53-604: The South African Premiership , officially referred to as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organised since 1996. As the top-level division in South Africa, it is commonly referred to as the Premier Soccer League (PSL) – the administrator of association football in
106-757: A European team gathering athletes from different European countries. These teams uses the European flag as an emblem. The most famous of these competitions are the Ryder Cup for men, and Solheim Cup for women, in golf, in both of which Europe challenge the United States. Other examples are the Laver Cup in tennis, where Europe face a World team, the Mosconi Cup in pool, the Weber Cup in bowling,
159-544: A legitimate sporting event in Europe, marked by the formation of the European Esports Federation in 2019. Since its formation, it has grown in size to 44 member nations and is currently headed by its president, Thiago Fernandes. Today, nations like Sweden, Denmark, France, and Germany are all in the top highest earning nations in the world, each earning around $ 50 million. The European Championships
212-486: Is a new multi-sport event which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports, including Golf, Cycling, Athletics, Aquatics, and Gymnastics, every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 will be staged by the host cities of Glasgow, Scotland and Berlin, Germany between 2 and 12 August. Road cycling is especially popular in France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Belgium and
265-525: Is also popular at a professional level in Germany , Norway , Austria , most of Western Europe and isolated parts of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia . The Kontinental Hockey League originated from Russia but currently features teams from eight other countries. The Austrian Hockey League , Czech Extraliga , Deutsche Eishockey Liga , SM-Liiga , National League A and Swedish Hockey League are other professional leagues, whose top teams meet at
318-631: Is composed of 16 teams competing from August to May each season, similar to the format of most European football leagues . Each team plays the other teams twice in a double round-robin format using the three points for a win system. At the conclusion of each season, the champion and runner-up of the Premier Division qualify for the CAF Champions League , while the 3rd-place team and the Nedbank Cup champions qualify for
371-548: Is held since 1960–61. WVC Dynamo Moscow won 11 editions, Uralochka Ekaterinburg won eight, and Volley Bergamo won seven. Water polo is played professionally in several European countries. LEN organises continental competitions for men's and women's. European teams have dominated the World Aquatics Championships and have also won several editions of the Women's Championship. The LEN Champions League
424-657: Is one of the most popular sports in Western Europe, The Netherlands and Germany have been champions in both world cups, Belgium has also been champion in the men's tournament, Germany is the most recent champion in Men's Hockey World Cup and The Netherlands is the most recent champion in Women's Hockey World Cup . In the Olympics , Great Britain, The Netherlands and Germany have been champions in both tournaments, Spain has been
477-652: Is popular throughout England and Wales, and parts of the Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland. Cricket is also popular in other areas and also played in Northwest Europe . The England cricket team and Ireland cricket team are the only European teams with Test status. England's main rival is Australia, and they play each other in The Ashes series. England won the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and
530-751: Is the European Athletics Championships , wherein Mo Farah is the most successful individual athlete. For those areas with the proper climate, winter sports are also an important. In Scandinavian and Alpine countries, various forms of skiing and snowboarding are popular. European competitors have traditionally dominated at the Winter Olympics and the International Ski Federation World Championships. Horse racing
583-729: Is the Six Nations Championship , first held in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship. The other European national teams play at the Rugby Europe International Championships . The England national team is the only European team to have won the Rugby World Cup , whereas France was runner-up three times and Wales and Scotland reached the semifinals once. The three main domestic rugby union competitions are
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#1732786555845636-465: Is the most important water polo club competition for teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. Other team sports like futsal , beach Soccer , roller hockey , and American football are also popular in some European countries. Baseball is also gaining popularity in some countries, like in the United Kingdom, where the sport is reputed to have started in
