BIRMINGHAM COMMONWEALTH GAMES: TEAM SOUTH AFRICA SELECTION
With 50 days until the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, SASCOC and CyclingSA are proud to announce the SA National Team to represent South Africa.
With over 5,000 athletes expected to compete in 20 sporting codes over ten days, the 2022 Commonwealth Games is sure to celebrate the spirit of sport and camaraderie.
MOUNTAIN-BIKING – 3 August
Alan Hatherly
Mariske Strauss
Candice Lill
Manager and Mechanic: JP Jacobs
ROAD CYCLING – 4 & 7 August
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Daryl...
BIRMINGHAM COMMONWEALTH GAMES: TEAM SOUTH AFRICA SELECTION
With 50 days until the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, SASCOC and CyclingSA are proud to announce the SA National Team to represent South Africa.
With over 5,000 athletes expected to compete in 20 sporting codes over ten days, the 2022 Commonwealth Games is sure to celebrate the spirit of sport and camaraderie.
MOUNTAIN-BIKING – 3 August
Alan Hatherly
Mariske Strauss
Candice Lill
Manager and Mechanic: JP Jacobs
ROAD CYCLING – 4 & 7 August
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Daryl...
The athletes named to represent Team SA at the Commonwealth Games.
Here are the athletes named to represent Team SA at the Commonwealth Games. 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.
BEACH VOLLEYBALLMen: Leo Williams, Grant GoldschmidtCoach: Loet Groenewald
BOXINGMen: Amzolele Dyeyi, Simnikiwe BongcoWomen: Phiwokuhle SbusisiweCoaches: Nkosinathi Hlatshwayo, Moneen Brits
CRICKETWomen: Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Trisha Chetty, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Sinalo...
South Africa to host inaugural Men’s Nations Cup!
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has appointed South Africa as the host country for the inaugural FIH Hockey Men’s Nations Cup. The event will take place at the North-West University of Potchefstroom – which successfully hosted the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in April this year - from 28 November to 4 December 2022.
The aim of this new yearly event is to offer a top-level competition to the best-ranked teams not participating in the FIH Hockey Pro League and give the winning team the option to be promoted to the FIH Hockey...
Final names added to Team SA for Birmingham
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) announced an additional 61 athletes to the Team South Africa squad that will carry the nation’s flag at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which will take place from 28 July to 8 August.
This was the second and final squad announcement following the first one last month and it brings the total number of athletes to 251.
More representatives across six codes were named – athletics, hockey, badminton, wrestling, swimming and gymnastics.
It is...
It’s GOLD for Birkett at 2022 World Games
Team SA’s Andy Birkett struck gold at the 2022 World Games being held in Birmingham, Alabama, when he won the men’s canoe marathon, K1 standard distance final.
Birkett won the grueling event in 1hr 23min 52sec, finishing 30 seconds ahead of Denmark’s silver medallist Mads Brandt Pederesen.
“The pace that Mads was setting down was insane!” said Birkett after the eight-lap final.
“He has taken the race from a slow, strategic race with a big end sprint to a fast race, and to be competitive in the end sprint you have to be there.
“I had the...
CSA CONFIRMS MOMENTUM PROTEAS SQUAD FOR THE ENGLAND T20I SERIES
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) have today named the 16-player squad that will take on England in a three-match T20 International (T20I) series between 21 – 25 July.
The same group of players, with the exception of the uncapped Delmi Tucker, will feature for Team South Africa at the inaugural Women’s T20 competition at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham from 29 July – 07 August.
Momentum Proteas’ T20I Series vs England 16-player Squad:Suné Luus (Captain) (Titans Ladies), Chloé Tryon (Vice-Captain)...
World Games: How Team SA Fared (Day 9)
Photo: Dylan Kruger
There were five Team SA athletes in action in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday. Conditions were again described as “brutally hot” on the penultimate day of the competition. Dylan Kruger and Jonathan Benjamin competed in the men’s duathlon, Natalie Sterk took part in the women’s duathlon and sport climbing was represented by Lauren Mukheibir and Mel Janse van Rensburg.
This is how Team SA fared on the day:
DUATHLON
Women’s Duathlon, final: Natalie Sterk placed 8th with a total time of 2hr 11min...
World Athletics Championships: How SA Fared (Day 2)
Team SA’s Akani Simbine finished fifth in the men’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in 10.01sec. The gold medal was won by Fred Kerley of the United States in 9.86. Silver went to Marcion Braxy (US) in 9.88 and bronze to another American, Trayvon Bromell, also with 9.88.
Simbine had qualified for the final by winning his semi-final in 9.97, which was the fastest qualifying time heading into the final. It was the third time in history that the USA filled the men’s 100m. It happened in Helsinki in 1987...
