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Concern over Freitag as SA athletes shine

Amid a string of dazzling track performances from Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Geraldine Pillay, Alwyn Myburgh and Leigh Julius, a cloud of concern hung over Jacques Freitag, who struggled…

Wind and heat batter Argus riders

The 35 000 riders who took on the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay cycle tour on Sunday were battered by near gale force winds and by early evening 158 riders had been injured in falls and…

Pistorius breaks world record in Potch

Oscar Pistorius, the sensational schoolboy sprinter, broke his world 200m record for double below-the-knee amputees in his first major race against able-bodied athletes at the…

Super Schoeman smashes record

Roland Schoeman, who spearheaded the relay team to a world-record gold at the Athens Olympics, was in super mode with a South African short-course record of 47,12 seconds in the…

SA athletes finish on a high note at Paralympics

Malcolm Pringle followed up his 800m golden world record with a silver medal in the 400m and seasoned swimmer Scott Field bowed out with three silvers and a bronze in the 50m…

Eighth Paralympic gold medal for SA

Nicholas Newman won South Africa’s eighth gold medal in the morning session of Athens Paralympic action at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, while Natalie du Toit swam her second…

‘Phenomenal’ record for SA Paralympic athlete

Pretoria schoolboy Oscar Pistorius sprinted to a sensational world record in the Athens Paralympic 200m final at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night, but Natalie du Toit…

SA Paralympic athlete bumped up to silver

Cape Town’s visually impaired sprinter Nathan Meyer was moved up from bronze to silver for the Athens Paralympic 200m sprint final that he raced at the Olympic Stadium on Monday.…

Another gold for Natalie

Natalie du Toit, South Africa’s star performer at the Athens Paralympics, continued her gold-medal onslaught at the Aquatic Centre with a stunning Paralympic record victory in…

Gold rolls in for SA Paralympic team

Big Fanie Lombaard was the sensation at the opening of Paralympic athletics action this weekend when he threw a golden world record in the shot put in Athens on Sunday night to…

Another Paralympic medal for SA

Scott Field, South Africa’s visually impaired swimmer, won his second silver medal of the Athens Paralympics when he finished a strong second in the men’s 400m freestyle at the…

SA Paralympic champions arrive in Athens

Fanie Lombaard, the ”top gun” of South Africa’s team at the Athens Paralympics, arrived on Thursday for his fourth campaign at the Games since his country’s readmission to world…

Ramaala in suicidal mission

Hendrick Ramaala led a kamikaze pact among South Africa’s marathon men in the Olympic Marathon as the Athens Olympics drew to a dramatic close on Sunday over the route where the…

Mixed emotions for SA Olympic team

South Africa’s Olympic team arrive home from Athens on Tuesday morning carrying mixed emotions after an unforgettable experience in Greece. The 28th Olympiad produced…

Cloete, Mulaudzi win silver medals

A billboard outside the Olympic Stadium declares: ”Impossible is Nothing”. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi proved that when he stunned the world’s best 800-metre runners with an incredible…

Night of high pressure for SA athletes

Alwyn Myburgh struck seventh place as world high-jump champion Hestrie Cloete celebrated her 26th birthday with 800m runners Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and Hezekiel Sepeng as they won…

‘The more you do it, the better it gets’

Tiny Stephanie Sandler is the baby in the South African Olympic team. On Thursday she performed her heart out in rhythmic gymnastics to finish 23rd in the hoops and ball…

SA Olympic swimming champions clear the air

Roland Schoeman, the most decorated Olympian in South African history, cleared the air regarding the controversy that has rocked South African swimming after he and his teammates…

Mulaudzi and Sepeng shine for SA

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and Hezekiel Sepeng were whip-cracking sharp in their opening 800m rounds of the Athens Olympics at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night. Not so happy were…

Ecstatic Myburgh through to final

Alwyn Myburgh emerged as the pick of the South African 400m hurdles crop when he edged defending Olympic champion Angelo Taylor and runner-up Hadi soua An Al Somaily out of the…