Originally published in Urban Christian News NBC commentator Tony Dungy has been attacked over his remarks that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles would ‘play well because his Christian faith would allow him to play with confidence’. Dungy, a former head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts, described […]
Sport
What is your motivation? — Cobus Kruger
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. This, for me, is always an exciting but difficult time of the year. It is as if everybody wants to do all the things they didn’t get to […]
It’s all about SHAPE — Cobus Kruger
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. Today I want to talk about the coaching side of sport. As an athlete and coach myself, and as a pastor that is involved with the coaching of […]
Para-athlete Fanie van der Merwe shining in darkness — Cobus Kruger
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. In the journey of bringing unity within the body of Christ, I started to set a lot of my time out to meet with, and to hear the […]
Bear with each other in unity — Cobus Kruger
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. This is an exciting week of Rugby. On the one hand we have the Super Rugby Quarter finals this weekend where we will see if our three top […]
Jesus plays centre for UK rugby star
Rugby star Jamie Jones-Buchanan has picked up a crock of medals in a glittering Super League career spanning half a lifetime — but Jesus is clearly his greatest treasure. The second-rower with Leeds Rhinos, for whom he first played in 1999, is now in his 18th season with the Rugby […]
Inspirational Wayde runs another world-best
Inspirational athlete and outspoken Jesus-follower Wayde van Niekerk, 24, did it again — as he set a new world-best time for the 300m at the Ostrava Golden Spike yesterday, surpassing world-bests by Michael Johnson for the second time in less than a year. His 30.81 seconds at Ostrava broke Johnson’s […]
Ghana church holds Chelsea thanksgiving service
Originally published by BBC News A church in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has held a thanksgiving service for Chelsea following its recent success in the Premier League. Long-time Chelsea fan Pastor Azigiza encouraged people to come wearing football tops of their favourite team. Standing behind a Chelsea cake on a stage […]
“Shakes” Soyizwapi shares his faith at London Sevens
Siviwe “Shakes” Soyizwapi, a member of the series-winning Blitzbok squad shared his faith in Jesus with journalist Norman Brierley at Twickenham in an interview with Planet Sport before the start of the London Sevens last week. He said his mother, who is a strong believer, influenced his life. For instance, […]
Competitive greatness in sport and God’s Kingdom — Cobus Kruger
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. A lot of coaches would agree with me that one of the characteristics that any top sportsman or woman needs is competitive greatness. So what is competitive greatness? […]
