SPORTS
As a build up to the much anticipated Gauteng Sports Awards, her compatriot and Tokyo Olympics swimming star Tatjana Schoenmaker, has been nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year award. The awards will take place on November 14, after being postponed last year due to the pandemic. The nominees announcement was made at the one […]
Bafana will be hosting Ethiopia at FNB Stadium next Tuesday. The South African Football Association (SAFA) has promised free entrance for vaccinated football fans. Should it be approved there will be a condition: vaccination certificate must be produced at the gate! As per the country’s adjusted Level 1 lockdown restrictions, only 2000 fans will be […]
This also prompted one guest asking “are these our athletes” as they packed away their sweat competing gears for well-tailored suits and swanky dresses. Aha, so were the scent of colognes that filled the banquet. Team SA medallists were honoured last night by the minister of sport and recreation Nathi Mthethwa and SASCOC at the […]
For the uninitiated this is Kgothatso “KG” Montjane, a wheelchair tennis player. “KG” as she’s affectionally renowned to her fans has just bagged another deal with world’s beauty company Avon Justine. It is said ‘beauty can be deceiving’ so her opponents are in for a hiding! The deal is part of Avons’ new brand motto –Watch […]
The Open is one of the oldest in mzansi sporting calendar and prides itself on principles of prestige and ‘ubuntu’. It makes its return to the Gary Player Country Club from 2-5 December 2021. With the annual Nedbank Golf Challenge postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic, the bank has reaffirmed its sponsorship for the SA […]
The awards were not hosted in 2020 due to the pandemic. GSA will be hosted October 31 at the venue yet to be confirmed. “We are opening up the nomination process to the people of Gauteng to identify the province’s top sporting top performing athletes which has lived up to our ambition as the ‘Home […]
The team open their account against Zimbabwe in the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifier on Friday 3 September in Harare. Kick-off 3pm. With Covid- 19 a headache, Broos had to make changes in the team, following the withdrawal of some players as a result of testing positive. His charges comprise of young and new members […]
Sixth seed Montjane will face Japan’s Saki Takamuro in the first round, and will hope to bag a medal after reaching the Wimbledon final this year. “I’ve always said in Tokyo I just want to aim for a medal – it doesn’t matter which colour – and after my performance at Wimbledon, I don’t see […]
Nkwe was the assistant coach for Proteas team, from Gauteng and Highveld Lions and later joining the Gauteng Lions as head coach. Cricket SA tried in vain to convince him to stay but Nkwe’s mind was made up because amongst his concerns; were he was being reduced to ‘cones boy’ and the functioning and culture […]
Team SA won 9 medals at theWorld Athletics U20 Championships hosted at the Moi International Sports Complex Stadium in Kenya. The competition saw(29 men and 25 women) from South Africa taking part in the action. South Africa’s men’s 4x100m champions and world record busters led the arrival delegation at the OR Tambo International Airport, which […]