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Cycling Featured News 

SA Women’s Track Cycling Enters Exciting New Era

July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 Cycling SA Bernette Beyers, Odette Van Deventer, Switzerland, UCI World Cycling Centre

Two South African women track cyclists have been invited by the UCI (International Cycling Union) to participate in a three-month Read more

Athletics Featured News 

South Africans Impress In New York

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, Anita Husaric, Big Apple, Canada, Diamond League, Europe, HPC, Jamaica, Javier Culson, Keston Bledman, Kirani James, Lausanne, LJ Van Zyl, Nesta Carter, New York, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuks, Tyson Gay, Wayde van Niekerk

The two South Africans  Wayde Van Niekerk who won the 400 metres and LJ Van Zyl who was second in Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Swiss World Cup Beckons For SA Para Team

June 12, 2015June 12, 2015 Cycling SA Cycling SA, French Alps, Italy, Maniago, Mike Burns, Mont Blanc, Switzerland, UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup, World Cup, Yverdon-Les-Bain

After the first successful World Cup in Maniago, Italy, the South African Para-cycling team departed for Yverdon-Les-Bains for round two Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Medal Tally Opens For SA Para Team In Italy 

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 Cycling SA Alba, Alessandro Zanardi, Campagna, Cavassa Nuovo, Colle, Craig Ridgard, Cycling SA, Ernst Van Dyk, George Rex, Gerhard Viljoen, Goldy Fuchs, Italy, Justine Asher, Maniago, Mike Burns, Pieter Du Preez, Simon Makgobela, Solmbergo, Switzerland, UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup, USA, Yverdon-les-Bains

South African Para-cyclists Justine Asher and Goldy Fuchs put on stellar performances at the opening round of the 2015 UCI Read more

Athletics Featured News 

Lebogang Shange Narrowly Misses SA Record

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Anel Oosthuizen, Bedford, beijing, Cai Zelin, Chen Ding, China, Chris Britz, Dudinska, HPC, IAAF, La Coruna, Lebogang Shange, Lithuania, Liu Hong, Lugano, Marc Mundell, Race Walk, Spain, Stanley Valentine, Switzerland, Tuks, Wang Zhan, World Championships

Lebogang Shange missed out by a mere second on equalling the South African record he set earlier this season when Read more

Featured News Watersport 

Brittain Ready To Represent South Africa

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Aiguebelette, Amsterdam, Coxed Pair, David Hunt, France, henley Royal Regatta, HPC, Lawrence Brittain, Lucerne, Olympic Games, Rio, Rowing World Cup, South Africa, Switzerland, The Beast, Tuks, Willie Morgan

Lawrence Brittain will represent South Africa next month at the Henley Royal Regatta and the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Read more

Featured Football News 

Laureus Legends Pick Barcelona

June 4, 2015June 5, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Alain Sutter, Alvaro Morata, Ballon d'Or, Barcelona, Berlin, Champions League, Edwin Van Der Sar, Fredi Bobic, Germany, Gianluigi Buffon, Jens Lehmann, Juventus, Laureus Academy, Lionel Messis, Luis Suarez, Marcel Desailly, Netherlands, Neymar, Nou Camp, Paul Pogba, Spain, Switzerland, Xavi

Five great international football legends, all Laureus Academy Members and Ambassadors, are tipping FC Barcelona to win Saturday’s Champions League Read more

Featured Football News 

Issa Hayatou Not Bothered By FIFA Allegations

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 @TheSportsEagle AFCON, Africa Cup of Nations, CAF, Cameroon, Cameroon Tribune, Confederation of African Football, CRTV, Fifa, FIFA Club World Championship, Germany, Issa Hayatou, Paris, RFI, Sepp Blatter, Switzerland, Yaounde, Zurich

Returning from Zurich via Paris, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou landed at Yaoundé, Cameroon Read more

Athletics Featured News 

Lebogang Shange Addicted To Breaking SA Records

June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Bedford, beijing, Britain, Chris Britz, Dudinska, Europe, HPC, IAAF, La Coruna, Lebogang Shange, Lithuania, Lugano, Stanley Valentine, Switzerland, Tuks, World Championships

It seems as if Lebogang Shange has become addicted to his ‘hobby’ of breaking South African athletics records.  He makes Read more

Cycling Featured News 

SA Para Team To World Cups In Europe

May 30, 2015May 30, 2015 Cycling SA Ernst Van Dyk, Europe, German World Cup, Ironman, Italy, Justine Asher, Para-cycling, Paralympic Games, Pieter Du Preez, Pietermaritzburg, Rio, Road World Cup, Simon Makgobela, South Africa, Swiss World Championship, Switzerland, UCI, Yverdon-les-Bains

