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Rivals collide at SA Sprint Canoe Championships in expected showdown.
Prudence Sekgodiso made history by winning South Africa's first gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, this past weekend.
In a powerful endorsement, outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach believes Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry — the first African and woman to lead the Olympic movement — will surpass continental expectations in her historic role.
In a groundbreaking moment for African sport, Zimbabwe's Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has shattered multiple barriers by becoming the International Olympic Committee's first woman president.
Remi Lindholm, an Olympic skier, reveals the excruciating pain of suffering from a frozen penis during competitions.
Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, says that he has "no doubt in his mind" that South Africa will host the 2036 Olympic Games.
Coco Gauff added that 34 degrees Celsius temperatures during her match on Sunday against Belinda Bencic did not bother her.
Experts say the ongoing disaster in Los Angeles has underscored the challenges of staging the world's largest sporting event in a region increasingly under threat of wildfires.
After a year characterised by Olympic celebrations, political upheavals, and humanitarian crises, the world greeted the new year with fireworks lighting the skies.
As 2024 rolls to a close, there have been some incredible sporting moments this year but one stood out from the rest even though it did not happen in a sports arena.
The ceremony also recognised the excellence demonstrated by top athletes as well as the organizational effort by the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee to prepare Team South Africa for the Games.
Taiwan sports chiefs said Wednesday that Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting had pulled out of a competition in Britain after her gender eligibility was questioned but organisers countered that she was not entered in the event.
South African actress, producer and celebrity Tarina Patel shares her Olympic Games in Paris with IOL.
A fan who had managed to get close to champion swimmer Smith offered the Olympic gold medallist, R 100, while stating that she wished she could give her more.
Tatjana Smith was Team South Africa’s top achiever for team South Africa at the person Olympics with the gold and silver medal in the 100 metre and 200 metre breastrokes respectively.
South Africa's athletes brought home six medals from the Paris Olympics 2024, earning a pretty penny for their achievements.
Following the news that one of South Africa's most successful Olympians, Tatjana Smith, has retired from professional swimming, South Africans have flooded social media with heartfelt tributes to the swimming icon
A Zimbabwe official said the Team Zimbabwe delegation that headed to Paris for the Olympic Games is made up of just 17 people.
Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez makes headlines with her groundbreaking performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, competing while seven months pregnant.
Lance looked over and thought, 'Oh, God. I know what this means'. Robbie was like, 'Papa, I want to see you dive in the Olympics'. And that was that. ’
In 2020 then Minister of Sports Nathi Mthethwa chastised Swimming South Africa and Hockey South Africa for failing to meet self set transformation targets
South Africans were unimpressed by the South African team’s opening ceremony outfits.
Lady Gaga sang 'Mon Truc En Plumes' on a set of stairs along the Seine River in Paris.
Pharrell’s Paris party at the Louis Vuitton headquarters was stormed by two supporters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who waved signs urging him to stop using animal skins in his designs for the company.
Skateboarding will only be making its second appearance in Paris after the sport made its first official showing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and it is among five little-known codes.