Charlie Pereira has been appointed head coach of the national men’s hockey team, the South African Hockey Association confirmed.
The South African men’s hockey team have rallied from a goal down to end 2-2 against Great Britain in their Olympic pool A clash.
The South Africa women’s hockey team has lost 6-2 to clinical Germany in their Investec London Cup bronze medal match at the English capital.
The South African women’s hockey team will not request an apology from their hosts after the wrong national anthem was played ahead of their UK match.
South African Hockey Association (Saha) president Dave Carr will request an urgent meeting with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) to clarify the SA men’s team selection for the Beijing Olympics. This comes in the wake of the sports portfolio committee, chaired by Butana Komphela, insisting there be a 50-50 race representation.