Disabled Sports South Africa

Laureus for Natalie?

Our Natalie du Toit is one of six nominees for the 2010 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.

South Africa has a new world record holder after top disabled athlete Fanie van der Merwe won the 200 metres in the T37 class at the second Fazza International Athletics Competition currently underway in Dubai.

Paddle pair power on

Olympic canoe hopefuls Shaun Rubenstein and Mike Arthur are hard at training in Cape Town after having relocated from Johannesburg and Durban respectively.

Scott, Kraas ready for winter action

The 21st Winter Olympics begin in Vancouver, Canada on Friday (12 Feb) and roughly 2,500 athletes will be in action, two of them flying the South African flag.

Lightfoot shines in NZ

South African junior surfer Dylan Lightfoot has stunned his Kiwi counterparts by clinching victory in the premier Under-16 boys division of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand.

Mali making progress

Athletics can be the number one sport in South Africa if properly administrated, is the view of Ray Mali, interim head of Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) board.

Excellent Erhard

With his second win in the Troisport Joburg City Tri Series at Germiston Lake at the weekend Erhard Wolfaardt has all but clinched the series.

Busy Burry wins again

Burry Stander came up trumps in the first round of the SA national series mountainbike competition at the weekend.

Sevens side lose

The Springbok Sevens side suffered yet another Cup quarter-final exit against Fiji for the third consecutive time this season on Saturday.

Uphill task for Boks

The Springbok Sevens rugby side disappointed with a 19-7 defeat against New Zealand in the final match of day one in the Wellington tournament on Friday.

Klaasen goes down

Raven Klaasen became the last local player to exit the South African Open tennis tournament on Thursday.

Bertish blows them away in California

Cape Town’s Chris Bertish has etched his name in Mavericks history when he was crowned champion of the 2009/2010 Mavericks Surf Contest at Half Moon Bay in Northern California.

Another record for Juan

There’s no stopping Juan van Deventer on the indoor track circuit. Hard on the heels of South African records in the 1,500 and 3,000m, Van Deventer went even quicker in the metric mile in Ghent, Belgium on Sunday.

Mali makes athletics progress

South Africa’s Olympic governing body, SASCOC, and the Athletics SA Interim Board, headed by veteran administrator Ray Mali, have made strong progress in taking athletics forward with the release today (Wednesday) of some important developments.

Roberts rules in the rain Down Under

One of our leading triathletes, Kate Roberts, has romped to victory in the rain at the Caloundra triathlon in Golden Beach, Australia.

Rene sizzles in Stuttgart

Our athletes are right on track on the indoor athletics circuit. Hard on the heels of Juan van de Venter’s new national indoor 1,500 metre record of 3min 37.25sec in Germany last week, Rene Kalmer made her own mark.