Glenrose goes for glory at SPAR Grand Prix Series
South African athlete, Glenrose ‘Supercharge’ Xaba, starts her campaign to become the fourth athlete to have won the prestigious SPAR Women’s Grand Prix title when the 2025 series gets underway in Cape Town this Sunday (30 March).
SPAR is associated...
bird’s African basketball roundup: South Sudan heartbreak, Maluach leads Duke, Nairobi City Thunder beef...
The South Sudanese basketball community loses former national team player, Dominic Philip; another South Sudan player leads Duke to their first ACC Championship since 2006, and Nairobi City Thunder beef up ahead of BAL Season 5. All the latest...
Athletics scores an ACE at Stellenbosch track launch
The ‘Best track in Africa’ was launched last week in a veritable cornucopia of athletics entertainment, as current champions of track and field rubbed shoulders with legends of the past in Stellenbosch.
Stars of the 1970s and 80s - former...
Young talent to the fore at ASA South African Marathon Championships in Cape Town
Bennett Seloyi and Jenna Challenor came out on top in a wind-swept Balwin Sport Peninsula Marathon this morning (Sunday 16 February), which doubled as the ASA national marathon championships.
Six thousand runners completed the marathon and half-marathon in the 57th...
Nigeria’s junior cricketers shine as grassroots efforts pay off at ICC U-19 T20 World...
Nigeria’s U-19 women’s cricket team has announced their arrival on the global stage with a historic over New Zealand at the ICC Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup. The stunning debut highlights the success of years of grassroots investment in...
Elhousine and Katie rule as Africa features strongly in Trail Runners of the Year...
Elhousine Elazzaoui and Katie Schide have been named Trail Runners of the Year (TROY) for 2024, following a global poll of trail running experts from around the world, coordinated by Freetrail, a USA-based trail-running organisation.
The “Flying Camel”, as the...
SPN Africa Q&A with Eintracht Frankfurt Defender, Nathaniel Brown
Born in Amberg, Bavaria, 21-year-old Eintracht Frankfurt defender Nathaniel Brown played in the youth teams of SSV Jahn Regensburg and 1. FC Nürnberg before joining Frankfurt in 2024 where he has scored three goals in eight matches so far...
The Bomsy Wall Tennis Revolution in Racquet Sports
“There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”
This timeless wisdom from William Shakespeare perfectly encapsulates the extraordinary journey of Boma Abinye Willie-Pepple and his groundbreaking invention, Bomsy Wall Tennis...
Marathon magic in New York and Soweto
Competitive racing was the order of the day at the TCS New York City Marathon and African Bank Soweto Marathon over the weekend as Sydney celebrated becoming the 7th Abbott’s Marathon Major, setting its path to attract the world’s...
Africa tops Golden Trail World Series table after Breaklands 27k
Africa topped the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS) last weekend after stunning performances from Moroccan Elhousine Elazzaoui and Kenyan Joyce Njeru taking the Headlands 27k titles in San Francisco, as African runners begin to make their mark in this...