This is not my first rodeo – although it is a first in Morocco. It’s also the first time Morocco are in the African Games since 1978 with Rabat and Casablanca hosting the event, writes GARY LEMKE in Rabat.
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Team South Africa wrapped up their Commonwealth Games campaign by finishing sixth on the overall table, with 13 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals. GARY LEMKE gives his verdict as the curtain came down on the Gold Coast.
The number 15 is on everyone’s lips as Team South Africa gets ready to embark on another Commonwealth Games venture, writes GARY LEMKE in the Gold Coast.
As the curtain on the 2016 Rio Olympics comes down, GARY LEMKE gives his verdict on South Africa as they return with their best Olympics haul since isolation and equalling the 10 medals from Antwerp (1920) and Helsinki (1952).
By Gary Lemke It was just after 11 o’clock on Wednesday in the Olympic Stadium. As has become a familiar sight in Rio, the morning’s programme was sparsely attended.
By Gary Lemke Looking at her tiny baby born prematurely at 28 weeks and weighing in at less than a kilogram, Odessa Swarts feared the worst.
There were a handful of journalists standing in the mixed zone at the Olympic aquatic centre, all looking to speak to Chad le Clos.
It’s the rematch that’s been four years in the making. Can you just imagine if it was staged by Don King Productions. It ought to be, it’s that big.
The streets of Rio are suddenly visibly more patrolled as the 2016 Olympics burst into life, writes GARY LEMKE.
The athletes are the ones who grab all the applause and the headlines, but the success of every Olympic Games is down to the host country’s volunteers.