South Africa’s Para-cycling team departs for Europe on Sunday in preparation for the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cups in Italy (Round Read more

Featured Football News 

Blatter’s Four-Year Plan

May 29, 2015May 30, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Canada, Chile, Cornel Borbely, Cristian Varela, Domenico Scala, Fifa, France, Israel, Jacques Lambert, Jibril Al Rajoub, Joseph S Blatter, KPMG, Kuala Lumpur, Mahmoud Hammami, Mexico City, Moya Dodd, Ofer Eini, Palestine, Prince Al Bin Al Hussein, Sepp Blatter, Sonia Bien Aime, Switzerland, Tunisia, Women's World Cup, Zurich

Incumbent FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term of office by the 65thFIFA Congress held in Zurich on Read more

Featured Football News 

Sepp Blatter Responds

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Fifa, Sepp Blatter, Switzerland, World Cup, Zurich

In the wake of seven FIFA officials being arrested on charges of bribery and corruption in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday, Read more

Endurance Featured News 

Lucky Miya & Megan Mackenzie Win FNB Platinum Trail Run

May 24, 2015May 24, 2015 Jacky McClean Anita O'Brien, ATKV Buffelspoort, Daniel Ellis, Edwin Sisipi, Elzani Smith, Estie Van Heerden, FNB, Iain Don-Wuachope, Ishmael Mothoane, Isuzu, Itumeleng Khumalo, Izzy Dlhiwayo, Johardt Van Heerden, Karine Bezuidenhout, Lucky Miya, Magalies Monster MTB Classic, Maphuthi Phaka, Megan Mackenzie, Mpho Mabuza, Nicky Ndhlovo, Platinum Trail Run, Ryn Mathaba, Su Don-Wauchope, Switzerland, Sydney Kaomo, Thabang Madiba, World Long Distance Trail Champs

The ATKV Buffelspoort continued the excitement of Saturday’s FNB Magalies Monster MTB Classic presented by ISUZU by welcoming just over 800 Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Philip Buys Starts International Campaign

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 @TheSportsEagle African Continental Championships, Albstadt, Cross Country World Cup, Czech Republic, Germany, High Performance Centre, HPC, James Reid, Matthys Beukes, Nove Mesto na Morave, Olympic Games, Philip Buys, Rwanda, scott Factory Racing, South Africa, Swiss Cup, Switzerland, Tuks, UCI, World Cup

For Philip Buys (Scott Factory Racing) passion means that you ignore the pain you’re in and push yourself to the Read more

Endurance Featured News Triathlon 

Vicky Holland Wins Cape Town Triathlon

April 25, 2015April 26, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Anne Haug, Atlantic, Brazil, Erin Densham, Flora Duffy, Great Britain, Helen Jenkings, Katie Zaferesand, Laura Lindemann, Mari Rabie, Nicola Spirig, Oxford University, Pamela Oliveira, Sarah True, Sophia Saller, South Africa, Switzerland, US, USA, Vendula Frintova, Vicky Holland, World Triathlon Series, WTS

Under foggy skies and a slight chill in the air, Great Britain’s Vicky Holland announced her return from injury in Read more

Athletics Featured News 

Another First For Lebogang Shange

April 19, 2015April 19, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, beijing, Chris Britz, Diamond League, Doha, Dudinska, Eissenhuttenstadt, Emile Erasmus, High Performance Centre, IAAF, Irma Reyneke, Le roux Hamman, Lebogang Shange, LJ Van Zyl, Lugano, PC Beneke, Race Walking Challenge, Roscoe Engel, South Africa, South African Championships, Switzerland, Tuks, Wayne Snyman, Wenda Nel, World Championships

Lebogang Shange proved on Saturday by winning the 20km race walk at the South African Championships that there is still no Read more

Featured News Watersport 

SA Rowers Excel In Italy

April 13, 2015April 13, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Amsterdam, Andrea Micheletti, Claire Lambie, David Hunt, Denise Walsh, Dionysios Angelopoulos, Donata Vistartaite, Georgios Tziallas, Giulia Pollini, Greece, Henley, High Performance Centre, HPC, Ireland, Italy, James Thompson, John Smith, Kate Johnstone, Kirsten McCann, Lawrence Ndlovu, Lithuania, London, Lucerne, Marco di Costanzo, Matteo Castaldo, Memorial Paolo D'Aloja Regatta, Milda Valciukaite, Olympic Games, Patricia Merz, Piedilaco, Pietro Ruta, Shaun Keeling, South Africa, South African Championships, Switzerland, Ursula Grobler, World Rowing Championships, World Student Championships, World Student Games

