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Shaun Maswanganyi won the silver medal with the 4x100m team and as he is still living off the high of his achievement, he has also been working hard to find the balance between the track and education.
Bayanda Walaza is emerging as South Africa's next sprint star, potentially succeeding Akani Simbine, following his record-breaking performances and World Athletics Under-20 victories.
After a successful Tour of Malaysia, South Africa's women's hockey team looks to build on their achievements as they prepare for future competitions.
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With his studies sorted, Bayanda Walaza can now concentrate on what lies ahead on the track as he tries to build on the SA 4x100m relay Paris Olympic silver medal.
SA sprinter Bayanda Walaza’s decision to study at TUT was met with criticism on social media, but going overseas is not necessarily the right path for every athlete, writes Ashfak Mohamed.
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Sihle Ntuli, the newly appointed coach of South Africa’s men’s national hockey team, outlines his ambitious plans to elevate the team to medal contenders ahead of key tournaments, including the Nations Cup and Africa Cup of Nations
Pairs Olympics silver medalist Bayanda Walaza who will celebrate his 19th birthday next month, will be studying Supply Chain Management at the Tshwane University of Technology.
More than 2 200 professional sports photographers from over 96 countries around the world submitted more than 13 000 images to World Sports Pictures Awards.
The performances of Team SA at the Paris Olympics in 2024 gives fans optimism about the future of SA athletics writes IOL Sport's Michael Sherman.
This year has been full of surprises, laughter and conflict. Independent on Saturday covered a range of stories. Here are some of those that made headlines.
Tholiwe Walaza later revealed in an interview with IOL Sport that her son Bayanda had to overcome his father’s tragic death by gunshot at the age of 10.
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.
While Team South Africa’s athletics squad only claimed two medals at the Paris Olympics, there was a lot to cheer about for Mzansi.
South African sports minister Gayton McKenzie says he has written to FIFA following the arrest on fraud charges of SAFA president Danny Jordaan.
The Blitzboks have travelled to their favourite tournament on the circuit without captain and playmaker-in-chief Selvyn Davids because of injury.
Noah Lyles won one of the closest Olympic finals in history to take gold in Paris in August by five thousandths of a second from Kishane Thompson of Jamaica.
Paris Olympic silver medallist Bradley Nkoana is currently enjoying some time off since the athletics season ended, and is basking in the glory of his breakthrough year.
Mpumelelo Mhlongo first claimed gold in the men’s T44 100m before adding the bronze in the Men’s T64 200m.
Before he began his pre-written speech Minister of Sport Gayton McKenzie wanted to address his departments expenditure at the Paris Olympics in which over R800,000 was spent.
Though Gayton McKenzie made no mention of what the trip cost, or disputed the figure quoted in the report, he went to considerable lengths to explain the work he did in Paris.
The boys Under-17 4x100m relay team of Matodzi Ndou, Inam Dlunge, Adam Motloung and Zattu Hlongwane coached by Thabo Matebedi, won their NWU top-30 meeting in incredible fashion in Potchefstroom on Saturday.
Four-times Olympic medallist Chad le Clos treated swimmers from Wentworth's Olive Tree Swimming Club to an exclusive training clinic at the Kings Park Pool, at the weekend.
Japanese auto giant Toyota is to end their top-tier Olympics sponsorship, its chairman has said, citing the sporting showpiece's increasingly political influence that puts athletes on the back burner.