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After Oscar Pistorius’ heated reaction last night, immediately after missing out on Gold in the Men’s 200m Final, the South African athlete has apologised for his bad timing…but not for the content of his rant which was made during a Channel 4 interview. He has also uploaded a photo to his Twitter page that seems [...]
South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius wowed the crowds at the Paralympic Stadium in London tonight as he raced to victory in his T43 200 m heat, winning in a World Record time of 21:30 seconds! The legendary “Blade Runner” led from start to finish, with the crowds cheering him on. Over the last month, Oscar has [...]
Congratulations to Natalie du Toit who won South Africa’s first gold medal at the London 2012 Paralympics yesterday! She clocked a winning time of 1 minute 09.30 seconds in the women’s 100 m butterfly final. The Capetonian swimmer, whose left leg was amputated in 2001 following an accident, has already been congratulated by South Africa’s [...]
Whistles, wigs, well-wishes and a sense of wonder greeted Team South Africa for the official flag-raising ceremony in the Paralympic Village. Team South Africa was one of five countries to attend of the numerous flag-raising ceremonies ahead of the official opening of the Games. As was the case at the Olympics a few weeks back, [...]
Congratulations to Team SA — the athletes, coaches and administrators — for a fantastic Olympic performance! With a final tally of six medals, this made London Olympics 2012 the most successful Olympics South Africa has enjoyed since its re-admission to international sport 20 years ago, in Barcelona back in 1992. Amongst the medals and the [...]
President Jacob Zuma has called South Africa the “Land of Gold” after the outstanding achievements of swimmers Cameron van der Burgh and Chad Le Clos. In a media statement yesterday, he said: The South African nation is today filled with pride and joy, after one of our finest and youngest athletes, Chad Le Clos from [...]
South African golf champion Ernie Els has posted a heartfelt thank you on his website for all the support and congratulatory messages he’s received since his surprising win at the British Open last weekend! And we say ‘surprising’ with all due respect because it seems that nobody was more shocked than Ernie to win the [...]
Team South Africa, as well as those citizens going to London to show their support, will be welcomed at the Ekhaya Hospitality Centre, a home away from home for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Ekhaya Hospitality Centre will be run by a host of national government departments during the sporting spectacular – Sport and [...]
The first group of athletes who will be representing South Africa at the London Olympics next month was announced by South Africa’s Olympic governing body, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), on Wednesday 6 June in Johannesburg. A total of 112 sportsmen and women made it into the initial list, with the [...]
Zola Budd-Pieterse is no longer the naïve young darling of South African athletics, but the 46-year-old still has what it takes. She finished her first ultramarathon in April 2012, running a cold and rainy Two Oceans in Cape Town in under 4 and a half hours. At 56km, the Two Oceans was the longest race Budd-Pieterse [...]
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