The South African rowers certainly made their presence felt during the three days of racing at the Memorial Paolo D’Aloja Regatta Read more

Cycling Featured News 

Team Announcement For MTB African Champs

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015 Cycling SA 2015 African Mountain Bike Continental Championships, African Rising Cycling Centre, Bianca haw, Brendon Davids, Candice Neethling, Cherie Vale, CSA-MTB, Cycling South Africa, Gert Heyns, James Reid, Mariske Staruss, Matthys Beukes, Musanze, Philip Buys, Rourke Croeser, Rudy Hauser, Rwanda, Sipho Madolo, South Africa, Switzerland, Team Rwanda Cycling, Ueli Gunpli, William Mokgopo

Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent Read more

Cycling Featured News 

World’s Mountain Bikers Heading To South Africa

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Anica Van Wyk Australia, Belgium, Cairo, Cape Town, Craig Wapnick, Douglas Sidialo, Drakensberg, Durban, Indian Ocean, joBerg2c, Johannesburg, John Mwangi, Kilimanjaro, Mandela Day, Mount Everest, Nairobi, Netherlands, Old Mutual, Scottburgh, Sibusiso Vilane, South Africa, Switzerland, Tour d'Afrique, Uhuru Peak, United Kingdom, United States of America

Over 100 foreign mountain bikers from 20 countries will be among the field of 800 for a nine-day tour across Read more

Featured News Tennis 

Navratilova Pays Tribute To Federer & Wawrinka

March 24, 2015March 25, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Australian Open, Daniel Ricciardo, Davis Cup, Formula One, James Rodriguez, Laureus World Sports Awards, Marin Cilic, Mario Goetze, Martina Navratilova, Mercedes AMG Petronas, Mikaela Shiffrin, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Rafa Nadal, Real Madrid, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Ryder Cup, San Antonio Spurs, Shanghai, Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, US Open, Wimbledon, World Cup

Laureus World Sports Academy Member and tennis legend Martina Navratilova has praised the role of Stanislas Wawrinka in Switzerland’s first Read more

Featured Golf News 

Major Incentives For 2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour

March 24, 2015March 24, 2015 Lali Stander Australia, Austria, Barbara Pestana, Cape Town Ladies Open, Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies, France, Great Britain, Italy, Lee-Anne Pace, Namibia, Nigeria, Selwyn Nathan, South Africa, Sunshine Ladies Tour, Swaziland, Switzerland, Women's PGA of South Africa, WPGA

A bumper bonus pool worth R1-million for the season-ending Chase to the Investec Cup for Ladies, record prize money and Read more

Athletics Featured News 

Lebogang Shange Breaks 26-Year SA 3000m Walk Record

March 8, 2015March 8, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Akani Simbine, Athletics Gauteng, beijing, Chris Britz, High Performance Centre, HPC, Lebogang Shange, LJ Van Zyl, Sasolburg, South Africa, Switzerland, Tuks, Wenda Nel, Wouter Le Roux

By breaking one of South Africa’s oldest athletic records at an Athletics Gauteng Meeting at Tuks on Saturday, Lebogang Shange Read more

Endurance Featured News Triathlon 

Marais, Duffy Win At Totalsports XTERRA

February 22, 2015February 23, 2015 Jacky McClean Belgium, Bermuda, Bradley Weiss, Carina Wasle, Conrad Stoltz, Daz Parker, Flora Duffy, Grabouw, Hawaii, Jan Pyott, Jim Thijs, Louis Fox, Mari Rabe, Rehidrat Sport, Roger Serrano, Sandra Koblmuller, Spain, Stuart Marais, Switzerland, Totalsports XTERRA South African Championship

Tension was rife in Grabouw on Sunday, 22 February 2015 when close to 800 eager sports enthusiasts lined up to partake Read more

Cycling Featured News 

SA Pro Teams Face Stiff Opposition At Tour De Boland

February 19, 2015February 19, 2015 Anica Van Wyk Abantu, Aramex, Bestmed Tour de Boland, Boland, Cannondale-Blend, Cape Epic, Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Winelands, Carinus Lemmer, Carl Pasio, Christoph Sauser, Darren Lill, Drapa, Dylan Girdlestone, Erik Kleinhans, EuropcarSA, Franschhoek Pass, HB Kruger, herman Fouche, Jayde Julius, JC Nel, Johann Rabie, Lights by LInea, Luthando Kaka, Martin Wesemann, Meron Teshome, MTN Qhubeka, Nic Dougall, Nolan Hoffman, Paarl, Pinarello, Reynard Butler, Riebeek-Kasteel, Ryan Gibbons, South Africa, Stefan Ihlenfeldt, Switzerland, Taal Monument, Tankwa Trek, Tour de Stellenbosch, Tour of Egypt, Tour of Gabon, Waylon Woolcock, Willie Smit

