🇿🇦 BAFANA BAFANA — 2026 WORLD CUP FIXTURES ⚽ We wish Bafana Bafana all the best in their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign! 💚🟡 • Game 1: Today, 11 June - Mexico vs SA | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 15:00 SAST | SABC 1, SABC 3, SABC+ • Game 2: 18 June - Czechia vs SA | Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta | 12:00 SAST | SuperSport • Game 3: 24 June - SA vs South Korea | 21:00 SAST | SuperSport 📺 All games also on DStv App & Sporty TV 📸 via SAFA #JustPlainSport #BafanaBafana #FIFAWorldCup2026

SOUTH AFRICA LOSES ANOTHER STAR AS MATT SATES SEEKS AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP AHEAD OF LA 2028 🏊‍♂️ It has become a familiar and painful South African story. A young athlete of rare talent, shaped and forged in this country, looks abroad and decides his future lies elsewhere. This week, that story has a new name: Matthew Sates. The 22-year-old two-time South African Olympian is actively seeking Australian citizenship with the intention of switching his international allegiance and representing Australia at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The news broke during the heats session of the 2026 Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney, where Sates has been competing as a visitor — a bombshell dropped by Nine Network commentator Mat Thompson that sent shockwaves through the South African swimming community... 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #MattSates #Swimming

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID MILLER 🏏 THE SUPERHERO FINISHER WHO NEVER FLINCHED 🇿🇦 There are cricketers who accumulate runs, and there are cricketers who win games. David Miller belongs firmly in the second category. Born on this very day, 10 June 1989, in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, he turns 37 today. And what a journey it has been. Happy Birthday, Killer Miller. Cricket has never produced a more reliable man for the moments that matter most. 🎂🏏 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #DavidMiller #Cricket #HappyBirthday davidmillersa12

EASTERN PROVINCE SELECTION ROW EXPOSES DEEP DIVIDE OVER TRANSFORMATION IN SCHOOLS RUGBY 🏉 A selection controversy has erupted in Eastern Province schools rugby, after EP Rugby Union President George Malgas intervened in the naming of three provincial school squads — overruling merit-based selections in favour of greater representation from rural and disadvantaged communities. The row centres on changes made to the Under-16 Grant Khomo, Under-18 Academy and Under-18 Craven Week squads, and has laid bare a tension that runs through South African rugby at every level: where does development end and interference begin? 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #SchoolsRugby #EPRU

🇿🇦 JANNIE BREED - A TRUE LIONS SPRINGBOK LEGEND🏅 This past Wednesday, 4 June, Jannie Breedt turned 67 — and if you grew up watching South African rugby in the 1980s, that name needs no introduction. A Kempton Park boy who became the 41st Springbok captain. The man who led Transvaal 102 times — more than any player in the province’s history. SA Rugby Player of the Year in 1986. And the captain who took Transvaal to four Currie Cup finals, gave everything he had every single time, and never got to lift that trophy. No contracts. No appearance fees. Just the jersey, the province, and everything he had. We salute you, Jannie. A true Lion and a Springbok captain in the truest sense of the word. 🎙️Read Jannie’s full legends tribute on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #JannieBreedt #Rugby #Birthday

PIERRE SPIES TURNS 41 🏉 THE BULL WHO CARRIED A NATION’S HOPES 🇿🇦 There are rugby players who make their living in the hard yards, who do the grinding work that never makes the highlight reel. And then there are those who change the nature of the game itself simply by being on the field — players whose physical presence and raw athleticism make the impossible routine. Pierre Spies belongs firmly in the second category. Born on this very day, 8 June 1985, in Pretoria, he turns 41 today. And what a journey it has been. Happy Birthday, Pierre. You gave South African rugby a forward it had never quite seen before, and you carried that gift with grace. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #PierreSpies #Rugby #Springboks

PHILIP HENNING WINS FIRST ATP TITLE ON SOUTH AFRICAN SOIL IN UNFORGETTABLE RISE CENTURION OPEN FINAL 🎾 There are moments in sport that stop you in your tracks. Moments that remind you why you fell in love with the game in the first place. Sunday afternoon at the Irene Country Club in Centurion was one of them. Philip Henning, a 25-year-old kid from Bloemfontein who has been grinding away on the professional tour for years, won the biggest title of his career — and he did it at home, in front of his own people, in a match that had everything. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #Tennis #ATPChallenger #CenturionOpen

🇿🇦 TRISTAN LEYDS NAMED HSBC SVNS MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT BORDEAUX AWARDS CEREMONY Springbok Sevens flyhalf Tristan Leyds has been named the HSBC SVNS Men’s Player of the Year for the 2025/26 season, with the award confirmed at the season-ending ceremony in Bordeaux, France, following the HSBC SVNS World Championship Final. His Player of the Year award is the latest individual recognition in what has been a breakout season for South African sevens rugby. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #JustPlainSport #Blitzboks #TristanLeyds