Sport

South African football sets bar high

The South African Football Association is to implement an ambitious plan aimed at lifting the country's national teams into the top three on the African continent and the top 20 in the world by 2020.

MTB star Stander: '2012 will be my year'

South Africa's former under-23 world champion, Burry Stander, this week became the first rider to check out the new cross-country course planned for the UCI MTB World Cup in Pietermaritzburg. Oozing confidence, he vowed that "2012 will be my year".

Top SA amateurs face foreign assault

South Africa's leading amateur, Branden Stone, will spearhead the local challenge against a strong international line-up at this year's South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Johannesburg's Glendower Golf Club.

Saluting the man behind the Midmar Mile

South Africa's Midmar Mile is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's largest open water swimming event, and organiser Wayne Riddin is adamant that it's thanks to one man: Mike Arbuthnot, one of the race's founders and the man who drove it and ensured its survival in the early days.

Bafana captain's move welcomed

Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane says he is happy that South African national team captain Steven Pienaar has secured a loan move to his former club, Everton, where he will almost be assured of regular game time.