Desiree Ellis Inducted in Hall of Fame
Former Banyana Banyana captain and 2010 FIFA World Cup ambassador Desiree Ellis has been inducted into the gsport Hall of Fame at a breakfast held in Johannesburg on Thursday, attended by influential women across sport, business and entertainment, to celebrate the 2009 gsport Awards. The gsport Awards is held to celebrate the best of South […]
2007 October Woman in Media: Kushatha Ndibi
Kushatha Ndibi had her mind set on becoming either a political or investigative journalist, but before she knew it, she was thrust into the world of sports journalism, and she has achieved remarkable success. The 29-year-old, who lives in South Kensington, Johannesburg, is a sports writer for the Star Newspaper and her main focus is […]
Bring on T20!
Top women in cricket have given Twenty20 the thumbs up as we await the start of the inaugural men’s event, which gets underway at Liberty Life Wanderers.
Gauteng North in Extra Time Win
A critical error minutes before the final whistle cost North West South the title at the Spar inter-provincial championships at Howard College on Saturday. Leading 39-38 with less than a minute to go, North West South fumbled a penalty pass and allowed Gauteng North back into the match. When the hooter sounded, the […]
gsport in the News: See Pics!
It’s been a super week, celebrating gsport’s birthday with colleagues, friends, family, and some of South Africa’s top women in sport, business, entertainment, and media.
Bronwyn’s Back – And that’s Good News for Netball
In May 2003, it appeared that Bronwyn Bock-Jonathan’s netball career was over. The charismatic captain of the Spar South African team which was on a tour of Australia ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her right leg. She flew back to South Africa heavy-hearted in the knowledge that once again, she would […]
gsport Awards Judges Revealed
It’s been exciting watching gsport’s readers voting for your favourite Leading Ladies since the beginning of June but, now that Internet voting is officially closed, its time for our esteemed four-woman judging panel to take over.
2007 June Woman in Media: Liryn de Jager
Liryn de Jager grew up in a sports-mad family, and for as long as she can remember, she wanted to be a sports journalist. Four years ago, Liryn got her first big break in sports journalism, and she hasn’t looked back since. In fact, the Rapport journalist is now regarded as one […]
Ladies in Cricket Honoured
Around 70 influential women in cricket (see selected pictures below) were honoured yesterday for their role in making the men’s game such a success this summer. Behind our great cricket team stand an amazing bunch of women, and in South Africa they’re carving niche for themselves in every sphere of the game. From CEO’s of […]
Ladies in Men’s Cricket
gsport went along to Supersport Park in Centurion on Sunday, to watch the Proteas seal a 4-0 series win against the touring Indian side, and took the opportunity to snap a couple of the ladies hard at work making sure that men’s professional cricket runs as well as it does. Here are a few that we managed to […]
Women’s Cricket Shaping Up
An exciting 18 months lie ahead for women’s cricket in South Africa, as officials strive to rebuild the game which has suffered many setbacks over the past few years, due mainly to a lack of financial support.
Victory for Boland in their Favourite Venue
Boland must love Port Elizabeth – they won the Spar national netball championships here for the second time, beating Free State 28 – 25 in the final today.