The Hollywoodbets Sharks and 10bet Lions were victorious in their second-round home clashes in the 2026/27 Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday, but unfortunately the travelling DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls both came up short in the Northern Hemisphere. The Capetonians lost 17-13 to Edinburgh in Scotland on Friday night, with a misfiring lineout in …
A strong finish to their European tour is top of the agenda for the Springbok Women when they face Spain Women in the WXV Global Series in Seville on Sunday, and according to SA captain Babalwa Latsha, that is exactly what they plan to do. Latsha spoke after the team completed their on-field preparations for …
Thomas Andre and Colombe Julia (FRA01) have triumphed at the 2026 Offshore Double Handed World Championship, winning the final race after a nail-biting battle that went right down to the wire. The closing hours of the 190NM final race on Friday 2 October were sailed in light, fickle winds, with the lead changing hands between …
Faye Tunnicliffe, Nadine de Klerk and Laura Wolvaardt all recorded centuries to help guide their teams to opening weekend victories in the Hollywoodbets Pro50 on Saturday. Getting the 2026/27 Hollywoodbets Pro Series campaign underway, the Fidelity Titans marched to an 86-run triumph over the Hollywoodbets Dolphins in Tshwane, while the YesPlay Western Province Cobras overcame …
The Momentum Multiply Titans star batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius etched his name into the history books with a record-breaking 188, powering his side to a commanding victory over Flexbrands Knights in the YesPlay Pro20 Cup on Friday. In the final of three fixtures on day eight of the competition, Titans won the toss and elected to …
3 October 2026 – South African U23 Men’s National Team assistant coach Karabo Mogudi has warned his players to not allow complacency to set in when they face their Algerian counterparts in the second international friendly match on Sunday. The clash will take place at the Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium in Bloemfontein and kicks off
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3 October 2026 – The stage is set for what should be an enthralling international friendly encounter between Bafana Bafana and Egypt at the Cairo International Stadium on Sunday night. Kickoff is at 21h00 Cairo time. Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has already indicated that he plans to introduce all the players that did not
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