Team SA started Friday with 23 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and two more were added in Glasgow. The first medal of the day came on the judo mat, with Donne Breytenbach claiming one of the two bronze medals on offer in the -57kg division. Then, Sinesipho Dambile stole the show with a gold…

Team SA start Friday with 23 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the big hope to add to that will be Sinesipho Dambile in the men’s 200m at the Scotstoun Stadium. The women’s netballers will be hoping to finish on a high, after missing out on a place in the semi-finals, while both cycling…

Sinesipho Dambile had arrived at the Commonwealth Games as the fastest entrant in the men’s 200m, and before anyone suggests it’s a watered-down event, his time of 19.74 in a Diamond League meeting in June placed him No4 on the world rankings for 2026. Taking to the track at the Scotstoun Stadium, widely known as…

Team SA started Thursday with 22 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games – with all coming in the pool. There was one more medal on the day, in track and field, while the women's netball team bowed out of medal contention, going down 58-54 to England. In athletics the tempo increased inside the Scotstoun Stadium,…

At every Commonwealth Games there’s been a South African breakout swimmer who goes on to further announce their “arrival” on the biggest stage of all – the Olympics. The likes of Penny Heyns, Chad le Clos, Cameron van der Burgh and Tatjana Smith all sprung to prominence at a Commonwealth Games before two years later…

Team SA started Thursday with 22 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games – with all coming in the pool at the Tollcross Internationals Swimming Centre. There is a crunch match between Team SA and England in the netball with the winner gong to the semi-finals, the loser playing for 5th-8th. There are hopes for athletics…

When the lights came on, the stars came out inside the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. Led by Pieter Coetze, who is maturing into a global superstar in front of our eyes, Team SA’s swimmers signed off from their campaign at the Commonwealth Games in spectacular fashion when they added another six medals to their collection.…

If ever there was a storybook ending, this is it. Chad le Clos waited until the final race of the 2026 Commonwealth Games to officially go where no one has been before. It all started on 4th October 2010 with 200m butterfly gold in Delhi. Nearly 16 full years later, five Games in total, history…

Team SA started Wednesday with 16 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games – with all coming in the pool at the Tollcross Internationals Swimming Centre. They looked to have a realistic chance of a handful more in the evening's finals. It all happened quickly. In the first final of the night, Pieter Coetze completed the…

There are many things that you can’t buy in life. You can’t walk into a chemist and order a bottle of passion. You can’t go into a gym or onto a sports field and say, “can you equip me with talent?” Then there’s life experience, also beyond the reach of money. Throw in determination to…