-
South Africa: Fortune - I Wanted to Be Brazilian
CAF, 2 August 2016
Every generation of football fans has a Brazilian team they hold dear. Pele himself idolised Zizinho of the 1950 side, while many still consider O Rei's 1970 FIFA World… Read more »
-
South Africa: SA Flag Flies High in Olympic Village
Sascoc, 30 July 2016
Team South Africa's flag rose proudly in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro on Friday as the 2016 Games gathered pace before the official opening ceremony on 5 August. Read more »
-
South Africa: Olympic Voyage Ignites DA Gama's Dreams
CAF, 30 July 2016
At the age of 54, South Africa coach Owen da Gama is right to consider himself a well-travelled person. Thanks to football and his keen eye for goal, he built up an impressive… Read more »
-
South Africa: Rio 2016 - South Africa Profile
CAF, 29 July 2016
Olympic Record Read more »
-
South Africa: Seymour All Saddled Up and Ready to Realise Her Rio Dream
Sascoc, 30 July 2016
Two years after setting her sights on the Rio Olympics, South African equestrian ace Tanya Seymour is on the verge of realising her dressage dreams. Read more »
-
South Africa: South Africa's Penalty King Set for Rio Dream
CAF, 30 July 2016
Although Jody February goes to lengths to explain that he is no hero, tens of thousands of South African football fans would beg to differ. After all, it was the young goalkeeper… Read more »
-
South Africa: Thabiso Nets Twice As Olympic Footballers Triumph
Sascoc, 30 July 2016
It may have only been a friendly match but the South African men's Olympic football team have hit the ground running in Brazil. Read more »
-
South Africa: SA Sailors Head for Rio and 'Going to Graceland'
Sascoc, 29 July 2016
The wait is over and three SA sailors board their plane to Rio de Janeiro on Friday to begin their quest for Olympic glory. Read more »
-
South Africa: Semenya Will Be SA's Darling, No Matter What Her Rivals Say
Daily Maverick, 29 July 2016
Before she even set foot in Rio, Caster Semenya had already been flung into the media spotlight. As the science around how to define sex and what advantage elevated T levels… Read more »
-
South Africa: Team SA's Sisters of Success At Rio Olympics
Sascoc, 27 July 2016
British group, the Eurythmics and American soul singer Aretha Franklin sang their iconic song 'Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves' back in 1985. Now, some 31 years later, Team… Read more »
-
South Africa: Banyana Banyana and U23 Olympics Guide
SAFA, 27 July 2016
Both teams are already in Brazil getting ready to take on the world at the world's biggest sporting showpiece. Read more »
-
South Africa: Rio 2016 - South Africa At the Games - All the Times, Events and Highlights
Daily Maverick, 24 July 2016
The Olympic schedule is a smörgåsbord of action and the time difference will make you cringe. South Africa has entered a team of over 130 athletes (a big chunk of those… Read more »
-
South Africa: Team SA Start Moving Into Athletes' Village At Rio Olympics
Sascoc, 24 July 2016
The first wave of Team South Africa competitors have jetted into Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games... #teamSArise. Read more »
South African Olympic Team Ready for Rio
South Africa has entered a team of over 130 athletes to this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, its largest squad since the country's readmission in 1992.
-
South Africa: Leotlela Warms Up for Olympics With a Silver Medal in Poland
Sascoc, 24 July 2016
Eighteen-year-old Rio-bound Olympian, Gift Leotlela, proved this week that it's not about how many times you get knocked down that count, it's how many times you get back up when… Read more »
-
South Africa: Dolly and Mothiba Join Khune and Mathoho in Late Departure for Brazil
SAFA, 22 July 2016
A total of four players in the South African u23 Men's National Team will delay their departure to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games following requests from their clubs Read more »
-
South Africa: Rio Olympics - How Do 2016 World Track Leading Times Compare to the Records?
Daily Maverick, 21 July 2016
The Olympics are two weeks away and we're all swotting up on everything from records to medal hopefuls. In the first of a series of three, ANTOINETTE MULLER looks at how 2016… Read more »
-
South Africa: Africa's Tour Team Loses Cavendish As Sprint Ace Focuses On Rio
Sascoc, 20 July 2016
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka lost one of their main weapons at the Tour de France on Tuesday when four-stage winner Mark Cavendish withdrew in order to concentrate on the… Read more »
-
South Africa: Team SA's 2016 Paralympians Rejoice Ahead of Rio!
Sascoc, 19 July 2016
Team South Africa has been named for the 2016 Rio Paralympics and Road to Rio 2016 asked both new and old members of the team for their thoughts ahead of the global sporting… Read more »
-
South Africa: Gauteng Sends Off South African Olympic Team to Rio, 23 Jul
Govt of SA, 18 July 2016
Well-wishers and members of the public will have the last and only chance to see and bid farewell to their South African Rio Olympic-bound stars, when the team parades the streets… Read more »
-
South Africa: SA Rowers Raring to Race At Rio Games
Sascoc, 17 July 2016
They had two boats in London and South Africa's rowers have more than doubled their representation at next month's Rio Olympics. Read more »
