Sport

Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali, an icon of the 20th Century whose fame transcended the sport during a remarkable career that spanned three decades, died on Friday, his family said.The beloved 74-year-old sports hero, who had been battling

GUYANA, June 4 (ANA) – West Indian spinner Sunil Narine claimed career best figures of 6/27 to bowl his side to a four-wicket victory over South Africa in their opening Tri-Nation match at Providence Stadium, in Guyana, on Friday.After winning the

JOHANNESBURG June 3 (ANA) – Despite Bafana Bafana moving up two places to 68th in the FIFA World Rankings, South Africa is still nowhere near being ranked inside the top 10 on the African continent.Bafana, however, remains 15th in Africa – a far cry

JOHANNESBURG, June 3 (ANA) – South African athletes delivered superb all-round performances on Thursday night, with five competitors finishing among the top two in their respective events at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome.Sprinter Wayde van

BRITS, June 2 (ANA) – Comrades Marathon champion David Gatebe knew he was going to win the ultra marathon from the start, he said on Thursday.“I was fit for the race and knew that I was going to win. I told my teammates that I was going for the

Former South African national cricketer Makhaya Ntini has been appointed the new team coach on an interim basis after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) terminated Davenell Whatmore’s four-year contract signed in April last year with immediate effect.Ntini has

ANA Sports ReporterJOHANNESBURG, May 30 (ANA) – Bafana Bafana head Coach Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba on Monday named a 20-man squad to represent South Africa at the 2016 Edition of the COSAFA (Council of Southern Africa Football Associations) Cup in

Adriaan Strauss will become the 57th Springbok captain after the Vodacom Bulls hooker was named to lead South Africa in the Castle Lager Incoming Series against Ireland, which starts on 11 June in Cape Town.Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee

MICHAEL SHERMANDURBAN, May 29 (ANA) – South African Charne Bosman won the women’s Comrades Marathon in a time of 6 hours 25 minutes and 55 seconds in the 89km ultra-race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban on Sunday.Bosman beat out defending champion