adminJOHANNESBURG. — Itumeleng Khune won the Sports Star of the Year Award at the South African Sports Awards in Sun City on Sunday night.
The Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana captain was nominated for the Sports Star of the Year award with cricketer Hashim Amla, swimmer Chad Le Clos, wheelchair tennis player Lucas Sithole and athlete Mapaseka Makhanya.
The award ceremony was an extravagant affair hosted by Robert Marawa, Minnie Dlamini and Thomas Mlambo, and featured a bevy of musical guests. Khune was also nominated alongside Amla and swimmer Cameron van der Burgh for the Sportsman of the Year, but lost out to van der Burgh in this category.
Kaizer Chiefs were nominated alongside the Springbok rugby side, and the Proteas cricket team for the Team of the Year, which was won by the Proteas, the number one-ranked test side in the world. — Laduma.
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