Australian surf brand, Billabong, has declared its flagship brand value to be zero. Four other brands the company now also values at nothing are: Element, Palmers, Beachculture and Amazon.
24-year-old Gareth Bale will soon be playing for Real Madrid. The world record breaking, €100 million (R1,366,590,600) transfer from the Tottenham Hotspur has been finalized, and an official announcement could be made tomorrow.
England ratcheted up their third Ashes title in a row this weekend. Naturally, the chaps were in a fine mood to celebrate, and they did just that. At around 23h30, the players decided to move their celebrations on to the field.
This California mom might have anger issues. After her son, who was wondering on the loose in a skate park, was accidentally knocked over by a skateboarder, she punches him in the face.
Hello, friends. It’s another sports-filled weekend, and another opportunity for you to make a healthy pocket full of cash watching the spectacles that you love most. The matches available for betting this week include the disciplines of football and rugby, covering the Currie Cup, and the start of the English Premier League.
Merthyr Town, in Wales, home of The Martyrs football team and their stadium, Penydarren Park will undergo a name-change to appease their latest sponsors, a electronic cigarette company. By September, the stadium will officially be called…wait for it….The Cigg-e Stadium.
The Gupta-funded ANN7 news network launched last night, and we can confirm that the tremendous failure of a launch event that was largely defined by dead air has spilled over into their regular bulletins. In this wonderful clip, a ANN7 sports anchor refers to Australian cricket captain, Michael Clarke, as “Michelle”.
The inimitable Barry Bateman and Mandy Wiener form EWN have revealed this morning that the state will be pursuing a life sentence as the mandatory minimum punishment in their case against murder accused Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day this year. The state will […]
The City Press has reported that the state intends to argue that Reeva Steenkamp was cowering behind the toilet when Oscar Pistorius shot and killed her on Valentine’s Day this year.
With a growing number of people calling for the boycott of next year’s Sochi Olympics because of the much criticized anti-gay law which bans anything that could be seen as promoting homosexuality, the victorious Russian relay team marked their win at the 4 x 400m relay at the World Athletics Championship in Moscow with multiple kisses on the winner’s podium.
Photos of Oscar Pistorius arriving and standing in court have filtered onto the internet. These include pics of him walking in, standing with his family – possibly praying, as well as pics of him crying. There’s also one of a very amped protester.
If you’re stuck in an office without a television or bouncing from meeting to meeting this morning, you can stream the Oscar Pistorius court appearance analysis straight to your desktop or mobile, right here.
The Sunday Times has revealed today that ballistic tests show Pistorius did not have his legs on when he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp. The prosecution will be painting a picture of an aggressive trigger-happy character. Click through for the police case:
Surf videos just got even more gnarly than before. Surfers are being shot from whole new angles using drones. Check out the fresh new perpective in this video.
Apart from being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius will face two extra charges when he appears in court on 19 August. eNCA reports that Pistorius will face two extra counts of recklessly discharging a firearm in public.
Cast your minds back about a year or so ago. You’ll recall we offered you, the fans, an incredible multiple sports betting opportunity – and a handful of you won hundreds of thousands of Rands – not to be sniffed at. Well, it’s back, but this time you have total control of your own multiple bets – that’s right, you can create your own.
For the last two years Captain Kai’s World has been a highlight for listeners on 2oceansvibe Radio. Broadcast every Wednesday evening from 18h00 to 20h00, the show features interviews with some of the best action sport athletes, photographers and brand managers, always mixed with some fresh and different music selections. Tonight Kai is chatting to big wave surfers, Twig Baker and Frank Solomon.
Quotas are back. The new quota system introduced by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) will result in more black talent on the fields. The system will be introduced in domestic rugby as of next year. A 22 man squad will need seven players of colour, five in the starting team and at least two as part of the forwards.
That’s right, my little sweethearts. We have eight, that’s EIGHT double tickets to the Springbok Test at Soccer City in Johannesburg on 17 August to give away as part of the Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day celebrations.
What do you do if an opponent kicks the ball away from where you positioned it during a soccer match? You pull down his shorts of course. This is what happened and the referee just looked on.
Eyewitness News report that the cops have concluded their investigation of Oscar Pistorius, who shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The state will now serve their indictment on him, ahead of his return to court on August 19 – Reeva’s 30th birthday.
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. This shot of him winning the 100m dash at the track and field world championships in Moscow has become an instant classic and is arguably the best sports pic of 2013… So far, anyway. What you have here is the fastest man on earth – named bolt – pictured with a bolt of lightning. Yes, poetry does actually happen in real life.
Kobe Bryant has been overshadowed in recent times by one Le Bron James, who is currently regarded as the best basketball player on a court today. But what Le Bron doesn’t have is an almost-freakish similarity to the greatest basketball player of all time – Michael Jordan. Check out this incredible video above, detailing the […]
The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards acknowledge the achievements of the world’s finest surfers in the biggest waves, anywhere in the world. Twiggy Baker caught this beast last week.
Cape Town based surf photographer, Ant Fox, has pulled something of a coup, with some of his recent prints being bought by US pop star, Jennifer Lopez, following her visit to the Ralph Lauren store in the Hamptons.
Soccer star Christiano Ronaldo received some extra love during the final of the International Champions cup in Miami on Wednesday night. The enthusiastic fan interrupted the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea.
What a boytjie! Chad le Clos has set a new world record for the men’s 200m butterfly while competing in the Swimming World Cup challenge in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Chad beat the famous American swimmer, Michael Phelps in London’s Olympics last year (also in the 200m butterfly) to take home a shiny gold medal and […]
Maria Sharapova has topped the earnings list in women’s sport for the last calendar year, earning $29 million (R285 million) from June 2012 to June 2013. This is Sharapova’s ninth year at the top of the list. Of her $29 million earnings, $6 million came from prize money, while $23 million was the fruit of endorsement deals.
In case you were as yet unconvinced as to the uselessness of juiced muscles, we present The Big Guy Who Can’t Open A Water Bottle. Here’s a baseball fan attending a weekend game, losing in a life and death struggle against a retail-grade plastic water bottle.
We’re slightly late to the game with this one, but we are pleased to have nabbed it for you before it drifted into the back catalogues of the internet. Directed by Cale Jansen and Reuven Kustanovich, ‘King Of The Jack’ is a three part web mockumentary documenting the sporting times of three competitive lawn bowls enthusiasts, Ron ‘The Swan’ Morton, Tim […]