Three-time Olympian and the greatest sprinter South Africa has produced, Akani Simbine, was named Sports Star of the Year at a glittering ceremony at the 19th SA Sports Awards. The 32-year-old was handed the award ahead of finalists Temba Bavuma (cricket) and Malcolm Marx (rugby). The SA Sportsman of the Year award went to swimmer Pieter…

Sunday, 8th March, is International Women’s Day and South Africa’s sports fans have had plenty to celebrate from their female sports stars over the years. Here at Team SA, we take a look at those female athletes who have won medals at the major multi-code sports events since 1992 – the Olympic and Paralympic Games…

Team SA’s Olympians were recognised in two different awards ceremonies on Sunday night. At the Gauteng Sports Awards, Tatjana Smith, Bayanda Walaza, Simone Kruger and Rocco Meiring all received a trophy, while at the World Rugby awards, Selvyn Davids was named in the men’s Sevens Team of the Year. Team SA’s most accomplished Olympian, Smith, who…

There are six Team SA individual members and one team from the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics who are nominated as finalists for the Momentum gsport Awards, now into its 19th year. Both swimmer Tatjana Smith and judo player Geronay Whitebooi are finalists for the main award of the programme, the Momentum Athlete of the…