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Featured Motorsport News 

Spectacular Secunda Battle Looms

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Castrol Team Toyota, Dakar, Elvene Coetzee, Ford, Giniel De Villiers, Glyn Hall, Graceland Casino, Guy Botterill, Henry Kohne, Leeroy Poulter, Mark Cronje, Matthew Vacy-Lyle, Mpumalanga, National Rally, Paul Franken, Robin Houghton, Sasol Rally, Schalk Van Heerden, Secunda Motor Rally, Simon Vacy-Lyle, South African National Rally Championship, Toyota Etios, Toyota Yaris S2000, Volkswagen Polo

With two second-place finishes on the opening rounds of the 2015 South African National Rally Championship, Castrol Team Toyota’s Leeroy Read more

Cycling Featured News 

New Para Category For KZN Crit Series

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Cycling SA Badplaas Youth Festival, Chainworx KZN Series, Dezzi Raceway, Mpumalanga, Port Shepstone

The successful first instalment of the 2015 ChainworX KZN Crit Series saw 111 riders compete in a safe road cycling Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Combrinck & De Groot Crowned National Champs

June 6, 2015June 7, 2015 Cycling SA Ascendis Health, Ashburton Investments National MTB Series Van Gaalen, Candice Neethling, Erik Kleinhans, Frances Du Toit, Freewheel Cycology, Gawie Combrinck, James Reid, Johannesburg, Konny Looser, Mpumalanga, National Marathon MTB, Nico Bell, Robyn De Groot, Sasol Racing, South African Mountain Bike Marathon Championships, Spcialized, Stihl, Team EAI Cycling, Team RECM, Wheeler iXS, Yolande De Villiers, Yolandi De Villiers

In what were two contrasting races, Gawie Combrinck (Team EAI Cycling) and Robyn De Groot (Ascendis Health) walked away with Read more

Featured News Rugby Rugby World Cup Sports Stars Springboks 

Adriaan Richter Remembers 1995

May 30, 2015May 31, 2015 Boitshepo Monaledi Adriaan Richter, Australia, Bokke, Boks, Bulls, Canada, Cape Town, Chester Williams, eMalahleni, Johannesburg, Kitch Christie, Mpumalanga, Newlands, Port Elizabeth, Romania, Rugby World Cup, South Africa, Springboks, Wallabies, Western Samoa

On this day 20 years ago Adriaan Richter led South Africa out for its second 1995 Rugby World Cup pool Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Annual Badplaas Youth Festival Free Entry A Winner

May 15, 2015May 15, 2015 Cycling SA Badplaas Youth Festival, Forever Resort Badplaas, Gauteng, Hendrik Wagener, KwaZulu-Natal Cycling, KZN Cycling, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga Cycling, North West, South Africa, XCO

Young cyclists under the age of 18 from the northern provincial regions of South Africa will get the opportunity to Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Spectacular Secunda Battle Looms

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Castrol Team Toyota, Elvene Coetzee, Ford, Fragram, Giniel De Villiers, Glyn Hall, Graceland Casino, Guy Botterill, Henry Kohne, Leeroy Poulter, Mark Cronje, Matthew Vacy-Lyle, Mpumalanga, Paul Franken, Robin Houghton, Sasol Rally, Schalk Van Heerden, Secunda Motor Rally, Simon Vacy-Lyle, South African National Rally Championship, Toyota, Toyota Etios, Toyota Yaris S2000, Volkswagen Polo

With two second-place finishes in the opening rounds of the 2015 South African National Rally Championship, Castrol Team Toyota’s Leeroy Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Toyota Triumphs At Sugarbelt 450

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 @TheSportsEagle 4x4 Mega World, Anthony Taylor, Atlas Copco, Botswana, Boyd Dreyer, Castrol Team Toyota, Chris Visser, Class S, Dennis Murphy, Donaldson Cross Country Championship, Ford Performance, Ford Ranger, Gareth Woolridge, Gary Bertholdt, Horns, Imperial Auto Celebrity Challenge, Japie Badenhorst, Jason Venter, Joao Serodio, John Smit, Jolinda Fourie, Lance Woolridge, Leeroy Poulter, Malalane, Mpumalanga, Neil Woolridge Motorsport, Nissan Navara, PHB, Philip herselman, Pietermaritzburg, Production Vehicle, Regent Racing, Rob Howie, Romulo Branco, Sarel Van Biljon, Siegried Rousseau, Springbok, Sugarbelt 450, Sune Kirel, Terence Marsh, Toyota 1000 Desert Race, Toyota Hilux, Uni Freight, Vincent Van Allemann, Ward Huxtable, Werner Horn

