By MARK LEMKE in Luanda
Hlumani Kekana is one of two tennis prodigies representing Team SA at the African Youth Games. He reached the quarter-final of the singles draw and the final of the mixed doubles where he and his partner Lonwabi Majeka won the silver medal. The 16-year-old shared his plan…
African Youth Games
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) on Thursday announced a squad of 91 athletes representing 12 sports for the upcoming African Youth Games in Luanda, Angola.
These are the fourth such Games, and the third in which Team South Africa will be competing, after previously being staged in Rabat (2010),…
Team South Africa returned victorious from last month’s African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria, winning 26 medals for the rainbow nation.
As a youngster, Johan Wilsenach sometimes pretended to be Robin Hood when he aimed his bow at some target or other.
SASCOC have announced the team to represent South Africa at next month’s African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria.
The team will be made up of four sporting codes, namely archery, athletics, rugby sevens and hockey 5s (boys and girls).
It’s vital that these four codes must compete at these Games as this is the only African qualification…
By Mark Etheridge True to his word, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula on Monday honoured his promises to reward South African sports excellence.
Then it was over to the Boipuso Hall where the karate code kickstarted their campaign.
Natalie Faint was first in action in the kata category where karataka go through a pre-detemined routine of moves against an imaginary opponent.
The Capetonian was in contention for bronze but came up short against her Algerian opponent.
But Silvio Cerone-Biagioni from Fourways,…
By Mark Etheridge in Gaborone Team South Africa leave Botswana victorious after the 2nd African Youth Games here on Saturday.
By Mark Etheridge in Gaborone Another 11 medals boosted Team South Africa's medal tally to 12 shy of the 100m-mark on the penultimate day of the 2nd African Youth Games here on Friday.
By Mark Etheridge in Gaborone In what was our best day of competition at the African Youth Games here on Thursday as Team South Africa won a whopping 23 medals.