Photo of Cornelle Leach by Deaan Vivier

Team SA Surges to 4 Medals at World Para Swimming Championships in Portugal

By SAPeople 16-06-22 09:24

Team SA’s medals tally at the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal doubled to four on Wednesday night as Cornelle Leach and Kat Swanepoel both picked up bronze medals. And Christian Sadie came desperately close to earning another medal when he finished fourth in the men’s S7 100m backstroke, breaking another African record in […]

Team SA Trio Shatter African Records at World Para Swimming Champs

Team SA Trio Shatter African Records at World Para Swimming Champs

By SAPeople 13-06-22 09:29

There were two fourth place finishes in finals on a day when all three Team SA swimmers in action broke South African and African records at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal. The event kicked off yesterday and runs until 18 June. More than 500 athletes from 59 countries are competing at […]

Akani Simbine Team SA Paris Olympics 2024

Akani Simbine Pipped to Fastest Man in Africa Title

By SAPeople 12-06-22 12:00

Ferdinand Omanyala edged Team SA’s Akani Simbine to be crowned king of the men’s 100m at the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius. The 26-year-old Kenyan pipped his South African track rival by three-thousandths of a second crossing the line in 9.92, just ahead of Simbine who clocked in at 9.93. Henricho Bruintjies, also of Team […]

The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational

SA’s Charl Schwartzel Wins Biggest Pay Cheque in Golf History

By SAPeople 12-06-22 10:29

South African golfer Charl Schwartzel has scooped the biggest pay cheque in golf history, winning the $4-million top prize at the new LIV Golf Series, as well as $750,000 for being part of the winning team at the Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, near London. Charl scooped the trophy and big money prize with a one-stroke […]

The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational

3 South African Golfers Lead in Record $4-Million Jackpot in England

By SAPeople 12-06-22 12:04

ST ALBANS, England (Reuters) – South African Charl Schwartzel and compatriot Hennie Du Plessis finished Friday leading the chase for the record $4 million winners’ cheque after round two of the opening LIV Invitational event on Friday. The day ended with THREE South African golfers in the Top Four. By Martyn Herman. UPDATE: South African golfer […]

Athletes Named to Represent Team SA at 2022 Commonwealth Games

Athletes Named to Represent Team SA at 2022 Commonwealth Games

By SAPeople 10-06-22 13:12

The following are the list of South African athletes named to represent Team SA at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Please Note: This is not the final list and some athletes might still qualify before the 29 June deadline. Some sports are also still finalising their squads as well. Team SA headed to 2022 Commonwealth Games […]

Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya Offered to Show Her Body to Officials to Prove She Was Female

By SAPeople 25-05-22 00:18

(Reuters) – Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female, the South African middle-distance runner said in an interview with HBO’s Real Sports that will air on Tuesday (early morning Wednesday SA time). Semenya, now 31, burst onto the […]

SA Cricketer Zubayr Hamza Suspended for Accidental Doping Violation

SA Cricketer Zubayr Hamza Suspended for Accidental Doping Violation

By SAPeople 17-05-22 19:59

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that South African batter Zubayr Hamza has been suspended from all cricket-related activities for nine months, after admitting to an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code. Hamza provided an out-of-competition sample on 17 January 2022 in Paarl, South Africa, in which the prohibited substance Furosemide was […]

Elton Jantjies

Springbok Elton Jantjies Arrested After Incident on Emirates Flight

By SAPeople 16-05-22 11:14

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s national rugby flyhalf Elton Jantjies was arrested for “malicious damage to property” after an incident on an Emirates airlines flight from Dubai to Johannesburg on Sunday, police said. Jantjies’ agent says the incident has been “unnecessarily heightened”. The 32-year-old, who was part of the team that won the Rugby World […]

Cricket SA Withdraws All Charges Against Mark Boucher

Cricket SA Withdraws All Charges Against Mark Boucher

By SAPeople 10-05-22 12:04

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has formally and unreservedly withdrawn all charges against Proteas coach Mark Boucher, after concluding that there is no basis to sustain any of the disciplinary charges, including charges of racism. Pholetsi Moseki, the CEO of CSA says: “CSA appreciates that it has been very difficult for Mark to deal with […]

Historic strikes for South Africa

South African Quad Wheelchair Tennis Team Makes History

By SAPeople Contributor 08-05-22 23:54

South Africa’s ‘quad squad’ have become the first-ever African team to reach a World Team Cup Final. The International Tennis Federation (ITF), the world governing body of tennis, announced the “historic strikes for South Africa ???” on Thursday 5 May. The South African team – which includes 28-year-old Donald Ramphadi (ranked world number 10 and […]

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