By GARY LEMKE
Team South Africa departed Lilongwe and arrived back in Johannesburg on Monday with the warm words and support of SASCOC president Barry Hendricks ringing in their ears.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
South Africa were denied the Region 5 Youth Games gold medal after they went down 1-0 to Zambia in the boys under-17 football final at a raucous Bingu National Stadium on Sunday night.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Team South Africa twice came from behind to win the girls under-17 football gold medal at the Region 5 Youth Games in Lilongwe, an event that doubled as a Cosafa Girls Championship encounter.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
The Fifa World Cup has showcased what winning and losing means at the highest level of sport. Images of distraught Brazilian, Dutch and Uruguayan players have gone viral this past week. As have those which show the unbridled joy of victory, with the likes of Croatia and Argentina toasting success.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Boom! Boom! Boom! Team South Africa fought their way to three gold medals at the Region 5 Games in Lilongwe on Saturday, while they also collected two silvers to ensure boxing had a successful tournament on Malawi soil.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Long after the final whistle had been blown the South Africans were still celebrating their gold medal victory over Zambia at the Region 5 Games on Saturday. Presentations were done to the backdrop of a noisy and appreciative crowd, while the Team SA players enjoyed the attention of the gathered photographers and television cameras. For good measure they performed some choreographed dance moves to the global hit Jerusalema.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
If ever further evidence was required that it’s not about how you start but how you finish, the Kaylee le Roux is that example. The teenager stormed to the gold medal in the girls 100m at the Region 5 Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, and did it the hard way.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Judo is one of those “minor” codes that doesn't get much airtime in a country with a fixation on the “Big 3” of football, rugby and cricket. As a sport it struggles to compete in the media space and public consciousness and that’s not going to change anytime soon. However, just like Michaela Whitebooi showed when winning gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, it is a sport which throws up success stories wherever you look.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
When Team South Africa’s swimmers arrive back at OR Tambo International they will walk through customs with nothing to declare, except a bagful of medals and lifelong memories following their successful haul at the Region 5 Youth Games in Lilongwe, Malawi.