Two Commonwealth Games records fell the way of Pieter Coetze in the men’s 50m backstroke as Team SA's swimmers laid down their markers on the opening swimming competition at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow. There was also the promise of a handful of medals coming Team SA's way on Saturday. The first Team…

Team SA are involved in seven different sports disciplines at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday. Lawn bowls began their competition on Thursday with a win in the men’s singles and defeat in the women’s pairs. Both are in action again on Friday. The only potential medal events would be in the evening session…

The countdown clock has hit zero and the Commonwealth Games exploded into life in Glasgow on Thursday. Team SA made their entrance after Sierra Leona and before Eswatini at the opening ceremony. They were the 37th nation to parade, exactly halfway through the order. When they did emerge, the smiles on their faces was evidence…

Wayne Rittmuller got Team SA’s 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign off to the perfect start when he won his opening Lawn Bowls men’s singles match at the indoor SEC Hall venue in Glasgow on Thursday. Rittmuller was the first athlete from Team SA in competition and he settled quickly to see off Harriman Yuen, of Singapore…

Against a backdrop of singing, dancing and general gees, Ekhaya was officially declared open on Thursday by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie. Ekhaya will be Team South Africa’s Home Away For Home for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which continue until 2nd August. The Minister was in an ebullient mood,…

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) today announced the two athletes that will lead Team SA at the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games officially get under way in Glasgow on Thursday. Bridget Herselman (lawn bowls) and Shaun Williams (3x3 wheelchair basketball) will respectively carry the…

Team SA’s athletes are starting to converge on Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games which gets under way in the Scottish city later this week. A sizeable squad departed from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo on Monday evening, to join up with other squad members already there, and others who are also making their way. The CEO…

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) last night in Johannesburg unveiled the athletes who will represent Team SA at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photographer Anton Geyser was there.                           

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) on Wednesday night unveiled the 112 athletes who will represent Team SA at the upcoming 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The team has a mixture of youth and experience, with several athletes that have competed at previous editions of the Commonwealth Games, and many others…

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) today announced the appointment of Bongi Msomi as Chef de Mission for Team South Africa at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 23rd Commonwealth Games will take place from 23 July to 2 August, featuring ten (10) sports and six (6) para sports. Msomi, 38,…