689-752: Is the most popular sport in almost all countries of Europe . European national teams have won 12 of 22 editions of the FIFA World Cup . Italy and Germany have won four titles each, followed by France with two titles and England and Spain , which each won the World Cup once. UEFA , the governing body for European football, has hosted the UEFA European Championship since 1960, and the UEFA Women's Championship since 1984. The most popular and successful football leagues are
742-493: Is the national sport. It is also very popular in Italy , France , Germany , Belgium and all the ex-Yugoslavia countries. The EuroBasket is the main European basketball competition for men's national teams, first held in 1935. The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have won the most titles, with Spain claiming three championships since the late 2000s. The EuroLeague is the most important club basketball competition in Europe. it
795-585: The 2021–22 CAF Champions League and the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament from 2017 to 2020–21. The league has had title sponsorships since its inception. Like the EFL League One and the Premier League divisions in England, the league takes its title sponsor's name to determine its official common name: As of the 2024–25 season , the league
848-758: The 2023–24 season . 2017–18, 2018–19 NB: list includes all players who have scored at least 100 goals in the PSL era. Also includes cup competitions. Source: Bold entries are participating in the current season. Betway Betway is a British gambling company founded in 2006. Its product offering includes sports betting , online casino , online poker , and online bingo . Business operations are led from its headquarters in Malta , alongside satellite offices in London , Guernsey , and Cape Town . The Betway brand holds licenses in countries including
901-1248: The Big Five : the English Premier League ; the Spanish La Liga ; the German Bundesliga ; the Italian Serie A ; and the French Ligue 1 . Other main football leagues on the continent include the Portuguese Primeira Liga , the Dutch Eredivisie , the Russian Premier League and the Turkish Süper Lig . The top clubs in each league play the UEFA Champions League , while lower-ranked clubs compete in UEFA Europa League and
954-694: The CAF Confederation Cup . The bottom team in the league is automatically relegated and replaced by the winner of the Motsepe Foundation Championship, whiles the team finishing immediately above the bottom team enters a mini-league playoff series with the 2nd and 3rd-placed league-finished teams of the National First Division , with the playoff winners earning their place in the Premiership for
1007-687: The Champions Hockey League . The Ice Hockey European Championships for national teams was played from 1910 to 1932. National teams currently play the Ice Hockey World Championships , where Russia / Soviet Union have claimed a combined 27 titles, the Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia 12 and Sweden 11. Rugby union is popular in France (especially the south), England , Wales , Scotland (especially
1060-622: The IAAF Continental Cup in athletics, and the Continental Cup of Curling . Since the early beginnings of Esports , Europe has had a role in the sport's advancement in world recognition. In the early 1990s, France's Electronic Sports World Cup and Germany's Gamers Gathering together both garnered more than 2,000 participants, being just a popular as other sports competitions in the United States and South Korea. Just recently, Esports has recently become more recognized as
1113-545: The ICC World Twenty20 in 2010. Ireland has recently received Test status in 2017. Ireland traditionally rivalled Scotland, and thereafter the Netherlands before Ireland gained full test status, while more latterly have added ongoing rivalries with Afghanistan who rose to test status with them, Zimbabwe, Pakistan (who they first hosted for test cricket) and the West Indies. Field hockey is from England and
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#17327865558451166-469: The IHF World Women's Handball Championship . Notable men's teams include France , Sweden , Denmark , Spain , Croatia , Germany , Norway , Poland , Slovenia , Iceland , Hungary , Egypt , Brazil , Argentina , Austria , Portugal and North Macedonia . The EHF Champions League is the most important handball club competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from
1219-537: The Monaco Grand Prix , Monte Carlo Rally , 24 Hours of Le Mans , 24 Hours Nürburgring and 24 Hours Spa . Notable racecar drivers include Jackie Stewart , Alain Prost , Michael Schumacher , Sebastian Vettel , Lewis Hamilton , Jacky Ickx , Derek Bell , Tom Kristensen and Sébastien Loeb . Motorcycle road racing is very popular in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. Most of
