It seems Cycling South Africa is more concerned about prizes and competitive cycling, than safety on our roads. Surely the ACTUAL law should be more important than a SPORT’S law? Or do you only take something seriously when your now-fallen saviour Lance is involved? Read on…
Nestor Guillen on Sunday equalled the world record for the most number of red cards handed out during a soccer match, er, brawl, when he sent off 36 players in a Paraguayan junior league match.
And just like that, fourteen years of Lance Armstrong’s career have been wiped from the record books. In addition to losing his titles, the International Cycling Union has banned Armstrong from the sport for life, citing “insurmountable evidence” that Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs over the course of his career, and in every one of […]
South Africa’s Julian Boulle was announced as the first winner of the World Wingsuit League (WWL) Grand Prix late last week.
Earlier this week, we reported on Lance Armstrong being dumped by Nike. Other endorsements lost by him in the past week include Trek, Giro, FRS, Honey Stinger, 24 Hour Fitness, Anheuser-Busch, and Radio Shack.
It’s official: Lance Armstrong will step down as the chairman of Livestrong, his cancer-fighting charity, so that the group can focus on its mission, and not on its founder’s problems.
Lance Armstrong’s former team mate Tyler Hamilton said in a BBC radio documentary yesterday that during the 1999 Tour de France, Armstrong paid a motorcyclist to deliver the banned bloodbooster EPO to him.
On Saturday, the second leg of a qualifying match for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations took place between the Ivory Coast and Senegal in Dakar. But the game had to be abandoned before the end due to violent riots by Senegalese fans.
Last night, at about 8pm local time, an Austrian by the name of Felix Baumgartner rose 128 000 feet into the air and jumped, free-falling 128 000 feet from the stratosphere. Part of the Red Bull Stratos project, this is the highest skydive ever attempted. He even landed on his feet. We’ve got the video.
Sepp Blatter is no-one’s favourite guy, but his Goal project – started in 1999 – has funded 600 projects in 199 member associations. Artificial pitches, association HQ’s, training centres have all been built totally on Fifa’s dime. How many projects have we got funded? Zero.
Following Trevor Noah’s spot on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno earlier this year, another South African has appeared as a guest on the popular American talkshow. Yesterday Oscar Pistorius sat down for an interview and spoke to Leno about his gold medal-winning experience at the 2012 Paralympics.
A Chinese blogger who goes by the alias of “Blue Cat Polytheistic Religion Founder 07”, has apologised for saying he planned to kill Roger Federer.
This past weekend, multiple gold medal winning Olympian Michael Phelps made waves in a different arena. Phelps was competing in the Pro-Am Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrew’s, in Scotland, when he set a new world record for the longest televised putt, ever.
At approximately 14h30 South African time, skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt the highest, fastest free fall in history – 37 kilometres above Earth.
Jason Paul from Germany is a total boss when it comes to freerunning (also known as parkour). He was recently invited by Red Bull to take part in an incredibly awesome human-powered Rube Goldberg parkour machine. Their goal? To switch on a television.
You just can’t ignore a headline such as “Wood loses testicle in Grand Final.” We know rugby isn’t a game for sissies, but this brings a whole new meaning to pain. You can wince a little bit gents, it’s OK. I did.
Michael Schumacher announced earlier today that he will be retiring from Formula One at the end of the current season. This will be the second time he is retiring from professional racing.
2oceansvibe’s sports columnist, Sean Wilson, debates the controversial perils of what happens when you name an unchanged Springbok team. It’s something a Bok coach hasn’t done since 2009.
A video showing a gang of skateboarders speeding down a tree-lined mountain road is currently racking up a lot of views on YouTube – especially due to a section that shows one of them colliding with a buck. It is believed he was speeding downhill at about 60 km/h when the animal decided to be a square.
Remember when we told you all about that girl who asked Chad le Clos to her matric dance? I personally thought that he would find some prior engagement to drop at the last minute, but I was wrong. Good guy Le Clos delivered, making one girl’s night in Boksburg unforgettable.
Well this is embarrassing, security and staff at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in central Colombo, the luxury resort where the Australian cricket team were lodging at the time, were outsmarted by a 21-year-old male escort. After bypassing officials, he made his way to players’ rooms to offer his services.
I once saw soccer hooligans throw a scooter onto the pitch. This, however, takes it to a shocking new level! A live explosive was thrown onto the pitch yesterday during an Asian Champions League quarterfinal match in Iran. This footage shows midfielder, Adel Kolahkaj, spot the object during a break in play. Without realising it is about to explode, he picks it up and tosses it to the side of the field. Watch what happens next, inside.
2oceansvibe’s sports columnist, Sean Wilson, considers what lies ahead for the Proteas in the T20 World Cup that’s currently underway. And the c-word. That c-word.
That’s not a misprint folks, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams recently ran, swam and cycled in space the same distance as her earthbound counterparts would have done in the Nautica Malibu Triahtlon, which was held in Southern California.
The Silverstone circuit in England held an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “The Largest Parade of Ferrari Cars” this weekend. And break the record they did! A total of 964 Prancing Horses attended the parade on Saturday, shattering the previous record of 490 cars dating back to 2008 at Japan’s Fuji Speedway Circuit. The parade was led by Felipe Massa and Marc Gene, and included members from the UK Ferrari Owners Club and the Ferrari North Europe Club.
Heyneke Meyer may have closed the casket on Morné Steyn’s Springbok career once and for all. But probably not.
2oceansvibe’s sports columnist, Sean Wilson, considers the merits of the shortened, shortened game, ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup that gets underway next week.
Tens rugby is about to take Jozi by storm! The weekend that isn’t just about rugby, as we all know, is taking place this weekend – the 14th and 15th of September – at Pirates Rugby Club in Parkhurst.
Chess has a rich history in South Africa, with the first South African Chess Championship held in 1892. Finally, we have our first grandmaster – the highest title a player can achieve in the game.
This morning we shared with you all the highlights of last night’s Paralympic closing ceremony. And, for the foreseeable future, this will be the last we’ll hear from the Olympics until Rio 2016. Here is the last gallery from London.