The 2012 BSG Triseries is calling all first timers, amateurs, and seasoned triathletes from kids to adults to get involved, after stepping up its event campaign ahead of the races running from the end of September to the beginning of December throughout the country. read more
The Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge is set to test 25,000 cyclists riding 94.7km around the city of Johannesburg, during its cycling festival in November, or groups of friends, families, corporates and individuals can take on its newest addition, the Momentum 40km ride. read more
The Contego Wines2Whales MTB Race powered by Maserati has again supplied the charity songo.info with a number of entries for this year’s mountain bike event, which will see a number of celebrities including Dan Hugo team up with successful bidders of a charity auction. read more
Several local celebrities took part in the inaugural Kia Val de Vie Estate Mountain Bike Challenge in the Paarl-Franschhoek valley on Sunday, in a line-up that included former Springbok wing Breyten Paulse, Olympic swimmer Ryk Neethling and rally driver Gugu Zulu. read more
Oscar Pistorius is encouraging the youth of South Africa to take part in Nike’s WE RUN Jozi 10k, which will see 20,000 runners take to the streets of Johannesburg as part of Nike’s international WE RUN series. read more
Mountain bikers unable to ride the full nine days of the Old Mutual joBerg2c can now experience the event with the shorter three and six-day options in April next year, after organisers announced new version of the race. read more
Comrades Marathon Association has announced that nearly a quarter of total spaces have already been filled, just two weeks after entries were opened. read more
Several local celebrities have signed up for the inaugural Discovery Jacaranda FM Spring Walk to be held at Harlequins Rugby Club on Saturday 15th September. Amongst the many sporting, media and entertainment personalities who will be there on the day are Olympic gold medallist Cameron van der Burgh, Miss South Africa Melinda Bam, TV presenter a… read more
England 2015, a subsidiary of the RFU, has called in Pitch for retained work following a four-way tender, with the agency briefed with creating mainstream interest ahead of the Rugby World Cup tournament. read more
Nike has launched its We Run Jozi 10 kilometre race to be held on 7th October, 2012, and is one of 34 races to take place in Nike's 2012 global We Run series - which aims to inspire, enable and connect runners around the world. read more
The official football of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Rio has been named “Brazuca” - an informal word used to describe national pride in the South American nation. read more
adidas has revealed its new line-up of Official Match Balls for the 2012/13 season of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League and for the 2012 UEFA Super Cup competition. read more
The Sports Partnership has announced that it has signed Premiership rugby player Danny Cipriani for management. The 24-year-old joined the Sale Sharks on a three-year deal this summer from Australian Super 15 side the Melbourne Rebels, where he was their leading scorer last year. read more
Entries for the 36th Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour - the largest individually timed cycling event in the world - open this weekend, with orgainisers hinting that the event could return to the flatter 109km route option via Main Road, Muizenberg. read more
Just a day before the London 2012 Paralympic Games gets underway with the opening ceremony tomorrow evening, South Africa’s Paralympians have expressed their excitment ahead of kick off on Wednesday 29th August. read more
Two South African footballers are celebrating after earning a place each in the final selection of Nike’s global football talent search, ‘The Chance’. read more
Two South Africans, Charlie Teboho Tsotetsi and Melusi Zulu, are celebrating today after making the first cut at Nike’s ‘The Chance’ Global trials. read more
Chevrolet has set about utilizing its recently acquired sponsorship of Manchester United, by combining forces with the Premier League side and MOFILM – a creative community for young filmmakers - to capture the emotion, the rituals, the tensions, excitement and anticipation in the one minute before kick-off. read more
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced it will pilot new digital advertising boards at the “Cardiff Double Header”, with England taking on South Africa in the NatWest Series on Friday 24th August, and the Friends Life t20 Finals Day on Saturday 2th5 August at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff. read more
The newly-announced Moon to Noon endurance race around Knysna is set to take place on Friday, 26thOctober, keeping adventurous mountain bikers quite literally in the dark when they ride out at midnight. read more
The Cape Town Tens has announced the launch of the inaugural Jozi Tens which will be taking place on the 14th and 15th of September at the Pirates Rugby Club in Parkhurst. read more
EDF Energy, an official partner of London 2012, is working with the British Paralympic Association to help the ParalympicsGB Pre-Games Preparation Camp achieve a gold standard for sustainability, while it has also been announced that Royal Mail will issue individual and team stamps for ParalympicGB gold medallists at this month's Games. read more
The NBA has announced a multi-year partnership with online sports retailer Kitbag to launch the league’s official online store for Africa, as well as Europe and the Middle East. read more
Online pre entries for the 2012 South African Elite Mountain Bike Marathon Championships in Wellington in the Western Cape close next week, on Tuesday 21st August at midnight. read more
South Africa's Olympic team are set to return home on Tuesday morning, and Lead SA and the department of sport and recreation have urged the public to give them a heroes welcome. read more
Olympic gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh has been rewarded with a set of wheels to commemorate his London 2012 success – a new Audi R8 V10 Spyder. read more
adidas, Official Sponsor of Team GB, has brought together a great selection of their sponsored Team GB athletes to celebrate a record Olympic campaign for Great Britain by recording their own version of Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. read more
Procter & Gamble, a Worldwide Olympic Partner, has announced plans to raise $25 million to help say ‘Thank You Mum’ by helping establish and sustain youth sport programmes around the world, as part of its 10-year partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). read more
Details of the inaugural Netball Diamond challenge have been confirmed, mixing sport and entertainment, with the aim to celebrate the role of women in sport and in particular elevate the profile of Netball in South Africa during women's month. read more
Entries to the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards are open now, with South African sport coming together once again on 7th February at the magnificent Emperors Palace in Johannesburg at the industry's flagship event - a glamorous black-tie evening that is unquestionably the greatest networking and business celebration of the year. read more
Hundreds of amateur mixed doubles teams are preparing for the regional tournaments of the Kia Amateur Australian Open - their aim, to represent Kia in the Kia Amateur World Finals in Melbourne next year. read more
Newcastle United has unveiled its new home kit for the 2012/13 season, designed by Puma. read more
You have just got to get them to the point where they really hate you. When you get to that point you sometimes make them think about something else -- a split second of concentration lapse that could give you a wicket.
New Zealand's Neil Wagner speaks of his bowling techniques ahead of the second test against England.
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