Saturday, 12th September, marked the arrival of the Olympic Flame in Dakar, Senegal, with the countdown clock having reached 50 days to go on Friday. As part of adding to the Flame Tour celebrations, SASCOC partnered with Altus Sport to celebrate the day, with scores of  Grade 6 and Grade 7 learners (12-13 years)…

Rugby sevens will return to the Youth Olympic Games for the third time when some of the world’s most promising young players take to the field at Dakar 2026. The Opening Ceremony is on 31 October and the rugby tournament kicks off at the 8,000-seat Complexe Iba Mar Diop the following day, with medals…

South Africa’s Khotso Mokoena has been named as one of six athletes from around the world selected as IOC Believe in Sport Ambassadors for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. The Believe in Sport campaign is an IOC initiative to raise awareness among athletes, their entourage members, and officials of the threat of competition manipulation. …

The countdown clock has ticked over to exactly one year until the start of the 2026 Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal. Eight years after the last Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, the world’s most promising athletes between the ages of 15 and 17 will gather together for a competition that has the potential to launch…