Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus believes that New Zealand deservedly won their 2019 Rugby World Cup opening clash instead of South Africa losing the Pool B humdinger. The All Blacks landed their first devastating blow of the campaign with a clinical 23-13 victory over the most in form side in Japan by feeding off their mistakes. Erasmus says discipline was their biggest downfall on the night.

Mamelodi Sundowns beat Maritzburg United 2-1 in a league match at the Lucas Moripe stadium in Atteridgeville on Saturday night .

Struggling Chippa United played their fourth draw of the season when they were held to a 0-0 stalemate by Bloemfontein Celtic in an Absa Premiership encounter at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

Polokwane City rose to the summit of the Absa premiership log with 13 points after seeing off a ten man SuperSport United 3-1 in Polokwane on Saturday

Karabo Tsepe scored a stoppage time goal for Black Leopards to force a 2-2 draw against Stellenbosch at the Athlone Stadium on Saturday.

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) long distance runner Milton Kekana lived up to expectations when he snatched the first position in 10 km of University Sport South Africa (USSA) Cross Country Championships held in Mpumalanga University at the weekend.

Tennis South Africa (TSA) will host its first ever wheelchair and able-bodied tournament for both men and women on the 24th and 25th of this month. The tournament will be hosted at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg; with the able-bodied opening the court followed by wheelchair bound the following day.

The annual Ekurhuleni Women in Sport Awards ceremony was hosted by Futballing Girls in partnership with that region’s sports confederation body in Kempton Park on Friday night. The event that honours sports achievements by women from this Gauteng region is the brainchild of former Banyana Banyana player, Moonira Ramathula and is in its second year running.

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Pitso Mosimane has given a strongest indication yet about when he will be ready to hand Bafana Bafana striker Tokelo Rantie his debut at the club. Prior to their MTN 8 2nd leg, semi-final against Supersport United earlier this week, Mosimane had told the media that Rantie was in line to make his debut in this game.

Now that he’s been fired at Amazulu, it’s easy to dismiss Cavin Johnson’s concerns as sour grapes but he’s genuinely tired of what he claims is ‘Table Tennis’ football played by some South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs.