A boy from South Africa who faced the successful London 2012 Olympic bid has revealed that he has been forced to dump his dream of competing in the London marathon, after he said that London failed to contact him. read more
SuperSport’s search for Lady Rugga took a twist this weekend after three wildcards were added to the top 12. read more
Lady Rugga’s dynamite dozen are looking ahead to the final on 4th June, after the final twelve were revealed at the weekend. read more
South Africa Masters champion Charl Schwartzel has become the country’s sixth golfer to be awarded honorary lifetime membership of the European Tour. read more
Rugby World Cup 2011 reached one million likes this weekend on its official Facebook page, making it the largest Facebook fan page in New Zealand and the largest sports community in Australasia. read more
National Women’s Month is being celebrated again by the 2011 edition of the Totalsports Ladies Race, which will debut this year in Durban, as well as returning to Stellenbosch and Johannesburg. read more
Team South Africa will be heading to Lausanne, Switzerland to participate at the week-long 14th World Gymnaestrada from 11th to 16th July 2011. read more
Broadcasters SuperSport has acquired the rights for the AMA Motocross Championship Highlights Series from 2011 to 2013. read more
Highbury Safika Media, publisher of SA Rugby magazine, is to move into the sport management market after unveiling Springbok forward Luke Watson as its first client. read more
English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur will bring their strongest possible squad to South Africa for the clubs pre-season tour in July – according to executive director, Donna Cullen. read more
Formula One teams have agreed to abandon plans to radically change the race cars for the 2013 season. read more
When Ajax made their players unavailable for this weekend’s international friendly between Bafana Bafana and Tanzania, they broke the accord agreement between the South Africa Football Association and the Premier Soccer League – according to Kaizer Chiefs chairman, Kaizer Motaung. read more
SuperSport’s Lady Rugga roadshow has come to an end, after more than 1,500 women auditioned to become the channel’s first female rugby presenter. read more
South African sport fans have expanded their viewing repertoire over the past few years, which have led to dynamic changes in the culture of sports media consumption – according to research conducted by ESPN in the market. read more
Following reports from the South Africa national team media officer that Bafana Bafana will not release its three Kaizer Chiefs players from the national squad, the South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced that they will now be let go from the national training camp. read more
A South African cheerleader has been sent home from the Indian Premier League after her identity as a secret blogger was revealed – following a number of posts about the fun and flirting behind the scenes of the cricket competition. read more
Ernie Els has followed in the footsteps of fellow South African Gary Player, after the Big Easy was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. read more
Renowned football coach and original Busby Babe at Manchester United, died in Johannesburg on Monday, aged 76. read more
UEFA has announced that SuperSport has renewed its pay television media rights deal for the Champions League and Europa League for the 2012 to 2015 seasons. read more
Due to the overwhelming response to SuperSport’s search for Lady Rugga, a competition to find a new female presenter for the broadcaster’s rugby coverage, it has been announced that another audition date has been added to the schedule in Johannesburg. read more
The management of Athletics South Africa (ASA) has again been faced with an embarrassing gaffe over Caster Semenya after it emerged that on the governing body’s website, the women’s world 800m champion is referred to as a man. read more
The Rugby World Cup will be broadcast in 3D technology for the first time after Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) appointed 3DLive as official 3D broadcaster of RWC 2011 in New Zealand. read more
South Africa could potentially host the heavyweight title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye, after declaring interest in event. read more
SuperSport’s campaign to find a new female presenter ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup is underway, with over 200 hopefuls auditioning at Coca Cola Park, Johannesburg, followed by an impressive turnout in Pretoria yesterday. read more
World Rally Championship (WRC) manufactures are calling on the sport to endorse live internet streaming in order to move the sport forward. read more
SuperSport will launch its new High Definition sports channel on Friday – SuperSport HD3 will become the new addition in the DStv family, to coincide with the start of the fourth Indian Premier League. read more
OUTsurance has struck a new broadcast sponsorship deal with the Sunday rugby magazine programme, All Out Rugby. read more
SuperSport has launched its ‘Lady Rugga’ campaign with the hope of discovering the channel’s first female rugby commentator, in time for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand later this year. read more
Cycling’s 2011 Tour of Japan has joined the list of cancellations following the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the country’s northeast. read more
Boxing fans will have the chance to watch South African Macbute Sinyabi go toe-to-toe with Londoner southpaw Thabo Sonjica, live on SuperSport - when the two meet on Saturday night. read more
The South African sports minister Fikile Mbalula has offered words of comfort to the South African cricket team following the side’s quarterfinal defeat to New Zealand at this year’s Cricket World Cup. read more
The New Zealand Rugby team will train in the earthquake-hit city of Christchurch during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, to show support to the devastated city. read more
If it happens one more time I am going to leave the pitch, because it is so stupid.
Mario Balotelli says he would leave the pitch if racist chants continue.
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