AB Number One in Tests & ODI's

South African cricketers are topping various rankings in world cricket at the moment, and now our star batsmen AB de Villiers, captain of the SA ODI side, is ranked first in Tests and ODI's as batsman. He becomes the third South African batsmen (after Kallis and Amla) to rank in the top spot for both Tests and ODI's at the same time...!

We salute you AB de Villiers - you are a great leader, an amazing example for the youngsters, and an incredible fielder and batsman...!

South African Sports Administrators Have to Wake Up!

Sport in Africa in general, and especially in South Africa is managed poorly in most cases, no matter what sport it is. Supporters, and predominantly the sportswomen and sportsmen are fed-up with how their beloved sports are being "mis-managed". Our sports bodies are some distance behind other countries globally, who have long been managing their various sports as if it were a business.

Below, you will find a valuable article regarding this problem and how our sports administrators could approach the problem:



Administrators must turn sport into business
2 DEC 2013 08:24

While sport sponsorship and promotion have become a global US$40 billion business, many sports administrators in South Africa - and the rest of Africa - still see their primary role as the management of their sporting code and ethos, leaving little room for leveraging assets in the professional and media mad era of modern day sport. This is according to Thomas Jankovich, chairman of Deloitte Digital.


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Jankovich hosted one of six practical sessions at The 2013 Sport Industry Summit on New Markets, together with Yolanda Arendse, chief marketing officer of leading sport sponsorship firm EXP South Africa.

Jankovich said that if you don't think of your sport as a business you simply won't be in business much longer. "Hundreds of millions of rands are being wasted in missed... Read the full article here!