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latest news & developmentsGayton Mckenzie has a huge task on his hands to fix South Africa at the Olympics
Despite an admirable showing at the Olympic games, McKenzie sets his sights on 2028 and apologises to the athletes
Mbalula allegations heaping up
Questions around how Mbalula had paid for his trip to Las Vegas were first raised during a twitter spat between Minister Mbalula and Adriaan Basson.
Police probe bugging at Sascoc’s Olympic House
Police are investigating sensational claims of “covert” bugging at the office of South Africa’s Olympic sports body and at the home of its CEO.
Letters to the editor: September 9 to 15 2016
Readers write in about Jo’burgs new mayoral team, Naspers, and Sascoc.
State fumes as Sascoc steals its ball
A little-known company is muscling in on the 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy project – and the sports department is spitting mad.
SA saddened by Mulaudzi’s untimely death
President Jacob Zuma says SA has lost a true hero and disciplined athlete in Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, who died in a car crash on Friday.
SA athletics hits the wall running, again
An ASA palace coup finds itself on the wrong side of the IAAF and with no local sports authorities rushing out to support it.
ASA mentor fights Semenya fallout
A doyenne of South African athletics is caught up in a David and Goliath battle over the ASA’s 2009 Caster Semenya debacle.
Sascoc files defamation case against sports journalist
Sports columnist Graeme Joffe is facing legal action from Sascoc for defamation after a series of pieces he wrote lashing out at the organisation.
Bullying Sascoc ‘must be reined in’
Sports administrators have painted a picture of an autocratic organisation that dictates how things must be done and ignores appeals.
ASA suspension leaves SA athletes high and dry
Sascoc’s decision to suspend ASA is all about positions and egos, angry sportspeople claim.
Semenya excluded from Olympics training programme
Olympic silver medallist Caster Semenya has been a surprise exclusion from the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee’s programme.
Sascoc to assist swimmers going to Barcelona
South Africa’s Olympic governing body will contribute more than R400 000 towards the national swimming team’s Fina World Championships campaign.
Sascoc appoints administrator to take over ASA
Athletics South Africa has been placed under administration for the second time in less than four years, Sascoc has said.
Fifa warns SA govt against interference in match-fixing probe
Fifa have written to the South African government warning them against a judicial inquiry into the recent soccer match-fixing scandals.