Tuks academic resigns over Semenya issue
Caster Semenya

Tuks academic resigns over Semenya issue

Tuks Law Faculty Professor Steve Cornelius is resigning as a member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal in protest against the controversial new rule believed to target gold medal-winning South African track athlete Caster Semenya. (more…)

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SASCOC responds to IAAF ruling
ASCOC responds to IAAF ruling

SASCOC responds to IAAF ruling

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has voiced its disappointment with the decision taken by the IAAF on Thursday to amend their classification for athletes with differences in sexual development. (more…)

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Caster wins 800m gold
Caster Semenya during the 800m final

Caster wins 800m gold

South Africa’s Caster Semenya dedicated her 800-metre gold at the Commonwealth Games to the rural youth of Africa on Friday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE on the Gold Coast, Australia. (more…)

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Team SA: How they fared on day 7
Team SA’s ace goalshooter Sigi Burger

Team SA: How they fared on day 7

Team South Africa started the day’s action with 21 medals in the bag, nine of them gold. Here’s what happened on Wednesday, 11 April as they went out to turn their golden tally into double figures. (more…)

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Silver bullet Tandy celebrates medal
Brad Tandy at the medal ceremony

Silver bullet Tandy celebrates medal

South Africa rounded off a hugely successful campaign in the pool by adding another two medals to their total on Tuesday night, writes GARY LEMKE on Australia’s Gold Coast. (more…)

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Silver for SA’s women’s fours bowls
Johanna Snyman

Silver for SA’s women’s fours bowls

It was a silver medal that still felt like a gold as South Africa’s women’s fours bowls team pushed world champions Australia all the way in their Commonwealth Games final on the Gold Coast, going down 18-16, writes GARY LEMKE. (more…)

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SA’s netballers succumb to pressure
Precious Mthembu

SA’s netballers succumb to pressure

South Africa’s netballers were flattened by a Jamaican juggernaut that overpowered them in the last quarter to win a pulsating Pool A match 57-46 at the Commonwealth Games, writes GARY LEMKE in Gold Coast, Australia. (more…)

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Sluggish start proves costly for hockey women
South Africa’s women’s hockey team

Sluggish start proves costly for hockey women

South Africa’s women’s hockey team will be plucking the positives out of their opening Pool A match defeat to England before they take on Malaysia on Saturday, writes GARY LEMKE in Gold Coast, Australia. (more…)

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