It’s been a huge day for Caster Mokgadi Semenya, winner of not only the 800m Women’s race in Rio last night… but also of the hearts of the people of South Africa. The SA athlete was so popular on social media that “Happy #SemenyaSunday” became one of the highest trending hashtags on Twitter as South Africans around […]

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. The 25-year old went into the race as one of the hottest favourites in sporting history and her season’s best of 1min 55.33sec was almost a full […]

As predicted South African athlete Caster Semenya raced her way to Gold in the Women’s 800m event at the Rio Olympics Saturday evening. With her country united behind her – as she faced controversy and “Haters” (because of her higher levels of testosterone than most women) – Caster focussed on her dream… and transformed it into a […]

Triathletes Mari Rabie and Gill Sanders both bounced back from heartache and heartbreak respectively to do South Africa proud on the penultimate day of the Olympics here on Saturday with an 11th and 23rd place. Rabie returned to the Olympics after an eight-year absence, during which she recovered from a life-threatening heart condition just two […]

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee expressed his satisfaction in the composure shown by his team in their 30-23 win over Argentina in Nelspruit on Saturday. The victory in the Mbombela Stadium opened the Castle Lager Rugby Championship campaign for the Springboks on a positive note. It wasn’t looking good in the second half. The Springboks trailed […]

Until recently Caster Semenya was famous for her silence, posting only images of inspirational quotes on her Twitter account like “When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘why me’, say ‘try me’”. She seldom added a personal caption… but lately – as all the world’s eyes are on her and her country has united […]

Sunette Viljoen secured South Africa another Silver medal in the Rio Olympics on Thursday, with a throw of 64.92 in the women’s Javelin. We congratulate @Sunette_Viljoen on her #Silver Medal at the #Rio2016 #Olympics 🇿🇦 Dankie! pic.twitter.com/dtHtghjQEY — South African Government (@GovernmentZA) August 19, 2016 It was her first throw that secured the silver. Her third […]

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. Schoeman, who just a day ago was running the medical gauntlet in the Athletes’ Village to alleviate fears of a possible respiratory infection before getting […]

South African athlete Caster Semenya cruised into first place in Heat 2 of the Women’s 800m today in Rio – in a time of 1:59.31, securing her spot in the Olympic semi-finals on Friday (02:15 SA time). South Africans tweeted their joy, saying things like “that was the longest 2 mins of my life  but […]

South Africans have come out in strong support of Caster Semenya as her bid for gold begins today in the Women’s 800m heats at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. She is in Heat 2 which begins at 16:02 (4.02pm) South African time. The semi-finals are on Friday at 02:15 and the final is on […]

Jean Kelly captured the jubilation of Team South Africa in Rio, at the Athletes Village, as they watched Wayde van Niekerk win Olympic Gold and break a world record in the Men’s 400m race. Team South Africa uploaded the video to Facebook with this message: “Proudly African and South African, solidarity in its true form… […]

South African great-grandmother Anna Botha (74) – more fondly known as Tannie Ans – is grabbing headlines around the world for her phenomenal and inspirational role in Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk’s life – as his coach!!! Today Wayde paid tribute to Botha – crediting her for being the driving force behind his incredible record-breaking […]

Odessa Swarts, proud mom of Olympic gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk, has thanked South Africans for their support. In a Facebook update this afternoon, she wrote: “I’m not able to reply on all the well wishes and messages. Ours phones have been buzzing non stop. We as a family Swarts / Van Niekerk are all still […]

Here’s the video that’s being shared almost as much as the video of Wayde van Niekerk’s record-breaking 400m race – Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt’s reaction to Wayde’s incredible Gold Medal performance: Usain Bolt's reaction to Wayde van Niekerk's WR 43.03 in the 400m final. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/GJIaMLGzIZ — Stephen Nelson (@StephenNelson) August 15, 2016 Watch on YouTube: […]

Ten days ago he waved the flag for Team South Africa as the world looked on at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio. Sunday saw Wayde van Niekerk ruling the world as he raced to gold in the 400-metre track event, earning South Africa’s first track gold medal since re-admission to world […]

A dream came true Sunday for Wayde van Niekerk – and his country – as he made his Olympic goal true… to win gold in the Men’s 400m in Rio, Brazil. The South African athlete also broke Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old record to record a phenomenal world record of 43.03 sec! Twenty-four-year-old Van Niekerk ran the race in […]

South African golfer Jaco van Zyl made Olympic history on Saturday when he hit the second ace of the week… and just the second hole-in-one in the Games history! Van Zyl recorded the history-making moment on the eighth hole during the third round in Rio. Justin Rose from England – who incidentally was born in Johannesburg – […]

Long-jumper Luvo Manyonga is Team South Africa’s man of the moment after winning a memorable Silver medal at the Olympics and inspiring headlines around the world. Manyonga, who battled drug addiction, said: “I’ve risen from my demons…they’ve been trying for years to pull me down, but now I made it, hey.” In South Africa many were outraged by […]

Rugby Sevens player Francois Hougaard is already back in South Africa where he will join the Bok 15s on Sunday. Before he said goodbye to his 7s brothers on Thursday evening, he gave the bronze medal presented to him at the Olympic Medal ceremony, to Seabelo Senatla. UPDATE 2 September 2016: Springbok Francois Hougaard Receives Belated […]

The South African Minister of Sport, Fikile Mbalula, has called on South Africans to support the country’s Olympic athlete Caster Semenya. Semenya (25) has become one of the most talked about athletes at the Olympics this year, with a spate of articles – particularly in American media – questioning the fairness of her inclusion in […]

As brilliant Durban swimmer Chad le Clos wins his second silver medal for South Africa at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, watch this moving documentary in which he reveals what his focus was on the #RoadToRio. While Le Clos’ well-documented race against Phelps – whom he beat to gold in the 200m butterfly at the London 2012 Olympic Games […]

There were five different codes being represented by South Africa on Friday. Here is a list of South Africans in competition. Times are Rio local and in brackets SA time. South Africa started the day with four medals. ROWING Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls, Final: Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler finished fifth in 7min 11.26sec. In a nutshell: McCann […]

South Africa secured its fourth medal Thursday with SA’s Sevens team taking bronze after losing to Great Britain in the semi-finals and beating Japan in the bronze play-off. Their fans were there to cheer them on all the way – fully kitted and as passionate as the guys on the field. All photos below by […]

Chad le Clos was ready to ‘take it on the chin’, as he put it, as he spoke to the media for the first time since finishing fourth in the Olympic 200m butterfly final in Rio. ‘I’ll take it on the chin, I’ll assess it and I’ll move on. I’ve moved on already. I let […]

South African rowers Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling have finished second to win another silver for Team SA, joining swimmers Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh as SA medallists at the Rio Olympics in Brazil. SASCOC’s Gary Lemke said: “Eric Murray and Hamish Bond haven’t been beaten in nine years and the New […]