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2016 Olympics
Belated reward for late replacement sevens ace Hougaard

Belated reward for late replacement sevens ace Hougaard

Springbok Francois Hougaard was rewarded for the ultimate act of sportsmanship and team values, by giving away his Olympic... Read more
2016 Olympics
How Team SA fared on Sunday

How Team SA fared on Sunday

South Africa had competitors in action in just two codes on Sunday (21 August), the final day of the... Read more
2016 Olympics
Team SA: The 'awards' review

Team SA: The ‘awards’ review

As the curtain on the 2016 Rio Olympics comes down, GARY LEMKE gives his verdict on South Africa as they return with... Read more
2016 Olympics
Rio delivered, despite the hurdles

Rio delivered, despite the hurdles

By Gary Lemke When IOC president Thomas Bach closes Rio 2016 on Sunday night he will stop short of calling... Read more
2016 Olympics

Team SA in action on Sunday

South Africa has competitors in action in just two codes on Sunday (21 August), the final day of the... Read more
2016 Olympics
Semenya scorches to Team SA's 10th medal of the Games

Semenya scorches to Team SA’s 10th medal of the Games

By Mark Etheridge Caster Semenya catapulted Team South Africa’s 2016 Olympic medal count into double figures on a hot... Read more
2016 Olympics
How Twitter reacted to Semenya GOLD

How Twitter reacted to Semenya GOLD

Here is a selection of how Twitter reacted to Caster Semenya’s 800m gold medal in Rio.
2016 Olympics
How Team SA fared on Saturday

How Team SA fared on Saturday

South Africa had competitors in action across three different codes on Saturday’s penultimate day of Rio 2016. Caster Semenya... Read more
2016 Olympics
Emotional SA duo dig deep to end 11th, 23rd in Rio triathlon

Emotional SA duo dig deep to end 11th, 23rd in Rio triathlon

By Mark Etheridge Triathletes Mari Rabie and Gill Sanders both bounced back from heartache and heartbreak respectively to do... Read more
2016 Olympics
In action for Team SA on Saturday

In action for Team SA on Saturday

South Africa has competitors in action across three different codes on Saturday (20 August). Here is a list of... Read more
2016 Olympics

How Team SA fared on Friday

South Africa had competitors in action across just two codes on Friday (19 August). Here is how they fared.... Read more
2016 Olympics
SA bronze medallist's biggest fan... on his journey to the podium

SA bronze medallist’s biggest fan… on his journey to the podium

By Mark Etheridge While an Olympic medal may be won by one person, in most cases there’s a team... Read more
2016 Olympics

Team SA in action on Friday

South Africa has competitors in action across just two codes on Friday (19 August). Here is a list of... Read more
2016 Olympics
Super Sunette buries London disappointment with silver in Rio

Super Sunette buries London disappointment with silver in Rio

Twice a Commonwealth javelin champion, Sunette Viljoen finally got her hands on a coveted Olympic Games medal on Thursday... Read more
2016 Olympics
Hartley is hurting... but the hunger for success is still there

Hartley is hurting… but the hunger for success is still there

By Mark Etheridge Beaten but by no means broken, canoeist Bridgitte Hartley lives to fight another day after missing... Read more
2016 Olympics
Henri hurries to Olympic bronze and his first major podium place

Henri hurries to Olympic bronze and his first major podium place

By Mark Etheridge It’s all hail King Henri the Third as Team South Africa triathlete Henri Schoeman raced to... Read more
2016 Olympics
Sunette Viljoen

How Team SA fared on Thursday

Henri Schoeman won Team South Africa’s eighth medal of the Olympics on Thursday and Sunette Viljoen sealed a ninth.
2016 Olympics
Team SA in action on Thursday

Team SA in action on Thursday

Here is a list of those South Africans in Olympic competition on Thursday. Times are local and in brackets... Read more
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Goodbye 2020. Hello 2021

Tokyo looms, again, We don’t know for sure in what shape of form the Olympics and Paralympics will take place in July to September and if anything 2020 taught us to take nothing for granted. What we do know is that if Tokyo 2020 +1 does go ahead, it will do so against a new-found back drop where simply taking… Read more →

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