AFRICAN GAMES

Heartbreak as women’s cricketers lose in super-over

By GARY LEMKE Drama with a capital “D”. Heartbreak with a capital “H”. Why do the cricket gods always seem to deal South Africa with such a cruel hand when it comes to major tournaments? It’s well documented how the men’s Proteas have been denied by the dreaded D/L system in Cricket World Cups and…

March 13, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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10 more medals for Team SA on Wednesday

Team SA started Wednesday at the 13th African Games in Accra with a total of 68 medals. They secured another 10 medals on the day, taking their overall tally to 78. Swimming collected four golds, three silvers and a bronze, while women's cricket won a silver and judo a bronze. Click here for match report…

March 13, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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An arm wrestling team all pulling for each other

By GARY LEMKE in Accra Firstly, let’s dispel the myth and the stereotype. Gert, the burly regular who has his own stool at the counter of the local pub and who can change a flat tyre without needing a jack, might have won a few arm-wrestling contests in his time. Give him a few doppe…

March 12, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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Tsebe setting the standard in mind games

By GARY LEMKE in Accra When she speaks it’s with a soft voice. I’m sitting about a metre away from her but initially have to lean in a bit to hear what she is saying. Perhaps it’s because Dr Koketjo Tsebe is a sports psychologist and presumably most of her work with clients is…

March 12, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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A-Z of Team SA’s medals in Ghana

Team SA are lying fourth overall on the African Games medals table heading into Tuesday’s action. They have 50 medals (13 gold, 15 silver and 22 bronze). The table is headed by Egypt (47 gold), followed by Nigeria (16 gold) and Algeria (15 gold). Below is a full list of Team SA’s medallists so far.…

March 12, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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Four codes chip in as Team SA medals tally soars

By GARY LEMKE in Accra When it comes to a Monday, it’s never a blue one for Team SA. Instead, it was a rainbow of gold, silver and bronze as 21 medals at the African Games lifted their total to 50 to sit fourth on the overall medals table behind Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria. In…

March 12, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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RESULTS: 21 more medals for Team SA on Monday

The medals came thick and fast for Team SA at the African Games on Monday with a rich haul of 21 on the day taking them to 50. The first medal came early in the day when Banele Mhango claimed bronze in the men’s blitz invitational. It was a strong performance from the chess player,…

March 11, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

AFRICAN GAMES Aquatics

Swimmers add four more golds to Team SA haul at African Games

South African swimmers contributed another four gold medals, and 13 in total, to Team SA’s collection at the African Games in Accra, Ghana on Monday. Catherine van Rensburg kicked things off with gold in the 400m freestyle, claiming victory in 4 minutes 17.92 seconds with Hannah Mouton taking bronze in 4:22.89. In the men’s event, young Pretoria…

March 11, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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Golden girl Scholtz adds more weight to her luggage

By GARY LEMKE in Accra The day after arriving in a hot and humid Ghana, Johanita Scholtz had been labouring with a bag carrying nearly four litres of water. “We easily go through three litres, at least,” in this heat, she explained. When pressed on her expectations in defending the women’s singles badminton title from…

March 11, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke

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More Team SA success at African Games

By GARY LEMKE in Accra What is it that Generation Z says when a plan comes together? “Boom”. Well, it was a case of “BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!” as Team South Africa scooped another four gold medals at the African Games on Sunday, to go with the five that they picked up on Saturday. So,…

March 10, 20240Comments ByGary Lemke