Castrol Team Toyota pair Leeroy Poulter and Rob Howie on Saturday won the Sugarbelt 450, round two of the Donaldson Read more

Featured Netball News 

Diamonds Lose Shine Against Aloes

May 9, 2015May 9, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Aloes, Brutal Fruit, Ciska Kirchoff, Diamonds, Eastern Aloes, Eastern Cape, Elsje Van Der Merwe, Mpumalanga, Netball Premier League, Northern Cape Diamonds, Sunbirds, University of Pretoria Sports Centre

The Eastern Aloes gave notice of their intention to regain their position in the top division when they thumped the Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Ford Focused On Secunda Success

May 8, 2015May 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Class S2000 Fiesta, Elvene Coetzee, Ford Performance, Graceland Casino, Lake Umuzi, Leeroy Poulter, Mark Cronje, Mpumalanga, Robin Houghton, Secunda, Secunda Motor Rally, South African National Rally Championship, Toyota, Umuzi Lake

The Ford Performance rally team of Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton have enjoyed perfect outings in the first two rounds Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Ford In Front

May 1, 2015May 1, 2015 @TheSportsEagle ATS Ford Fiesta R2, Barry White, Carolyn Swan, Castrol Team Toyota, Castrol Team Toyota Yaris, Chad Van Beurden, Dakar, Elvene Coetzee, Ford, Ford Fiesta S2000, Fragram Toyota Etios, Giniel De Villiers, Gugu Zulu, Guy Botterill, Henk Lategan, Henry Kohne, Japie Van Niekerk, Kes Naidoo, KwaZulu Natal, KZN, Leeroy Poulter, Manitou Group VW Polo R2, Mark Cronje, Matthew Vacy-Lyle, Mpumalanga, Nico Swartz, Paulus Franken, Pierre Arries, Richard Leeke, Rikus Fourie, Robin Houghton, Sasol Rally, Sasol Rally S1600, Schalk Van Heerden, Secunda Motor Rally, South African National Rally Championship, Tour Natal, Toyota, Toyota Auris, Volkswagen Sasolracing, VW Polo, Wilro Dippenaar

After back-to-back wins in the first two events of the 2015 South African National Rally Championship the Ford Performance duo Read more

Currie Cup Featured News Rugby Sports Stars Springboks Super Rugby 

Whatever Happened To Adriaan Richter?

April 30, 2015May 1, 2015 Boitshepo Monaledi Adriaan Richter, Adriaanus Hendrikus Richter, Blue Bulls, Boks, Bulls, Cheese Van Tonder, Craven Week, Durban, eMalahleni, Frik De Beer, Golden Lions, Hoerskool Monument, Hoerskool Roodepoort, Jan Ellis, Klasirie Week, Mpumalanga, Rand Afrikaans University, Roodepoort, Springbok, Transvaal, University of Johannesburg, Whatsapp

Our reporter Boitshepo Monaledi sat down with former Blue Bulls and Springbok captain Adriaan Richter.  The former loose forward finds himself Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Cosmos Country Ready For First National Championship Rally

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Cosmos Country, Graceland Casino, Lake Umuzi, Mpumalanga, SA National Rally Championship, Secunda, Secunda Motor Rally, Willie Du Plessis

The Secunda Motor Rally, the first ever national event to be staged in this area of Cosmos Country and the Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Close Finish At Mankele MTB Park

April 26, 2015April 27, 2015 Cycling SA Johann Potgieter, Mankele MTB Park, Mpumalanga, Paarl, Pietermaritzburg, Samuel Bull, Stefan Garlicki, Stihl MTB DHI Cup Series, Tiaan Odendaal

The third round of the 2015 Stihl MTB DHI Cup Series took place at Mankele MTB Park in Mpumalanga on Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Strauss & Hatherly Win At Mankele Cup

