Tag: Olympics

Sprinting great Usain Bolt ran on the track at Tokyo’s newly-completed National Stadium on Saturday during an event to celebrate ...

FILE IMAGE: With Tokyo 2020 billed by organizers as the “reconstruction Olympics”, and the torch relay starting in Fukushima, the selection of coach Norio Sasaki and his players to begin the relay on March 26 came as little surprise

Japan’s 2011 women’s soccer champions to begin Tokyo 2020 torch relay

17 December 2019, 1:05 PM

Members of the Japan team who won the 2011 women’s soccer World Cup will start the Japan leg of the ...

Russia has been embroiled in doping scandals since a 2015 report commissioned by WADA found evidence of mass doping in Russian athletics.

Russia banned from next Olympics and World Cup soccer

10 December 2019, 9:21 AM

Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter ...

Kipyegon returned to competition this season after taking nearly two years off for the birth of her daughter last year and has recovered from an adductor injury picked up in June

Kenya’s Kipyegon ready for Olympic title defense after long absence

8 December 2019, 10:48 AM

Kenya’s Olympic 1,500 meters champion Faith Kipyegon said on Thursday that winning a silver medal at this year’s World Championships ...

SABC Sport understands that the SASCOC members have agreed to the recommendations for an early election of the SASCOC Board on the 28th of March next year and not in November as per their constitution.

Mthethwa’s tough talk delivers early elections for SASCOC

26 November 2019, 7:01 PM

Minister of Sports Nathi Mthethwa’s strong address to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) annual general meeting ...

South Africa U23 head coach David Notoane says Friday afternoon’s game is all about qualification.

SA’s playoff match against Ghana is all about qualification

21 November 2019, 5:11 PM

Good news for the South African national U23 team currently taking part in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament ...

Notoane made four changes to the team that was held to a goalless draw by Zambia last weekend

Mokoena’s stunning free-kick takes SA U-23 to the top

13 November 2019, 3:26 PM

The South African national U23 team registered its first win at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament currently underway ...

The SA U23’s are in a tough group with defending champions Nigeria, neighbours Zambia and West African giants Ivory Coast.

PSL coaches now showing a lot of faith in younger talent – Notoane

17 October 2019, 5:10 PM

30 September 2019, 5:37 AM

South African national U23 head coach David Notoane has singled some praise for the coaches in the country for giving ...

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele wins the men's elite race.

Bekele narrowly misses world record in Berlin marathon win

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

Former Olympic and world champion Kenenisa Bekele staged a thrilling comeback to win the Berlin marathon on Sunday, dramatically missing ...

Sunday's race featured tents equipped with mist machines for spectators. Officials handed out ice cubes and ice scarves to families waiting in the sun. At some of the rest stops officials said they also planned to give out plastic hand-held fans.

Olympics-Test marathon gives Tokyo a taste of what to expect at 2020 Games

15 September 2019, 8:56 AM

27 February 2019, 1:34 PM

Tokyo held a marathon on Sunday as a test case for whether organisers, athletes, and spectators can cope with sweltering ...

These changes apply only for German athletes.

German athletes earn more advertising rights during Games

by Busi Magudulela

16 October 2018, 11:07 AM

German athletes and their sponsors will have more possibilities to advertise during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics following an easing of ...

Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt celebrates scoring a goal for A-League football club Central Coast Mariners in his first competitive start for the club against Macarthur South West United in Sydney on October 12, 2018.

Bolt offered contract with Malta football club

by Bongisipho Magcaba

Usain Bolt, 32, has been on trial with A-League club the Central Coast Mariners since arriving in Australia in August ...

In 139 pictures dating back to 1962, Wessel Oosthuizen tells a story of triumph, disappointment, sadness and joy from athletes, young and old.

‘SPORT, my passion, my love, my life’

by Nina Oosthuizen

27 August 2018, 3:00 PM

13 February 2018, 10:22 AM

In 139 pictures dating back to 1962, Wessel Oosthuizen tells a story of triumph, disappointment, sadness and joy from athletes, ...

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Kei Saito skates ahead of South Korea's Lim Hyo-Jun during the men's 500m short track semi-finals at the first winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck January 19, 2012.

Japanese speed skater in first Pyeongchang Olympics doping case

by Paballo Lephaka