Team SA finished their 2026 Commownealth Games campaign with a total of 28 medals, one more than they won at the 2022 Games in Birmingham. That placed them 11th on the final medals table.  The outstanding performer for Team SA was swiummer Pieter Coetze who won three individual gold medals in the backstroke and…

Team SA’s successful 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign officially ended at the closing ceremony at The Hydro on Sunday night, where para athletics silver medallist Masala Makatu carried the flag. The 20-year old who won the silver medal in the men’s T12 100 metres, was Team SA’s first medallist in the track and field competition at…

Whatever they put in the water at TuksJudo club clearly works. First it was Zack Piontek who won 2014 Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow. Then, Michaela Whitebooi won gold at the 2022 Birmingham Games where Charne Griesel also earned bronze. Now, Timothy Meuwsen has added his name to that Tuks honours roll at the…

As he made his way off the track, knowing that he’d won Team SA’s first athletics medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Masala Makatu was caught up in a whirlpool of noise, backslapping and a media scrum as he negotiated his way through the mixed zone and into the safety of his support staff. For…

Fittingly, it was the last athlete to compete in the track and field competition who brought an end to Team SA’s campaign at the Scoutscoun Stadium and with it a shiny silver medal. Kyle Rademeyer announced himself on the international stage with a huge performance to secure Team SA’s 28th, and likely last, medal of…

It wasn’t the medal that he wanted, but it was a medal nonetheless and took Team SA’s total to 26 with the prospect of another couple more to come before the curtain drops on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. There’s no way of sugar-coating it, Zakithi Nene had his eyes set on the gold,…

Team SA ended Saturday with 28 medals at the Commonwealth Games. This is how they fared, with action across six sports on the penultimate day of Glasgow 2026. Zakithi Nene won a 400m bronze in the morning session at the track and field, while Timothy Meusen won silver on the judo mat. The evening athletics…

Team SA start Saturday with 25 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Here’s a schedule of what to expect. All times UK local. For South Africa add one hour. ATHLETICS Men’s 400m, final (12noon): Zakithi Nene Men’s 4x100m, Round 1 (12.55pm): Team SA Women’s javelin, final (7.35pm): Jo-Ane du Plessis Men’s 4x100m, final (8.15pm): Team…

South Africa’s conveyer belt of sprinting talent has produced another world-class talent. Sinesipho Dambile had been a breakthrough winner on the international stage in a Diamond League meeting in Doha, but now he has claimed his first senior major title. In 19.96 seconds, Dambile had recovered from having the slowest reaction time out of the…

They say that character is defined by how you bounce back after defeat, and Team SA’s netballers showed bucketloads of that in beating Uganda 62-54 to take fifth place at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Jenny van Dyk’s team had arrived in Glasgow with high hopes of winning their first-ever medal at the Games, and their…