Springbok Reinach joins Stormers for 2025/26 season
Cobus Reinach of South Africa during the 2024 Rugby Championship match between South Africa and New Zealand at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 August 2024 @Gavin Barker/BackpagePix

Springbok Reinach joins Stormers for 2025/26 season

Double World Cup winning Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach will boost the Stormers squad when he joins the fold ahead of the 2025/26 season.
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SA duo slip to second in Dakar Rally
epa11822265 Henk Lategan of South Africa and Brett Cummings of South Africa compete with their Toyota Hilux for Imt Evo Toyota Gazoo Racing during the eighth stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally from Al Duwadimi to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 13 January 2025. EPA/Gerard Laurenssen

SA duo slip to second in Dakar Rally

While TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings slipped to second place after Stage 9 of the 2025 Dakar Rally, fellow Toyota competitor Yazeed Al Rajhi and co-driver Timo Gottschalk recorded the third-fastest time of the day, and moved into the overall lead of the race.
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Sharks missing Springboks for European tour
​Eben Etzebeth (Captain) of Hollywoodbets Sharks takes the ball from the kick off during the Champions Cup 2024/25 rugby game between the Sharks and Exeter Chiefs at Kings Park in Durban on 7 December 2024 © Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix

Sharks missing Springboks for European tour

The Sharks will be without Springboks Eben Etzebeth, Vincent Koch, Jordan Hendrikse and Makazole Mapimpi for the away game against French club team Bordeaux Bègles in the Champions Cup on Sunday and possibly also the clash a week later against Cardiff in the United Rugby Championship.
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CAF competitions provide SA football with boost
Devin Titus of Stellenbosch FC and Khuliso Mudau of Mamelodi Sundowns challenge hard during the 2024 MTN8 semifinal 2nd leg game between Stellenbosch FC and Mamelodi Sundowns at Moses Mabhida Stadium on 1 September 2024 © Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix

CAF competitions provide SA football with boost

South African football is looking to 2025 for a major boost, with World Cup qualification in sight for Bafana Bafana and a chance to win a continental title again in the end-of-the-year Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco.
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‘We want to play a game with our style’ – Riveiro
Thalente Mbatha of Orlando Pirates celebrates goal during the CAF Champions League 2024/25 match between Orlando Pirates and CR Belouizdad at Orlando Stadium, in Soweto on 12 January 2025 ©Phakamisa Lensman/BackpagePix

‘We want to play a game with our style’ – Riveiro

Orlando Pirates sealed a first CAF Champions League knockout round place for 12 years as they defeated Algerian side CR Belouizdad 2-1 at the Orlando Stadium on Sunday to ensure a top two finish in their pool.
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Sundowns on brink of knockout qualification
Khuliso Mudau of Mamelodi Sundowns celebrates goal during the Betway Premiership 2024/25 match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Royal AM FC at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on the 23 October 2024 © Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix

Sundowns on brink of knockout qualification

Mamelodi Sundowns need one more point to qualify to make sure of a place in the last eight of the African Champions League after a last gasp own goal gave them victory in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday.
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Dupont questions SA teams in European competitions
Stade Toulousain's Antoine Dupont in action during the Investec Champions Cup match at Sandy Park, Exeter. Picture date: Sunday December 15, 2024.

Dupont questions SA teams in European competitions

Toulouse and France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont has questioned the “logic” of having South African teams in the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup as his side prepare top face the Sharks in Durban on Saturday.
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