DUNKLEY CENTURY HELPS ENGLAND TO 114-RUN VICTORY OVER MOMENTUM PROTEAS
BRISTOL: A maiden Sophia Dunkley century inspired England to a 114-run win over the Momentum Proteas in the second One-Day International (ODI) to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead at the County Ground in Bristol on Friday.
Dunkley smashed 107 runs off 93 balls (8 fours, 2 sixes) to help anchor the hosts to an imposing total of 337 / 5 after their allotted overs before Charlie Dean (4 / 53) and debutant Issy Wong (3 / 36) formed a daunting bowling partnership to restrict South Africa to 223 all out, despite...
WAYDE VAN NIEKERK SHINES IN 400M HEATS AT WORLD CHAMPS
Wayde van Niekerk displayed the best form he has shown in some time, cruising to a convincing victory in his 400m heat on Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday.Van Niekerk, continuing his comeback from a serious knee injury he picked up after winning his second world title in 2017, won his first-round race in 45.18 seconds.
The world record holder progressed as the second quickest qualifier for the one-lap semi-final, to be held on Wednesday.
Fellow 400m sprinter Zakhiti Nene also...
SPAR Proteas Face Wales as Preparation for Commonwealth Games
BY NETBALL SOUTH AFRICA
19 July 2022, Cardiff – The South African senior netball team, the SPAR Proteas who are currently getting ready to get into the Commonwealth Athlete Village are in Cardiff ahead of their two test match series against Wales.
Dorette Badenhorst charges were on a two-week training camp in Stellenbosch before jetting off to Bath last Tuesday and have been staying and training at the University of Bath since their arrival on the 13th of July.
The team also trained...
World Athletics Championships: How SA Fared (Day 4)
Two of South Africa’s three men’s sprinters qualified for the 200m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Luxolo Adams, who has a personal best of 19.82sec, and Sinesipho Dambile progressed automatically, while Tokyo Olympian Shaun Maswanganyi narrowly missed out.
Here’s how SA athletes fared on Tuesday:
In the men’s 200m, Luxolo Adams finished second in his heat in 20.10 to automatically qualify for the next round. Sinesipho Dambile produced a personal best 20.29 in...
World Athletics Championships: How SA Fared (Day 4)
Two of South Africa’s three men’s sprinters qualified for the 200m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Luxolo Adams, who has a personal best of 19.82sec, and Sinesipho Dambile progressed automatically, while Tokyo Olympian Shaun Maswanganyi narrowly missed out.
Here’s how SA athletes fared on Tuesday:
In the men’s 200m, Luxolo Adams finished second in his heat in 20.10 to automatically qualify for the next round. Sinesipho Dambile produced a personal best 20.29 in...
Luxolo Adams continued to build on his superb form this season, snatching a place in the men's 200m final on the fifth day of competition at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday morning (SA time).
Adams finished fourth in his half-lap semifinal in 20.09 seconds, qualifying seventh fastest for the medal contest to be held on Friday morning.
Fellow South African sprinter Sinesipho Dambile also produced his best performance of the day, with the 20 year-old athlete gaining valuable experience by finishing fifth in his 200m semifinal in 20.47, though he did not reach...
SPAR Proteas Remain Unbeaten Against Wales
BY NETBALL SOUTH AFRICA
SPAR PROTEAS REMAIN UNBEATEN AGAINST WALES
Cardiff, Wales – The SPAR Proteas and Wales squared off for the second and final match of the two-test series on Wednesday at the Sport Wales National Centre and South Africa came into this high in confidence following their win the previous day.
Wales who sought to draw this series and claim their first ever win against South Africa started the match with the same team as yesterday whilst Dorette Badenhorst made wholesome changes to the team...
Caster Semenya out of world 5,000m as Coe signals tougher female sport rules
Semenya ‘blessed’ just to finish after move from 800m event
Coe says ‘science pretty clear’ on testosterone and performance
South Africa’s Caster Semenya finished 13th out of 16 runners in her 5,000-metre heat at the world athletics championships in Eugene. Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images
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Caster Semenya’s first appearance in the world championships since 2017 saw her knocked out without...
SA's top gymnasts off to the Commonwealth Games
South Africa's top gymnasts depart for the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games this week. Set to take place in Birmingham between 28 July and 8 August, Team South Africa will for the first time in many years, feature a full Women's Artistic team, as well as being represented in the Men's Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics competitions.
"It brings us great joy to be able to send our best gymnasts to one of the world's top competitions," says Donovan Jurgens, President of Gymnastics South Africa. "It's every athlete's dream to represent their...