April 25, 2015April 26, 2015 Cycling SA Alan Hatherly, Arno Du Toit, Candice Neethling, Durban, Frances Du Toit, Freewheel Cycology, Genevieve Van Coller, James Reid, Julian Jessop, Kargo Pro Team, LCB, Mankele MTB Park, Mariske Strauss, Matthew Lombardi, Mpumalanga, MTB Cup Series, OMX, Pam Golding, Prime Gym, RECM, Rwanda, Sabrina Van Wyk, scott Factory Racing, Stihl SA MTB Cup Series, Time Freight, Tristan De Lange

With one of the largest fields of the series so far (over 150 online pre entries) the third round of Read more

Cycling Featured News 

James Reid Ready For Mankele Cup

April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 Cycling SA Ashburton National MTB, Clarens, Cycling SA, Czech Republic, DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, Erik Kleinhans, Gauteng, Germany, HC Cat SCO, Israel, James Reid, Junior World Series, Mankele MTB Park, Martin Gluth, Matthys Beukes, Mbombela, Mpumalanga, Oman, Pietermaritzburg, RECM, Rwanda, SA MTB Cup Series, Shlomi Haimy, Stihl, Trans Hajar, UCI, Voortrekker Monument, Western Cape

The third round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup Series takes place at Mankele MTB Park near Mbombela, Mpumalanga, Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

VW Youngster First On The Road

April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Ashley Haigh-Smith, ATS, Barry Whtie, Beurden Transport VW Polo, Bjorn Degandt, Carolyn Swan, Castrol Team Toyota Yaris, Chad Van Beurden, Damian Van Ass, Dave Sihoka, Elvene Coetzee, FIA African Rally Championship, Ford Performance Fiesta, Fragram Toyota Etios, Francois Schoonbee, Gert Nienaber, Giniel De Villiers, Gordon Noble, Graskop, Gugu Zulu, Guy Botterill, Hans Weijs, Hendriksdal, Henk Lategan, Henry Kohne, Japie Van Niekerk, Jaspreet Chatthe, Kes Naidoo, Leeroy Poulter, Lowveld, Manitou Group VW Polo, Mark Cronje, Marko Himmel, Matthew Vacy-Lyle, Mbombela Stadium, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo RC2, Mpumalanga, Muna Singh Junior, NAD Fiesta, Nelspruit, Nico Swartz, Paulus Franken, Pierre Arries, Piet Bakkes, Pilgrim's Rest, Richard Leeke, Rikus Fourie, Robbie Coetzee, Robin Houghton, Rocky Reyneke, Sabie, Sasol Rally, Sasolracing Volkswagen Polo S200, Schalk Van Heerden, Shaun Visser, Simon Vacy-Lyle, Subaru Imprezas, Toyota Auris, VW Polo, White River, Whtie River, Wilro Dippenaar, Yato

The promising youngster Henk Lategan and co-driver Barry White in their Sasolracing Volkswagen Polo S2000 will be the first crew Read more

ABSA Premiership Featured Football News 

Black Aces & Sundowns Draw

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 Boitshepo Monaledi Absa Premiership, Amazayoni, Brazilians, Collins Mbesuma, Denis Onyango, Hlompho Kekatsa, Khama Billiat, Mamelodi Sundowns, Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Onyekachi Okonkwo, Teko Modise

Mpumalanga Black Aces held a wasteful Mamelodi Sundowns to a 1-1 draw at Mbombela Stadium on Wednesday in their Àbsa Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Entries Now Open For 2015 Stihl SA DHI And XCO Cup #3

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Cycling SA Burry's Rock Garden, DHI, Geoff Bridges, Mankele MTB Park, Mark Meyer, Mpumalanga, Slippery Snake, Stihl SA MTB Cup Series, XCO

The weekend of the 25-26 April promises to be another action-packed 2 days of mountain biking as the third round Read more

Featured Football News South Africa 

Shakes Mashaba Happy With Victory

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Bafana Bafana, CAF, Cape Town, CHAN, Cole Alexander, Daniel Cardoso, Felix Badenhorst, Itumeleng Khune, Kamohelo Mokotjo, Lebogang Phiri, Lehlohonolo Majoro, Mali, Mandla Masango, Mpumalanga, Nigeria, Siphelele Ntshangase, Somhlolo Stadium, South Africa, Swaziland, thabo Mnyamane, Thapelo Morena, Thulani Hlatshwayo

