By Mark Etheridge
South Africa woke up on Monday to anything but a blue Monday as Team South Africa celebrated six of the best medals in Rio de Janeiro.
After a super productive afternoon on the track...
Silver:
Bronze:
If swimmer Roland Schoeman were serious about being involved in the design of the next Olympic team's gear, he would have to fork out R25-million. This is according to SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee...
By Subrat Patnaik and Liana B. Baker
(Reuters) - U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte lost all four of his major sponsors on Monday, including Speedo USA and Ralph Lauren Corp (RL.N), following his apology for an...
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says that South Africa’s Olympic medallists will receive increased financial rewards for their performance in Rio, Brazil.
The minister was at O.R Tambo International Airport on Tuesday to welcome home the country’s...
As the curtain on the 2016 Rio Olympics comes down, GARY LEMKE gives his verdict on South Africa as they return with their best Olympics haul since isolation and equalling the 10 medals from Antwerp...
The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo.
The colourful ceremony, lasting almost three hours, celebrated Brazil's arts and was held in a wet Maracana.
Among the...
By Mark Etheridge
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...
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Henri Schoeman won Team South Africa’s eighth medal of the Olympics on Thursday and Sunette Viljoen sealed a ninth.
TRIATHLON
Men’s race: Henri Schoeman finished third and Richard Murray finished fourth
In a nutshell: Murray and Schoeman had...
DURBAN North triathlete, Henri Schoeman, won bronze in the Olympic triathlon event in Rio just minutes ago. The former Oakridge College pupil is now the eighth South African medalist at the games.
The 24-year-old is a...
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won Olympic gold in the 200m to complete a sprint double in Rio.
Thompson, 24, clocked 21.78 seconds to beat Netherlands' world champion Dafne Schippers by 0.13sec and add the 200m title to...
Here is a list of those South Africans in Olympic competition on Thursday. Times are local and in brackets are SA times (+5 hours).
GOLF
7.52am (12.52pm): Women’s golf, second round: Ashleigh Simon, who shot a four-over...