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Shining: Thembi Kgatlana is a rising star on the international football scene. (Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Kgatlana eclipses Benni McCarthy’s Spanish record

Thembi Kgatlana works her magic on the pitch with SD Eibar, the little known side in Spain

World class: Para-athlete Maria Combrink set a world record in the women’s F64 shot put despite working full-time. Photo: Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images

South Africa’s emerging parasport stars are eager for global success

Though there are still challenges, parasport champions are breaking records on the track and in boardrooms

Unstoppable Schoenmaker set to emulate Penny Heyns at Olympics

Tatjana Schoenmaker recently set a new African record for the 100m breaststroke, lifting her prospects of being SA’s first female swimmer to win an Olympic medal since 2000

Tokyo Olympics paves the way for sport climbers

A Durban teenager will represent South Africa, when the code makes its debut at the Games in July

Top South African cyclist is on a winning track, virtually

Virtual racing is revolutionising cycling, and South Africa’s own Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is leading the way

SA women footballers score string of firsts

Fourteen top players have made it on the international scene

Women match officials score a win

Stephanie Frappart is doing her bit to normalise the phenomenon of women match officials in male-dominated sports

Shabnim Ismail of the Sydney Thunder celebrates taking the wicket of Meg Lanning of the Melbourne Stars during the Women’s Big Bash League final cricket match between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder on November 28, 2020 at North Sydney Oval, Australia. (Photo by Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Shabnim Ismail bowls her way into the record books Down Under

The night before Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) final, fiery South African fast bowler Shabnim Ismail lay awake pondering how to take the prized wicket of Aussie gun…