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). (more…)
Brazil got some measure of revenge over Germany in the early hours of Sunday morning as Neymar netted the winning penalty in the gold medal match in Rio. (more…)
Caster Semenya catapulted Team South Africa’s 2016 Olympic medal count into double figures on a hot Saturday evening in Rio as she ran to a predictable 800-metre win. (more…)
It’s all hail King Henri the Third as Team South Africa triathlete Henri Schoeman raced to third place and South Africa’s second bronze medal of the Olympic Games on Thursday. (more…)
South Africa left the Olympics in disappointing fashion after holding a dominant Iraq to a 1-1 draw at the Corinthians Stadium in Sao Paulo. MO ALLIE reports. (more…)
South Africa lost 12-5 to Australia in their final pool match of the Olympic Sevens in Rio on Wednesday, writes GARY LEMKE. Perhaps it was the weather, with conditions at…
After all was said and done, Michael Phelps did his talking in the pool, writes GARY LEMKE. (more…)
South Africa beat France 26-0 in their second match at the Olympic Games on Tuesday, reports GARY LEMKE in Rio. (more…)
Chad le Clos gatecrashed the party of the world’s men’s elite freestyle sprinters when he raced his way to a memorable silver in the 200m final to earn South Africa’s second Olympic medal of Rio 2016. GARY LEMKE reports. (more…)
For a long time an ‘underdog’ in South African athletics, hard work and determination have seen Carina Horn become South Africa’s top female sprinter and representing South Africa at the Olympic Games in Rio. (more…)