🇿🇦 BINDER STORMS FROM 18TH TO 8TH AT SILVERSTONE 🏍️ Brad Binder converted an 18th-place start into an eighth-place finish at the 2026 British Grand Prix, delivering his best result of the second half of the season as MotoGP returned from its summer break at Silverstone. Friday didn't go to plan. Binder crashed at Luffield with a quarter of an hour left on the clock in Practice, ending the session down in P18. That result carried a sting — he had to fight through Q1 just to lock in 18th on the grid for the weekend. Saturday brought a gamble that paid off. Binder and Jack Miller were the only two riders in the Sprint to start on the medium rear tyre while the rest of the field went soft. It looked risky early, but Binder got stronger as the laps wore on, setting his fastest lap of the race on lap eight. Sunday's Grand Prix was where it came together. Binder made a strong launch off the line, was into the points inside the first few corners, and kept climbing — past Iker Lecuona, past Jack Miller, past Fabio Quartararo — before Ai Ogura's retirement moved him up another spot late on. The weekend by the numbers: - Friday Practice: crashed at Luffield, ended the session P18 - Qualifying: through Q1, started 18th on the grid - Saturday Sprint: 11th, one of only two riders to gamble on the medium rear tyre - Sunday Grand Prix: 8th, a ten-place gain from the start, finishing over 12 seconds behind reigning champion Marc Marquez in 7th - Championship standings: 13th on 72 points, four adrift of Tech3 KTM team-mate Enea Bastianini, who crashed out of the race ⸻ 🗣️ "Doesn't matter if it's his last year in the class — that's a bloke still digging, still fighting. Proud of him!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ Written By Jay #BradBinder #MotoGP #BritishGP #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 SCHOEMAN RECLAIMS IRONMAN 70.3 LAPU-LAPU TITLE 🔥 Congratulations to Henri Schoeman — champion in Cebu again. First out of the swim, clear on the bike, and holding on through cramp to clock 4:08:52 for a second IRONMAN 70.3 Lapu-Lapu title. ⸻ 🗣️ "Two years of chasing form and Schoeman still comes back to Cebu and makes the rest of the field chase shadows – that's the mark of a champion who refuses to be written off!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #SouthAfrica #HenriSchoeman #IRONMAN703 #Triathlon #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 SA U18 RUGBY SIDES UNBEATEN IN INTERNATIONAL SERIES 🔥 Both South African sides finished the 2026 SA U18 International Series unbeaten on Saturday — SA U18 'A' beat France 51-26, then SA U18 beat England 68-40, both at Stellenberg High School. ⸻ 🗣️ "Two South African U18 sides in one international series, both unbeaten. That's astonishing!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #RSAvFRA #RSAvENG #SAU18Rugby #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🏉 BULLS GOES DOWN 19-50 TO THE ALL BLACKS AT LOFTUS 🇿🇦 #BULvNZL #greatestrivalry #Rugby

🇿🇦 BULLS READY TO TAKE ON THE ALL BLACKS 🐂 Johan Ackermann's Bulls run out against the All Blacks on Saturday, with four Springboks and two fresh signings in the run-on side at Loftus Versfeld. ⸻ 🗣️ "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry rolls into Loftus and the Bulls picked the biggest possible stage to unveil their new signings!" – Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #BULvNZL #VodacomBulls #RugbysGreatestRivalry #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRISTAN STUBBS! THE MAN BUILT FOR THE MOMENT NOBODY ELSE WANTS 🇿🇦 There are cricketers who go quiet when a game gets tight. And then there are those a team turns to precisely because it's tight. Tristan Stubbs belongs firmly in the second category. Born on August 14, 2000, in Johannesburg, he turns 26 today 🎂 Happy Birthday Tristan! From all of us at Just Plain Sport — the man teams call when it's tightest doesn't get to choose when that call comes, and Stubbs has never once let it go to voicemail. 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #TristanStubbs #Cricket #SunrisersEasternCape #DelhiCapitals #JustPlainSport

🇿🇦 CURWIN BOSCH TO MAKE BULLS DEBUT VS ALL BLACKS 🐂 Curwin Bosch's first game back on South African soil is against the All Blacks. The Bulls flyhalf starts at 10 on Saturday, in the first-ever meeting between the two sides at Loftus Versfeld. ⸻ 🗣️ "Bosch didn't ask for an easy re-entry, and the Bulls didn't give him one — first game back, and it's the All Blacks!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ Full team and Bosch's return story on JustPlainSport .com #BULvNZL #CurwinBosch #RugbysGreatestRivalry #SouthAfrica #JustPlainSport 🎙️

🇿🇦 KOEKEMOER'S 44.35 ANCHOR SEALS AFRICAN U20 RELAY RECORD 🔥 Leendert Koekemoer just ran the fastest split of the entire 4x400m final. Not the fastest junior split — the fastest split, full stop. That anchor leg dragged South Africa to silver and a brand-new African U20 record of 3:02.76 in Eugene. ⸻ 🗣️ "44.35 for Leendert, fastest man on the track today at Under-20 level! Sometimes I wonder if he'd be flying even higher training in the States. But right here, right now, that's world-class for a teenager!" – 🎙️Jay ⸻ 🎙️ FULL STORY on JustPlainSport .com #SouthAfrica #AfricanRecord #WorldAthleticsU20 #LeendertKoekemoer #JustPlainSport