Three goals in the second stanza from defender and captain Thulani Hlatshwayo (49th minute), debutant striker Thabo Mnyamane (51st minute) as Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Donaldson Cross Country Heavyweights Prepare To Slug It Out

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 @TheSportsEagle 4x4 Meg World, Andre Vermeulen, Anthony Taylor, Anton Nienaber, Atlas Copco, Boyd Dreyer, Chris Visser, Dakar Rally, Dawie Lange, Dennis Murphy, Deon Venter, Donaldson Cross Country Championship, Etienne Nienaber, FIA Cross Country World Cup, Ford, Ford Ranger, Free State, Gabriel De Wet, Gareth Woolridge, Gary Bertholdt, Gerhard Schutte, Harrismtih, Heine Strumpher, Hennie De Klerk, Henri Hugo, Hilux, Jaco Van Aardt, Japie Badenhorst, Jason Venter, Joao Serodio, Johan Van Staden, Johann Burger, Johann Smalberger, Jolinda Fourie, Jurgen Schroder, La La Nathi, Lance Woolridge, Leeroy Poulter, Lizelle Van Tonder, Luke Botha, Malalane, Malcolm Kock, Marius Roberts, Michael Abramson, Mike Lawrensen, Mpumalanga, Nissan, Nissan Navara, PHB, Piet Kotze, Production Vehicle, Regent Racing, RFS Endurance, Rob Howie, Romulo Branco, Sean Reitz, Siegfried Rousseau, Sune Kriel, Team Castrol Toyota, Toyota, Uni Freight, Vicnent Van Allemann, Ward Huxtable, Werner Horn

Two factory heavyweights slugging it out, with a number of talented privateers trying to steal their thunder, make for an Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Sasol Rally In Mpumalanga Promises Superb Forest Rallying

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 @TheSportsEagle ARC, Enzo Kuun, FIA African Rally Championship, Ford, Ford Laser, Graskop, Hendriksdal, Jan Habig, Kenya, Mbombela, Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga Lowveld, MTO, Nelspruit, Olifantsgeraamte, Pilgrim's Rest, Sabie, Sabie Market Square, Sarel Van Der Merwe, SASOL, Sasol Rally, South African National Rally Championship, Super Special, Volkswagen, White River, Willie Du Plessis, York Timbers, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The Sasol Rally generally regarded as the blue riband round of the South African National Rally Championship, returns to the Read more

Featured Football News South Africa 

Bafana Bafana To Face Nigeria In Friendly

March 6, 2015March 6, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Africa Cup of Nations, Bafana Bafana, CAF, Cape Town Stadium, Danny Jordaan, Equatorial Guinea, Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga, Nigeria, safa, Shakes Mashaba, South Africa, South African Football Association, Super Eagles

Bafana Bafana will play the Super Eagles of Nigeria on 29 March 2015 at Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga, the South African Football Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

One Rally, One Podium For VW

March 1, 2015March 1, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Barry White, Bjorn Degandt, Gugu Zulu, Hans Weijs Jnr, Henk Lategan, Mike Rowe, Mpumalanga, Pierre Arries, Sasol Rally, South African National Rally Championship, Tour Natal, Volkswagen Motorsport, Volkswagen Sasolracing

Round one of the 2015 South African National Rally Championship saw Henk Lategan and Barry White step on to the Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Easy Victory For Cronjé/Houghton In Tour Natal Rally

