SA Sevens Surge into Semis after Beating Australia in Rio

By SAPeople 11-08-16 00:33

South Africa’s Sevens side are one win away from a guaranteed gold or silver medal after reaching the Olympic semi-finals at a wet Diadoro stadium in Rio. Awaiting them for a place in the final on Thursday (kick-off 3pm local, 8pm SA time) is Great Britain, who needed an extra-time try to break the 0-0 […]

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Olympics Update: How Team South Africa fared on Wednesday

By SAPeople Contributor 10-08-16 23:05

There were six different codes being represented by Team South Africa on Wednesday (10 August). Rowing was, for the second time in these Games, called off for the day owing to miserable weather conditions. Here is a list of South Africans in competition. Times are Rio local and in brackets is SA time. RUGBY SEVENS Men’s […]

South Africa’s Sevens Team Open Olympic Campaign in Style

By SAPeople 10-08-16 14:19

South Africa’s Sevens team made a dream start to their Olympic campaign when they won both their Pool B matches at the Deodora stadium, firstly keeping Spain scoreless (24-0) and then following that with a demolition job over France, winning 26-0. Having scored within 90 seconds against Spain earlier in the day, South Africa were […]

Le Clos Finishes Fourth as Phelps Reigns Supreme

By SAPeople Contributor 10-08-16 09:10

After all was said and done, Michael Phelps did his talking in the pool. The American legend claimed the 20th gold medal of his career and stamped himself as one of the greatest athletes of all time when he cleaned up in the most anticipated head-to-head of Rio 2016. At the end of it, Phelps touched […]

Olympic Update: How Team South Africa Fared on Tuesday

By SAPeople 09-08-16 23:21

There were five different codes being represented by Team South Africa on Tuesday (9 August). Here is a list of South Africans in competition. Times are Rio local and in brackets is SA time. All reporting below by Gary Lemke (GL) and Mark Etheridge (ME)… RUGBY SEVENS Men’s Pool B: South Africa were untroubled – winning 24-0 against […]

Le Clos Takes SA’s 2nd Olympic Medal – Silver in Freestyle!

By SAPeople 09-08-16 10:54

It was well after midnight when South Africa’s Chad le Clos faced the media after his silver medal in the men’s 200m freestyle had doubled the country’s tally at these Games and taken his personal Olympic total to three – and counting. ‘It was a crazy race,’ Le Clos said of his 1min 45.20sec heroics that saw […]

How Team South Africa Fared on Monday

By SAPeople 09-08-16 01:06

There was action for South Africa’s rowers, swimmers and a sailor on Monday. Times are Rio local and in brackets is SA time. ROWING Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls: Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler won their heat in 7min 07.37sec to progress straight to Wednesday’s semi-finals. In a nutshell: Better conditions for the rowers after Sunday’s debacle. McCann and Grobler […]

Olympic Clash of the Heavyweights in the Swimming Pool Tonight

By SAPeople 09-08-16 00:56

It’s the rematch that’s been four years in the making. Can you just imagine if it was staged by Don King Productions. It ought to be, it’s that big. In the one corner you’ve got the defending Olympic 200m butterfly champion, Chad le Clos. The confident, never-say-die South African who refuses to lose. Younger, brasher, […]

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Rio Olympics 2016: Team South Africa in Action on Monday

By SAPeople Contributor 08-08-16 18:14

Here is a list of South Africans in competition on 8 August (Monday). Times are Rio local and in brackets is SA time. ROWING 11.30am (4.30pm): Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (Heat 3): Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler 12.20pm (5.20pm): Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls (Heat 4): James Thompson and John Smith 12.40pm (5.40pm): Women’s Pair (Heat 2): Lee-Ann Persse and […]

Boks’ Brilliant Olympic Tribute Video

By SAPeople 09-08-16 18:55

South Africa’s national rugby side has produced a brilliant – and humorous – spoof video with a special message for the country’s Olympic athletes in Rio, Brazil. Watch the Springboks’ message to SA’s Olympic Heroes – #teamSArise #LoveRugby  

Cricket South Africa Bans Four for Attempted Match Fixing

By SAPeople 08-08-16 13:28

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA has today banned four players for attempted match fixing, saying they breached CSA’s Anti-Corruption Code for Personnel (“the Code”). The banned players – who have admitted contraventions of the Code – are Jean Symes, Pumelela Matshikwe, Ethy Mbhalati and former Test wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile. The banning of these four players follows lengthy investigations and […]