1272-704: The Motorcycle Grand Prix are held in Europe. Italian riders Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi are the two most successful of all time, with eight and seven 500cc / MotoGP World Championships respectively. On the Isle of Man, the Isle of Man TT and other road races held in closed public roads are very popular. Motorcycle speedway is also popular in Poland , Scandinavia , the Czech Republic and
1325-612: The Olympics . The European Volleyball Confederation was founded in 1963, but the Men's European Volleyball Championship was first held in 1948 and the Women's European Volleyball Championship was first held in 1949, with the Soviet Union and Russia leading both in titles. The CEV Champions League is held annually since the 1959-60 edition. Russian clubs VC CSKA Moscow and VC Zenit-Kazan won 13 and six editions respectively, while Italian clubs Modena Volley and Volley Treviso won four each. The CEV Women's Champions League
1378-439: The Premier Soccer League being its trade name . The league was reduced from 18 to 16 teams after the end of the 2001–02 season to avoid fixture congestion, causing the disbandment of two teams; Ria Stars and Free State Stars , though the latter was reformed and competing as of the 2020–21 season. In 2004, a match-fixing scandal rocked the football/soccer landscape in South Africa. An investigation codenamed "Operation Dribble"
1431-1084: The Seve Trophy was played between the Great Britain and Ireland and the Continental Europe team. Notable male golfers include Nick Faldo , Colin Montgomerie , Rory McIlroy , Pádraig Harrington , Ian Woosnam , Lee Westwood , Henrik Stenson , Bernhard Langer , Martin Kaymer , Seve Ballesteros , José María Olazábal and Miguel Ángel Jiménez . Notable female golfers include Annika Sörenstam , Laura Davies and Suzann Pettersen . Motorsports are popular across nearly all of Europe. The Formula One , FIA World Endurance Championship , World Touring Car Championship , World Rally Championship and World Rallycross Championship are mainly held in Europe, and are traditionally dominated by European drivers and teams. Notable automobile races include
1484-665: The Super League , as well as the Challenge Cup competition. European teams have won most editions of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship , led by Italy with three wins. In the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship , the Soviet Union has won five editions, Russia two, and Italy and Serbia one each. The Soviet Union has won three men's gold medals and four women's gold medals at
1537-601: The UEFA Europa Conference League . As of 2024, the top 10 most popular sports clubs on social media are all football clubs from Europe: Basketball originated in America. It was invented in 1891 by Canadian James Naismith in Massachusetts . In Europe, basketball is the second most popular team sport in many countries, including Greece , Serbia , Turkey and Spain . In Lithuania , it
1590-499: The jersey sponsor of SuperSport United F.C. so the latter would be independent to sponsor the league outright. On the 24th of July 2024, it was announced that Betway would be sponsoring the league, with DSTV 's contract ending a year early due to Multichoice's financial troubles. This is one of the biggest sponsorships in South African football history worth R900-Million for the term of 3 years. Association ranking for
1643-512: The 1800s before exploding in the United States. In Spain, due to Latin American immigrants bringing the sport, particularly from countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. In countries like Italy, Ireland, and Germany, growth in the sport is partly due to influence from Italian Americans, Irish Americans, and German Americans. Other countries include France, Netherlands, and Greece, among others. Some sport competitions features
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1696-401: The 2017–18 season, they have dominated the league, winning seven consecutuve titles. In 2007, the PSL signed a television deal with SuperSport worth R 1.6 billion, which was the biggest sporting deal in the history of the country and ranked the league into the top 15 in the world in terms of commercial broadcast deals. In the same year, ABSA replaced Castle Lager as the title sponsor, with
1749-653: The British Open, is one of the four major golf tournaments. Other notable golf tournaments in Europe include the BMW PGA Championship , Scottish Open , Irish Open , French Open and Italian Open , which are part of the European Tour . Europe competes as a single team in the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup versus the United States, and the Royal Trophy and EurAsia Cup versus Asia. Also,
