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…)
By Gary Lemke in Rio
First, the harsh reality. Banyana Banyana are out of contention for the knockout stages at Rio 2016 after suffering a 2-0 defeat to China at the Olympic stadium on Saturday night.
By Gary Lemke in Rio
Some 46 places separate them in the Fifa world rankings but at the end of their opening Group E match at the Olympic stadium in Rio, only one goal was the difference between Sweden and Banyana Banyana.