Springboks Bring Joburg Traffic to a Standstill with #FreeCoffeeForLadies

By SAPeople 08-08-16 09:56

There’s been a wonderful sense of pandemonium in the Johannesburg traffic this morning as the Springboks and Blitzboks celebrate South African Women’s Day with #FreeCoffeeForLadies. With signs like “hoot if you are a lady and you #LoveRugby”, the SA national rugby players chose to celebrate Women’s Day by handing out free coffee to the lucky ladies. […]

SA Team’s Opening Ceremony Outfits Voted BEST at the Olympics!

By SAPeople 07-08-16 15:30

While South Africans at home seemed to hate their Olympic team’s outfits worn at the opening ceremony of the Games in Rio… it appears the rest of the world LOVED them, with South Africa featuring in several Top 10 lists for BEST dressed team! South Africans tweeted up a storm of complaints after watching the Ceremony […]

Guide to Team SA Competitors on Saturday

By SAPeople 06-08-16 07:35

RIO – Louis Meintjes and Daryl Impey kickstart Team South Africa’s individual Olympic campaign when they take to the roads – and hills – around Rio on Saturday in the men’s cycling road race. Both competed in the Tour de France and Meintjes rode out of his skin to finish eighth overall in the torturous […]

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Olympics: The Two Faces of Rio Games 2016

By SAPeople Contributor 05-08-16 23:21

The streets of Rio are suddenly visibly more patrolled as the 2016 Olympics burst into life, writes GARY LEMKE. Heavily armed military are on foot and in vehicles. Helicopter blades cut through the air as they hover in the sky, noticeably above Olympic Park where the athletes’ village is, and which houses a number of Games venues. […]

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Maliekal Finally in Rio After Delays Due to Hurricane

By SAPeople Contributor 05-08-16 23:14

His trip to a debut Olympics delayed by a typhoon this week, South Africa’s sole badminton player will be looking for his own hurricane-sized upset next week. Based in Shenzhen, China, Maliekal finally arrived here on Wednesday afternoon after being set to leave Hong Kong on Monday afternoon. ‘There was a typhoon warning so I […]

Springbok Coach Coetzee Satisfied with Stellenbosch Camp

By SAPeople 05-08-16 21:48

STELLENBOSCH – Springbok coach, Allister Coetzee, said he is happy with the outcome of the rehabilitation and conditioning camp which finished on Thursday in Stellenbosch. A group of 19 selected players attended the four-day camp, which started on Monday at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport. The purpose of the camp was to ascertain first-hand the […]

WATCH Beast’s INCREDIBLE Save of Fellow Rugby Player Anton Bresler

By SAPeople 07-11-19 00:23

On a field in Durban, South Africa, in 2012, Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira held a catapulting mate up in the air… and quite likely saved him from serious injury. His feat has become the stuff of legend and the video below has been watched over 1.3 million times! UPDATE: Beast retires from rugby. Beast’s heroic save […]

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Kagiso Rabada Hits the Cricket Record Books for an Outstanding Six!

By SAPeople Contributor 27-07-16 15:38

Congratulatory messages have poured in from around the country for South African National Cricket Team fast bowler Kagiso Rabada after he scooped a record-breaking six awards at the glittering Cricket South Africa (CSA) Awards in Sandton last night. Rabada won the SA Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year, SA Players’ Player […]

What South Africa Needs! Watch Cool Dance Off at Tuks.

By SAPeople 27-02-17 14:30

A white guy’s dance moves at the University of Pretoria (Tuks), South African, have caught the attention of his fellow black compatriots and social media around the country. The video was first uploaded by Varsity Sports to Twitter last week, with a message: “Could this be @TuksSport #TeamCelebration when they score on Monday? #Iyachesa #VarsityFootball.” “This […]

The Day the Springboks had to Hitchhike to Training in Stellenbosch

By SAPeople 21-07-16 14:14

When new Springbok coach Allister Coetzee met the South African national team at Cape Town International airport for their first team assembly under his guidance he had a surprise in store for them. As reported in SAPeople at the time, he instructed the Boks to hitchhike their way to the training camp in Stellenbosch rather than […]

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