1802-549: The Netherlands. Nearly every UCI World Tour race is held in Europe, including the three Grands Tours: Tour de France , Vuelta a España and Giro d'Italia , as well as the five Monuments: Milan–San Remo , Tour of Flanders , Paris–Roubaix , Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Giro di Lombardia . Notable road cyclists include Jacques Anquetil , Louison Bobet , Bernard Hinault , Alberto Contador , Miguel Indurain , Eddy Merckx , Gino Bartali , Alfredo Binda , Fausto Coppi , and Felice Gimondi . The Open Championship , also known as
1855-546: The Rugby Championship at international level. Rugby league is popular in northern England , where the sport formed in 1895. The Great Britain national team first played in 1908, and entered the World Cup until 1992 and the Tri-Nations until 2006. Great Britain has won the World Cup three times, whereas France has been runner-up twice. Clubs from England compete in the only fully professional league,
1908-737: The SABC telecast matches played on Wednesday nights and on weekends. Since 2016, as SuperSport is a brand owned by the MultiChoice Group , the league is available to watch live and on demand via their specified services; the DStv App (formerly DStv Mobile and DStv Now ) and Showmax Pro . Both are accessible via the DStv website for PC and Mac and as mobile apps on Android and iOS / iPadOS for mobile phones , tablets and Smart TVs . Maritzburg United Cape Town Spurs As of
1961-466: The UK, Malta, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, South Africa, Portugal, Ireland, Poland, France, Argentina, and the United States. It is a member of the European Sports Security Association, the Independent Betting Adjudication Service, the Remote Gambling Association, and is accredited by international testing agency eCOGRA . Betway has a partnership with the Professional Players Federation, which promotes, protects and develops
2014-1024: The United Kingdom. Tennis is popular in most of Europe. Two of the four Grand Slam events are held in Europe: the Roland Garros in France and the Wimbledon Championships in the United Kingdom. The Rome Masters , Madrid Open , Italian Open and Paris Masters have ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, whereas the Madrid Open and Italian Open are also WTA Tour Tier I events. Notable male tennis players include Novak Djokovic , Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , Andy Murray , Stefan Edberg , Boris Becker , Ivan Lendl and Björn Borg . Notable female tennis players include Steffi Graf , Maria Sharapova , Monica Seles , Justine Henin , Martina Hingis , Simona Halep , Ana Ivanovic , Victoria Azarenka , Caroline Wozniacki , Conchita Martínez , Angelique Kerber , Garbiñe Muguruza , Petra Kvitová , Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , and Iga Świątek . The most prestigious and lucrative athletics and aquatics meets are in Europe. The most prestigious sporting event related to athletics
2067-613: The collective interests of professional sportspeople in the UK. It is also a supporter of the Responsible Gambling Trust. Alongside Spin Casino, Betway is a subsidiary of its holding company, Super Group. In January 2022, Super Group listed on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC, and now trades as SGHC. Betway has sponsored many sporting organizations, events, teams and athletes, including West Ham United , National Hockey League , and South African Twenty20 Cricket League SA20 . In October 2015, Betway paid out €17,879,645 ($ 20,062,600; £13,209,300) to Jon Heywood (UK) for hitting
2120-408: The country. The season started on 14 September 2024 with Sundowns being the most recent champions and looking to clinch yet another title under a new regime. The league was founded in 1996 after an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnants of the National Professional Soccer League . It is stated on its website that the former name still exists today, but for legal purposes, with
2173-455: The following season. The league's broadcaster is SuperSport , who in turn sub-leases the broadcasting rights to the SABC , so as to broadcast some matches on public television in South Africa. SuperSport was awarded an initial $ 277 million 5-year broadcast/TV rights deal in 2007 by the Premier Soccer League to help commercialize the league globally beyond South Africa. matches on sunset times between Tuesdays and Fridays and on weekends whereas
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2226-510: The fully professional Premiership (England), Top 14 (France) and United Rugby Championship (URC)(Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and South Africa). The European Rugby Champions Cup is the premier continental championship, with clubs qualifying from the three professional competitions. South African teams fully compete 'domestically' in Europe since 2022 when their teams, already part of the cross border URC, were given access to European competition, but compete in Southern Hemisphere competition
