Team SA have wrapped up their campaign at the 13th African Games in Accra. They ended with 106 medals, which placed them third on the table behind Egypt and Nigeria. This is a breakdown of where all the medals came from. 32 Gold 32 Silver 42 Bronze Total 106 GOLD (32) Catherine van Rensburg (swimming, women’s 400m freestyle) Catherine…

Team SA completed their African Games campaign when they added seven more medals on Friday to take their final tally to 106. That left them in third position behind Egypt and Nigeria headed into Saturday's last day, although Team SA don’t have any representatives. They had gone into Friday’s competition with 99 medals, and Rogain…

Rogail Joseph became Team SA's 100th medallist at the 13th African Games in Accra, when she surged to GOLD in the women's 400m hurdles in a time of 55.39 seconds. Friday is Team SA’s final day of competition at the Games, where the curtain will officially come down at the closing ceremony on Saturday evening. It…

Team SA started the day at the 13th African Games in Accra with a total of 98 medals. They have already surpassed their total achieved in Morocco in 2019 of 86. Alan Cumming in the men's hammer throw made it medal No99 for Team SA with bronze, lifting athletics to six medals. Boxing's Lubablo Lusizi…

Jo-Ann van Dyk threw a Games record distance in the women's javelin to add another gold medal to Team SA's tally at the African Games in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday. Van Dyk launched the javelin 60.80m, with teammate Jana van Schalkwyk claiming silver with a throw of 57.64m. Team SA had started the day with 96…

By GARY LEMKE Wrestling saved Michael Mhlanga’s life. That’s no exaggeration, it really did. Last year, in fact, at 6 o’clock one morning in Boksburg. This is the 18-year-old’s story, so let him tell it like it is. If it sounds dramatic it’s because it is. It follows on from what Team SA’s coach at…

Fredriech Pretorius won four of the five events held in the decathlon at the African Games on Tuesday to win the gold medal in Accra, Ghana. Elsewhere, Mire Reinstorf won the women's pole vault gold with a Games record of 4.35m. Pretorius had started the day in the bronze medal position, but brilliant performances in…

By GARY LEMKE Meet Victor Hogan, a 140kg, 1.99m man mountain by day, a gentle giant by night. He was Team South Africa’s first athletics gold medallist in Accra, Ghana, and continued the country’s impressive line of performances in the discus event at the African Games. Hogan is now 34, and his…

Kenya recorded an upset at the African Games in Accra on Monday when they beat Team SA by 70 runs in their Group A match at the Achimota Senior Secondary School. All matches in the 13th African Games are awarded full T20I status, which will have made the victory even sweeter for the Kenyans. They…

Team SA's cricketers lost their Group A men's T20 International at the African Games on Monday when they were beaten by 70 runs by Kenya at the Achimota Senior Secondary School. Kenya won the toss and made 141 for 6, leaving Team SA a target of 142 in 20 overs. They then bowled out Team…