The stage is set for an epic road cycling battle when South Africa’s top professional teams gather for the five-day Bestmed Read more

Featured News Triathlon 

TotalSports XTERRA South African Championships Attracts A Stellar Field

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Jacky McClean Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Bradley Weiss, Carina Wasle, Conrad Stoltz, Dan Hugo, Daz Parker, Flora Duffy, Grabouw Country Club, Jan Pyott, Jim Thijs, Louise Fox, Rehidrat Sport, Roger Serrano, Sandra Koblmuller, Spain, Stuart Marais, Switzerland, Theo Blignaut, Totalsports XTERRA Grabouw, UK, Xterra Warriors

The Grabouw Country Club will be a hub of excitement this coming weekend when multi-sport athletes young and slightly more Read more

England Featured Football News 

Newcastle United’s Deadline Day Activities

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 @TheSportsEagle Birmingham City, Burundi, Cardiff, Coventry, Davide Santon, Gael Bigirimana, Geordies, Glasgwo Rangers, Haris Vuckic, Ibrox, Inter milan, Kevin Mbabu, Magpies, Newcastle United, Northern Ireland, Peter Beardsley, Port Vale, Remie Streete, Rotherham, Scotland, Shane Ferguson, Switzerland, Toon, Tynesiders

Newcastle United can confirm that Davide Santon has joined Inter Milan on loan for the remainder of the 2014/15 campaign Read more

Featured News Tennis 

WTA Season Ready To Get Going

January 3, 2015January 4, 2015 @TheSportsEagle 's-Hertogenbosch, Agnieszka Radwanska, Antwerp, ASB Classic, Auckland, Australian Open, Belinda Bencic, Billie Jean King Trophy, Birmingham, BNP Paribas, Brisbane, Brisbane International, Canada, Caroline Garcia, Caroline Wozniacki, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Doha, Eastbourne, Elina Svitolina, Eugenie Bouchard, Florianopolis, France, Garbine Muguruza, Hong Kong, Kim Clijsters, Li Na, Madison Keys, maria Sharapova, Melbourne, Monica Puig, New Zealand, Notthingham, Osaka, Paris Indoors, Petra Kvitova, Poland, Prague, Puerto Rico, Road to Singapore, Roland Garros, Romania, SC Global, Serena Williams, Shenzhen Open, Simona Halep, Singapore, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Sports Hub, Spain, Stacey Allaster, Steffi Graf, Switzerland, Ukraine, US Open, USA, Wimbledon, Women's Tennis Association, WTA, WTA Elite Trophy, WTA Finals, WTA Future Stars, WTA Legends Classic, WTA Rising Stars Invitational, Zhuhai

On the heels of the WTA’s announcement of the largest media deal in the history of women’s sports, the Women’s Tennis Read more

Blogs Featured News Super Blog 

Where’s Your Pride?

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 @super_pete Argentina, Bafana Bafana, Benni McCarthy, Cristiano Ronaldo, Davis Cup, France, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, John-Laffnie De Jager, Kevin Anderson, Lille, Lionel Messi, May Mahlangu, Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize, Portugal, Real Madrid, Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland

It was with much enjoyment that I watched Roger Federer add the Davis Cup to his seemingly endless list of career Read more

Featured FIFA World Cup™ Football News 

FIFA Lodges Criminal Complaint

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014 @TheSportsEagle Berne, Cornel Borbely, Fifa, FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, Michael Garcia, Switzerland

Following the statement issued by the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, on the Read more

Featured Football News 

Women’s Shortlists For FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 Revealed

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 @TheSportsEagle Abby Wambach, Asako Takemoto Takakura, Aya Miyama, Brazil, England, Fifa, FIFA Ballon Dór, FIFPro World XI, France, France Football, Germany, Japan, Jorge Vilda, Laura Harvey, Lotta Schelin, Louisa Necib, Maren Meinert, Marta, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, Nadine Angerer, Nadine Kessler, Nahomi Kawasumi, Nigeria, Nilla Fischer, Norio Sasaki, Peter Dedevbo, Philippe Bergeroo, Pia Sundhage, Puskas Award, Ralf Kellerman, Seattle Reign FC, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Veronica Boquete, VfL Wolfsburg, Women's World Player of the Year, World Coach of the Year for Women's Football, Zurichh

Who will be the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Read more