2279-401: The industry. In the United States, Betway is present in Virginia , Colorado , Indiana , New Jersey , Iowa , Arizona , and Pennsylvania . Users in all states can also play the free Betway Big Pick app to win money without gambling. Betway Casino offers games provided by developers such as NetEnt and Play'n GO. On 2024, Betway did not pay a price of 1.3 million Euros stating that there
2332-515: The jackpot on Microgaming's Mega Moolah slot while playing at Betway. This was verified by Guinness World Records , at the time, as the largest ever jackpot payout in an online slot machine, subsequently surpassed in 2019. Betway has been at the forefront of recent online gambling industry reforms. The company disbanded their 'VIP' department in 2019 following headlines surrounding the use of these departments to encourage high-rolling customers to continue using gambling products. In March 2020, Betway
2385-407: The latter having sponsored the league since its inception. SuperSport United won 3 league titles in a row between 2008 and 2010. As of August 2024, the league is rated fourth in Africa according to the CAF 5-year ranking system. For the 2018–19 season, the PSL gives each club a monthly grant of R 2 million, with funds coming from the television broadcasting rights and national sponsorships, with
2438-480: The league champion earning R 10 million. In 2019, ABSA increased their sponsorship deal to the PSL to R 39.9 million, which meant that the league winners would secure R 15 million. ABSA would however announce its cancellation of its sponsorship with the PSL a year later on 4 June 2020. On 24 September 2020, DStv were announced as the new sponsor, with the league being rebranded as the DStv Premiership . MultiChoice also announced that Showmax would replace DStv as
2491-468: The main cities and Borders), Ireland , Italy and Georgia . The game is also relatively popular in Portugal , Spain , Netherlands , Belgium , Germany , Switzerland , Czech Republic , Russia , Poland , Moldova , Andorra and Romania , as it is at a professional level in these countries. Rugby is regarded as the national sport of Wales and Georgia, and is the strongest professional team sport in Ireland. Europe's main competition for national teams
2544-443: The top European nations, i n the 21/22 season, it experienced a record viewership of 1.1 billion people across all streaming platforms around the world. While the 2024 European Championship exceeded the number of spectators in the arena of even 1 million people. Cricket is a popular summer sport in the United Kingdom and has been exported to other parts of the former British Empire . Cricket has its origins in south east Britain. It
2597-459: The winner in the 1992 Women's tournament, Belgium is the most recent winner in the Men's tournament and The Netherlands is the most recent winner in the Women's tournament. Ice hockey is the most popular or one of the most popular sports in many European nations, including Czechia , Switzerland , Russia , Sweden , Finland , Slovakia , Latvia , Belarus , and northern and central Europe, where it rivals association football in popularity. It
2650-533: Was a defect in their site when the client bet was correct. Football in Europe Sport in Europe tends to be highly organized with many sports having professional leagues. The origins of many of the world's most popular sports today lie in the codification of many traditional games, especially in the United Kingdom. However, a paradoxical feature of European sport is the extent to which local, regional and national variations continue to exist, and even in some instances to predominate. Association football
2703-431: Was fined a then record £11.6m for historical failings in customer protection and anti-money laundering checks, allowing one customer to deposit over £8m and lose over £4m in a four-year period. In June 2020, Betway announced that they would be the first betting company to ban player transfer and managerial job betting in football, following high-profile cases that had linked the markets to manipulation and corruption across
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#17327865558452756-472: Was founded as the FIBA European Champions Cup in 1958, but is organised by the Euroleague Basketball association since 2000. It is the second most popular basketball club competition after the NBA . Handball is played professionally in many European countries. The European Handball Federation organises continental competitions for men's and women's. European teams have dominated the IHF World Men's Handball Championship and have also won most editions of
2809-415: Was launched by the police system of South Africa police in June 2004. More than 40 arrests were made, ranging from club bosses to match commissioners, referees and their assistants. Kaizer Chiefs successfully defended their league title in 2005 after they won the prestigious trophy in 2004 for the first time in a decade. The 2005–06 season saw Mamelodi Sundowns capturing the title for a fourth time. Since
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