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Glamour honours 2024 Women of the Year and celebrity mothers
Glamour magazine's 2024 Women of the Year event celebrated trailblazing women in sports, entertainment, and activism, including Suni Lee, Taraji P. Henson, and Tina Knowles.
Flipping flying to colours of honour
Onele Mika Tyawa has skipped, somersaulted, danced, flipped and leapt to KZN colours ‒ and a lot of gold ‒ in gymnastics.
Romanian gymnast awarded Olympic bronze after appeal
A score revision over degree of difficulty lifted Jordan Chiles to third in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics on August 5, causing heartbreak for Barbosu who thought she had won bronze.
Simone Biles opens up about family plans
Biles also reflected on her legacy and how she is focused on a passion for gymnastics and authenticity.
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens ‘always talk about kids’ and wanting a family together
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and her NFL star husband Jonathan Owens are keen to start a family together in the future.
Simone Biles caps glittering campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall
US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles polished off a redemptive Paris Olympics campaign with a floor exercise silver on Monday.
Gravity-defying effort in the vault earns Simone Biles third Paris Olympic gold
Simone Biles, who led the United States to team gold before grabbing all-around gold, produced a pair of stunning vaults to notch a resounding victory in the vault.
Zinedine Zidane, Kendall Jenner turn out to watch ‘GOAT’ Simone Biles bury Olympic demons
Simone Biles has won nine Olympic medals including six golds, and donned a silver necklace of a goat after her performance - a nod to her being considered the greatest gymnast of all time.
Simone Biles seeks more gymnastics glory as Brian Pintado wins first athletics gold in Paris
A total of 16 golds are up for grabs on the sixth full day of competition in Paris, where torrential early rain forced a half-hour postponement to the start of the men's walk.
Gymnastics great Simone Biles leads USA to Olympic women's team gold
Simone Biles led the US to a dominant victory in the women's gymnastics team final, laying the ghost of Tokyo to rest as she claimed a fifth career Olympic gold medal.
Women’s sevens team bows out on a high to finish 11th
Team South Africa’s women’s sevens team secured 11th place at the 2024 Paris Olympics Games after defeating Fiji 21-15 yesterday
Simone Biles is over the ‘twisties’ and chases first Paris Olympic gold
Simone Biles appears to be back at the peak of her powers as she leads the United States on what has been billed as a redemption mission in the women's team final.
Heartbreak for Team SA gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz after MRI reveals bad news
Caitlin Rooskrantz, who was one of South Africa’s two flagbearers at the opening ceremony, injured her foot during the floor exercise competition.
Simone Biles dazzles in Paris Olympics despite injury scare
Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on Sunday, powering through a left calf injury to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start.
WATCH: Caitlin Rooskrantz honoured to carry Team SA flag with Akani Simbine at opening ceremony
Alongside SA sprinter Akani Simbine, Rooskrantz will have the honour of carrying the South African flag at Friday’s opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Flag-bearer Rooskrantz relishes historic moment in SA sport
The first South African female gymnast of colour to qualify outright for the Olympic Games, Rooskrantz sees her appointment to the sought-after role as a historic moment for the sport.
KZN Premier Ntuli puts best foot forward at yoga
Making his debut in the growing support from the government to recognise and celebrate yoga, the Premier has now literally taken the baton from the IFP’s founding president, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who accomplished his ninth yoga participation at the Durban Amphitheatre last year before he passed away aged 95 a few months later.
LOOK: Venus Williams honoured with her own Barbie doll, along with other female athletes
Fans are impressed as Venus Williams is honoured with her own Barbie doll.
SA gymnastics star Caitlin Rooskrantz ‘ready for anything’ at Paris Olympics
Caitlin Rooskrantz expects the Paris Olympics to be different from the Tokyo Olympics, where she finished 61st, believing that she has improved significantly since then.
Health focussed gymnastics day
The celebration featured fitness sessions, choreographed routines, water and other engaging games.
'We’re coming home with that Olympic ticket!’ SA gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz books Paris 2024 spot
South African gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz was over the moon after she booked her ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
On this day in history, September 7
Some of the more interesting things that happened on this day.
Young Tshwane gymnasts to compete for global honours in Belgium
Sports aerobic and gymnastic coach Ignitious Molefe Moeletsi has motivated youngsters from various Pretoria townships to compete on the world stage.
WATCH: US gymnast Simone Biles wins a record eighth all-around national title
World gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won the women's all-around event at the American championships in San José on Sunday, giving her a record-breaking eighth title.
On this day in history, July 18
Significant and interesting snippets of news, with a South African angle, from this day in history