Africa’s richest racing day, culminating in the R1.5m SA Derby which will determine if the brilliant Pierre Jourdan wins the SASCOC Triple Crown, has been postponed until Saturday, 1 May, because of ongoing damp conditions at Turffontein racecourse in Johannesburg.
South Africa’s Wesley Moodie takes to the clay court at the ATP Rome Masters today in a second round doubles match, knowing that victory will ease him and his Belgian partner Dick Norman into the quarter-finals.
All the big names in South African junior sprint kayaking made their way to Nagle Dam, outside Pietermaritzburg, for the 16th Annual SA Schools Sprint Kayaking Championships, with Blaine Beresford and Melanie van Niekerk claiming the Victor and Victrix Ludorum Under-18 titles.
Beijing Olympians Ramon di Clemente and Shaun Keeling won the men’s pairs final at the national rowing championshps at Roodeplaat Dam at the weekend .
Cycling South Africa’s long-term high-performance plan, formulated with the aim of preparing the country’s most talented young cyclists to be able to win World Championship and Olympic medals within the next six years, has taken another important step this week when a National Junior Men’s Road team was named to compete in Europe.
South Africa’s minister of sport and recreation, Makhenkesi Stofile, has told Boxing SA the organisation should be financially more responsible and independent.
Four days after the Malawi netball team failed to arrive for the three Test Spar Challenge series against South Africa, the Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) finally made contact with Netball South Africa (NSA).
The SASCOC president answered questions on a broad range of topics in this “15 minutes with Gideon Sam” interview, conducted by Kariem Hassan, that appeared in the Daily Dispatch this week.
By her own admission Tanith Maxwell’s ultimate goal is to represent South Africa at the 2012 Olympics. And she showed she’s on the right road when finishing 15th overall in the women’s division in the high-class London Marathon on Sunday.
Sprint sensation Usain Bolt has ruled out running the 400 metres for the foreseeable future, as he prepares to launch his 100 metres race season in Daegu, South Korea on May 19.
Following Izak van der Merwe’s success at the Soweto Tennis Open last week, he has jumped 79 positions to a career high of 222.
Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch died on Wednesday at the age of 89 at a Barcelona hospital from cardio-respiratory arrest.
Hard on the heels of the postponement of the national men’s wheelchair basketball series against France comes the news that the national netball’s proposed test against Malawi could go up in smoke.