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Africa Rally Championship, Andrew Heine, Ashley Haigh-Smith, Barry White, Brian Clifton, Carolyn Swan, Castrol Toyota, Chad Van Beurden, Dakar, Damian Van Ass, Elvene Coetzee, Ernie Van Der Walt, Ford Performance Ford Fiesta, Giniel De Villiers, Gordon Noble, Gugu Zulu, Guy Botterill, Hanno Ehlers, Henk Lategan, Henry Kohne, Japie Van Niekerk, Kevin Cunningham, Lancia Fulvia, Leeroy Poulter, Manitou Group VW Polo, Mark Cronje, Mpumalanga, Nico Swartz, Nissan Skyline, Paulus Franken, Pierre Arries, Richard Leeke, Rikus Fourie, Robby Coetzee, Robin Houghton, Rowan Robberts, Scottburgh, Simon Vacy-Lyle, South African Rally National Championship, Tony Ball, Tour Natal Rally, Toyota, Trevor Graham, Volkswagen Sasolracing Polo S2000, Wade Harris, Yaris, Yato Tools Toyota Etios

Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton in their Ford Performance Ford Fiesta dominated the Tour Natal Rally, the inaugural round of Read more

Featured Golf News 

Duo Ready To Tussle At Lost City

February 9, 2015February 10, 2015 Lali Stander Australia, Cell C, Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies, Espirito Santo Trophy, Gary Player, Investec Cup fo Ladies, Japan, Ladies European Tour, Lost City Golf Course, Melissa Eaton, Monja Richards, Mpumalanga, New Zealand, Ping, Port Shepstone, SA Women's Open, South Africa, Stacy Bregman, Sun International Ladies Challenge, Sunshine Ladies Tour, Symetra Tour, United States, World Amateur Team Championship, Zambia Ladies Open

Rookie Monja Richards and seasoned Ladies European Tour campaigner Stacy Bregman top the bill for the final round at Sun Read more

Featured Football Nedbank Cup News 

All Eight SAFA Clubs Confirmed For Nedbank Cup

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 @TheSportsEagle ABC Motsepe League, Bellevue Winners Park, Eastern Cape, Edu Sport, Free State, Gauteng, Kaizer Chief, KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo, Mainstay United, Mpumalanga, Natal United, Nedbank Cup, Northern Cape, Phiva Young Stars, Roses United, safa, The Magic FC, Tornado FC, Western Cape

Following the sitting of the SAFA Disciplinary Committee, the two outstanding clubs that will participate in the 2014/15 Nedbank Cup Last Read more

Featured Motorsport News 

Exciting Innovations Ahead of 2015 SA National Rally Championship

February 8, 2015February 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Africa Rally Championship, Graskop, Isontevideo, Jimmy Dewar, KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga, Nelspruit, Richard Leeke, Sabie, Sasol Rally, Scottburgh, Scottburgh Country Club, South African National Rally Championship, Tour Natal Rally, White River, WRC

Some interesting and exciting innovations will be introduced when the Tour Natal Rally, opening round of the 2015 South African Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Usual Suspects Rise To The Surface At SA Road Champs

February 5, 2015February 6, 2015 Cycling SA Adele Janse Van Vuuren, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, Australia, Daryl Impey, Frances Du Toit, Gregory De Vink, Jarrod Hattingh, Lauren Dance, Lynette Benson, Monica Glover, Morne Van Niekerk, Mpumalanga, Nicholas Dlamini, Orica-GreenEDGE, Pennypinchers, Reinhardt Janse Van Rensburg

As the programme at the 2015 Pennypinchers South African Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships heats up the elite men’s Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Berge En Dale Acid Test For SA Road Champs

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Action Ford Berge n Dale Classic, ASG Events, Costa Seibeb, Cradle of Humankind, Cradlestone Mall, Cycle Lab Fourways, Krugersdorp, KwaZulu Natal, Mbombela, Mpumalanga, MTN Qhubeka, Muldersdrift, Nelspruit, Optimum Financial Services, South Africa, Sterkfontein Caves, Tesfom Okubamariam, West Rand, Wynand De Villiers

South Africa’s top pro cycling teams will face an acid test of their form ahead of the national road championships when Read more

Featured Football News South Africa 

The Rise And Rise Of Dumisani Msibi

January 24, 2015January 24, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Amajita, CAF, Commonwealth Cup, David Notoane, Dumisani Msibi, Gordon Igesund, Mpumalanga, Piet Retief, Russia, Senegal, Shakes Mashaba, South Africa, St Petersburg, SuperSport United, Thabo Senong

South Africa Men’s Under-20 National Team goalkeeper, Dumisani Msibi who has been one of the most outstanding players in the Commonwealth Read more