South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Double World-Cup-winning Springbok rugby captain Siya Kholisi’s “growth as a disciple of Jesus has been amazing,” says Bruce Nadin co-founder of Sports Chaplaincy South Africa and sports chaplain at Stellenbosch Football Club. “It’s so easy to go out on the field, you know, and say, I give all the glory […]
A video of a rare moment in world rugby — when Springbok and Tonga players huddled together in a circle and then knelt and prayed together after their bruising pool match last Sunday — has touched millions of people on social media and even non-believers were positively moved. The 49-18 […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute One of the world’s top female tennis players has given thanks to God after winning a major US tournament. Coco Gauff, who is a member of Saint John Missionary Baptist Church in Florida, won the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio, having already […]
Originally published in The Christian Post World Aquatics is moving forward with plans to implement a separate category for trans-identified athletes to compete in amid intense debate about the fairness of allowing trans-identified male athletes to compete in women’s athletics. The World Aquatics Congress, the body that governs competitive swimming […]
From Olympians and lawyers, to everyday people, everyone needs to be a force in the effort to protect women’s sports for female athletes, said leaders of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) and the International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS) during their International Women’s Sports Summit 2023. The nonpartisan, […]
A letter from World Rugby confirms that the South African Rugby Union (Saru) disinvited an Israeli rugby team from a competition as a result of threats of violence from extremists in SA, says South African Friends of Israel (Safi). Safi spokesperson Bafana Modise says in a press statement that in […]
An Israeli rugby coach has submitted a formal notification of offences to the South African Rugby Union (Saru) following the exclusion of the Tel Aviv Heat rugby team from the Mzanzi Challenge competition in South Africa next month. The notification was made by Joshua Schewitz, Head Coach at Rishon LeZion […]
The South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) says it will take action against the South African Rugby Union (SARU) for bowing to political interference by withdrawing their Mzanzi Challenge invitation to international qualifying team, the Tel Aviv Heats — simply because they reside in Israel. “SARU have shamelessly succumbed to […]
By Open Doors Christian leaders in Qatar are hopeful that the World Cup taking place in the wealthy Muslim nation from November 20 to December 18 provides opportunities to advance the Gospel in the nation which is rated by Open Doors as the 18th most dangerous country to be a […]
A group of teenage girls who knew nothing about rugby were transformed into sporting warriors in just three months, Eastern Province rugby player and founder of Love Sport Africa (LSA) Athi Mayinje told Gateway News in an interview. The girls from Motherwell High School, who were the first group to […]