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Bulls lose Serfontein, Jooste for Leinster clash

2 October 2025 — By Adnaan Mohamed The Vodacom Bulls will face Leinster in a United Rugby Championship clash at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday without two of their backline sparks, Jan Serfontein and Cheswill Jooste, both injured in last week’s 53–40 shootout …… read more

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ULTRA GOBI has begun, and everyone is already captivated

2 October 2025 — These are images that you rarely, if ever, see: Five thousand runners preparing for an event that could change their lives and certainly boost their self-confidence. DJs are getting the runners going three hours before the start. Videographers and phot …… read more

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“Rory, for one million rand, why do you run?”

2 October 2025 — Champions! The one question we’re asked so often and it’s the one I find the most difficult to answer. Impossible to answer. Cue the music. Cue the lights. Camera zooms in on my face. Lights become brighter. The audience goes quiet. Room feels warmer.  …… read more

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PUMA Renews Partnership with HYROX 

1 October 2025 — Global sports company PUMA has renewed and extended its partnership early with HYROX, the World Series of Fitness Racing, which is expected to draw more than 1.3 million participants around the world this season. Until 2030, PUMA will provide official …… read more




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Lythe Proud to Podium with Wayde at World Champs

1 October 2025 — By Adnaan Mohamed Lythe Pillay was only 12 years old when Wayde van Niekerk stunned the world at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 setting a new record 400m of 43.03. Now, the boy who once sat wide-eyed in front of the TV is sprinting alongside his idol …… read more

News Rugby Springboks
Ox Nche back for Rugby Championship ‘Final’

30 September 2025 — By Adnaan Mohamed Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has recalled powerhouse prop Ox Nche for Saturday’s Rugby Championship decider against Argentina at Twickenham in London. Nche, a late withdrawal in Durban last week, returns to the front row alongside M …… read more

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Elroy eyes sub-14 at Durban’s Boxer Super Run

30 September 2025 — By Adnaan Mohamed Durban’s beachfront will turn into a blur of fast-twitch muscle and pounding footsteps on Sunday, 12 October, when Elroy Gelant lines up for the 2025 Boxer Super Run with one clear target – a sub-14-minute clocking. Elroy, who finishe …… read more

News Swimming
Lara van Niekerk claims Golden Hat-trick

29 September 2025 — Adnaan Mohamed Lara van Niekerk completed a golden hat-trick at the Bombela Concession Company SA National (25m) Championships on Sunday, powering through the 200m breaststroke like a swimmer rediscovering her tide. The 22-year-old, already decorated w …… read more

Features News Racing
Glenrose storms to historic SPAR Grand Prix hat-trick in Gqeberha

28 September 2025 — By Adnaan Mohamed Gqeberha, Eastern Cape – Glenrose Xaba once again turned the SPAR Women’s Challenge into her personal racetrack on Saturday morning, streaking down Marine Drive like a sprinter on rails to seize her fourth straight victory of the 2025 …… read more

News Racing
Kabelo smashes Absa RYC Joburg 10K record

24 September 2025 — By Adnaan Mohamed Kabelo Mulaudzi turned Johannesburg’s Heritage Day streets into his stage, storming to a course-record victory at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY JOBURG 10K on Wednesday. The 27-year-old from the Boxer Athletic Club made history by claiming hi …… read more

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