SuperSport signs new 3-year deal to broadcast Durban July horse race across Africa, Saturday's coverage to be anchored by presenters Neil Andres, Lalla Hirayama and Kriya Gangiah.

SuperSport has signed a new 3-year contract to keep broadcasting the Durban July horse race in South Africa in the country and across Africa and will do this coming weekend on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.

"SuperSport is honoured to have concluded this deal, which will see both parties gain tremendously. We gain a new audience while affording the event a continent-wide reach," says Gideon Khobane, SuperSport CEO.

SuperSport's coverage of Saturday's Durban July 2018 will be a 3-hour broadcast on SuperSport 4 (DStv 204) starting at 13:30 with a 5-minute build-up from the venue anchored by horse racing aficionado and SuperSport presenter Neil Andrews, with four-time Durban July winner and two-time South African champion jockey Anthony Delpech as his studio guest.

Saturday's first race of the day is the DStv Gold Vase race that will be shown on SuperSport 4 and SuperSport Blitz at 13:35.

The coverage will take a break immediately after the DStv Gold Vase race and resume at 14:30 with presenters Lalla Hirayama and Kriya Gangiah doing fashion and entertainment coverage from the Durban July.

The Durban July 2018's main race on Saturday will start at 16:20 and be broadcast live on SuperSport 10 (DStv 210).

SuperSport gears up with changes for its longrunning Formula One show, Absolute F1, ahead of the new racing season with a new on-air look and Kriya Gangiah as the new lead presenter.

SuperSport decided to make changes to its longrunning show, Absolute F1, covering Formula One racing to co-incide with the new season starting in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, with a new on-air look and Kriya Gangiah as the show's new lead presenter.

Absolute F1 will broadcast on SuperSport on Wednesdays at 19:30 in the week preceding Grands Prix.

Kriya Gangiah, a former Ignition TV anchor and a DJ on Jacaranda FM, will now front Absolute F1, and will be joined in studio by Batshobonke "Tschops" Sipuka, Vic Maharaj and Gary Formato.

Batshobonke "Tschops" Sipuka competed in the Formula Volkswagen class in Germany, saloon car racing in Malaysia and Super Truck racing in South Africa. He was also South Africa's first black motorsport champion, twice winning the Volkswagen Polo Cup Series.

Vic Maharaj is a motorsport engineer and Gary Formato is a local driver.