Thursday, 28 May marks the 100 days-to-go milestone before the opening ceremony of the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. The Games will take place in the capital city of Apia from 5-12 September.
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SASCOC today briefed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports and Recreation on its preparations for Rio 2016 as well as updated the Committee on Durban’s Bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
The SASCOC Board on Tuesday, 19 May 2015, reviewed the qualification criteria for sporting codes participating at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, as requested by some national federations.
SASCOC this week mourns the sad loss of an instrumental leader, former Olympian and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from Finland, Peter Tallberg, who passed away over the weekend after a long battle with cancer.
Sunday, 26 April marks exactly 500 days to go before the commencement of the world’s biggest multi-coded sporting spectacle for people with disability, the 2016 Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
National macro sports body, SASCOC are mourning the passing of one of the country’s soccer greats, John ‘Shoes’ Moshoeu, who lost a long battle against cancer in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Members of the print media and photographers are reminded of the deadline for expressing interest in reporting on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
SASCOC on Saturday expounded on the role women should play in all sectors, especially in sport, as advocated by many constitutions including the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Charter which fosters gender equality.
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has noted the increasing attacks on foreign nationals residing in South Africa.
It has come to SASCOC’s attention that various correspondences and contentions are being made by individuals claiming to represent the South African Equestrian Federation.