# Tennis: Die voormalige wêreld-nommer-een, Iga Swiatek, is deur na die halfeindronde van die Kanadese Ope in Toronto. Die Pool het Diana Shnaider van Rusland binne 68 minute verslaan en speel volgende teen Elina Svitolina van Oekraïne. Svitolina het die Rus Ekaterina Alexandrova uitgeskakel en is deur na haar vierde WTA-een-duisend-halfeindstryd vanjaar. Intussen is twee […]
# Atletiek: Suid-Afrika is ná Wêreld-atletiek se Onder 20-kampioenskapsbyeenkoms in Eugene, Oregon, tiende op die algehele punteleer met agt medaljes: een goud, drie silwer en vier brons. Dis die land se grootste medalje-oes by die kampioenskap sedert die nasionale span in 2021 in Nairobi nege opgeraap het. Van die uitstaande prestasies is dié van Jan-Hendrik […]
# Tennis: Former world number one Iga Swiatek is through to the Canadian Open semifinals in Toronto. The Pole brushed aside Russia’s Diana Shnaider, 6-2, 6-1, in 68 minutes. Swiatek will face Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina following her 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach her fourth WTA One-thousand semifinal of the year. Meanwhile, […]
# Athletics: South Africa finished the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, tenth in the overall standings with eight medals, one gold, three silver and four bronze. This is the country’s largest medal haul at the championships since the national team bagged nine medals in Nairobi in 2021. Some of the standout performances include […]
# Rugby: Springbok-afrigter Rassie Erasmus het die ervare veelsydige voorspeler, Deon Fourie, by die nasionale groep ingesluit vir die komende Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry-reeks teen die All Blacks. Die 39-jarige Fourie wat sy plek as losvoorspeler en haker kan vol staan, het laas vir die Bokke uitgedraf in die 2023 Wêreldbeker-eindstryd teen Nieu-Seeland in Parys. Hy […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby het hulde gebring aan voormalige Springbok-haker Piston van Wyk, wat oor die naweek op 82-jarige ouderdom oorlede is. Hy het vir Noord-Transvaal en Natal gespeel, nou die Bulle en Haaie, en het tussen 1970 en 1976 in 15 toetswedstryde vir die Bokke gespeel. Die president van SA Rugby, Mark Alexander, sê […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has called up veteran utility forward Deon Fourie to the national squad for the forthcoming Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks. The 39-year-old, who doubles up as a loose forward and hooker, last played for the Boks in the 2023 World Cup final against New Zealand in Paris. Following […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby has paid tribute to former Springbok hooker Piston van Wyk, who passed away at the age of 82 over the weekend. He played for Northern Transvaal and Natal, now the Bulls and Sharks, and made 15 Test appearances for the Boks between 1970 and 1976. SA Rugby president Mark Alexander says […]
# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Cincinnati Open due to a right knee injury, raising concerns over his fitness ahead of the US Open, which starts on the 30th. The Italian has not competed since capturing his second straight Wimbledon title last month. Sinner says he is focused on getting […]
