TIGHT RACE EXPECTED IN PORT ELIZABETH
Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Port Elizabeth will be the focus for South Africa’s top female roadrunnerson Saturday when they take part in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at Pollok Beach on...
View ArticleNINETY CHALLENGES FOR EVERGREEN SONJA LAXTON
Port Elizabeth, South Africa – Sonja Laxton, who has been breaking records on the track and on the road almost all her life, set another record on Saturday when she ran her 90th SPAR 10km Challenge....
View ArticleBACK TO BACK SPAR VICTORIES FOR VAN ZYL
Port Elizabeth, South Africa – Two weeks after finishing 15th in the London Marathon, Irvette van Zyl notched up her second consecutive SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge victory when she braved wet and windy...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICAN DOUBLES TEAM CAPTURE GOLD AT WORLD TENNIS CHAMPS
Umag, Croatia - Two of South Africa’s top Young Senior tennis players Lettica Venter and Bruce Young proved that one gets better with age when they won the coveted 45+ Tennis World Championships mixed...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICAN NETBALL TRAINING SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR TEST SERIES AGAINST WALES
Durban, South Africa - Netball South Africa has announced a 25 member training squad ahead of the SPAR Challenge international netball test series against Wales in Durban next month. The training squad...
View ArticleSPAR PROTEAS TO PLAY TEST SERIES AGAINST WALES
Durban, South Africa - With the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League done and dusted, the cream of South African netball will be in action again in June, when the SPAR Proteas meet Wales in the...
View ArticleTOP RUNNERS HAVE MUCH AT STAKE IN THE SPAR CHALLENGE IN DURBAN ON SUNDAY
The 2016 Comrades Marathon is done and dusted and attention now turns to the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in Durban on Sunday. For years the Durban Challenge has taken place a week after the Comrades...
View ArticleTHREE NEW CAPS IN TEAM FOR WALES NETBALL SERIES
Durban, South Africa - There are three new faces in the 14-member SPAR Protea team announced by Netball South Africa for the coming SPAR Challenge international netball series against Wales in Durban...
View ArticleSA TENNIS JUNIORS TO DO BATTLE IN TUNISIA
Johannesburg, South Africa – South African juniors have been invited to participate in the African Junior Teams’ Championships to be held in La Marsa (Tunis) – Tunisia from 3 to 10 June 2016. Boys and...
View ArticleVAN ZYL’S BRILLIANT YEAR CONTINUES
Durban, South Africa - Irvette van Zyl’s brilliant year continued on Sunday, with victory in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at Kings Park in Durban. It was her third consecutive Challenge victory....
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICAN-AMERICAN DUO CLAIM SECOND TEAM TITLE
Halle, Germany - Third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram successfully defended their doubles title at the ATP Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany on Sunday, streaking past second seeds Lukasz Kubot and...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS TENNIS TEAM OFF TO ENGLAND
Johannesburg, South Africa – On the eve of the Wimbledon Championships, the South African Schools tennis team were awarded with their blazers and colours by the chairman of South African Schools...
View ArticleKEVIN ANDERSON JOINS DJOKOVIC, MURRAY BROTHERS AMONG PLAYERS ELECTED TO ATP...
London – South African tennis ace, Kevin Anderson was once again elected to the ATP Player Council. The new ATP Player Council, as voted by players, was announced on Saturday evening at the general...
View ArticleWINTER TENNIS EXTRAVAGANZA FOR KWAZULU-NATAL
Durban, South Africa – Winter tennis fever hits Durban this week with over 340 junior tennis players heading for Durban to play in the SHOSPECKZNTSA Series. The tournament which begins from the 29th of...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA WELL REPRESENTED AT WIMBLEDON
London, United Kingdom; Despite the surprise early exit of twentieth seed Kevin Anderson in round 1 on Monday at the Wimbledon Championships, the South African flag is still flying high above the All...
View ArticleWIMBLEDON FEVER HITS JOBURG COURTS
• Top SA tennis players do battle in Joburg• Tennis Fever hits the City of Gold• Dunlop Sport continues its support for tennis development Johannesburg – The Wimbledon tennis fever has hit the City of...
View Article• South African tennis Seniors impress at world champs
Helsinki, Finland - As they say in the classics, the older you get, the better and wiser you get and this was so true for the South African Senior tennis team who impressed at the ITF Senior World...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICAN DAVIS CUP TEAM NAMED TO PLAY LITHUANIA
• Raven Klaasen back in SA Davis Cup team South Africa; South African Davis Cup Captain, Marcos Ondruska announced on Wednesday his Davis Cup squad to play against Lithuania later this month. Lithuania...
View ArticleLITHUANIA NAME DAVIS CUP TEAM TO PLAY SOUTH AFRICA
Kaunas, Lithuania; Lithuania’s top ranked player, Ricardas Berankis, ranked 54 in world tennis, was not named by his country on Friday in their team to play South Africa in the Euro Africa Group II tie...
View ArticleMIXED FORTUNES FOR SOUTH AFRICAN JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS AT AFRICAN CHAMPS
Johannesburg, South Africa – South African junior tennis players had “mixed fortunes” at the recent African Junior Teams’ Championships Qualifying Event played in Tunisia. Boys and girls in the under...
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