Thembi Kgatlana struck again as Sasol Banyana Banyana beat Burkina Faso 1-0 to reach the WAFCON 2026 quarter-finals, where hosts Morocco await in Rabat with a 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup place on the line.

Faye Tunnicliffe struck 116 from 95 balls, rescuing her side from 36/5 to guide the SA Emerging Women to a 38-run victory over Bangladesh Emerging Women at the Pietermaritzburg Oval and a 2-0 series triumph.

The curtain has fallen on Glasgow 2026, with Jo-Ané du Plessis' courageous javelin sixth three months after surgery, Skye Knoester's four-fight debut and eleven medals from South Africa's women lighting up a 28-medal Games for Team SA!

Alexandra Candler struck 85 off 107 balls and Luyanda Nzuza and Miané Smit each claimed three wickets as the SA Emerging Women beat Bangladesh Emerging Women by 65 runs at the Chatsworth Oval in Durban to move 1-0 up in the three-match series.

Glenrose Xaba broke the course record to win the Spar Women's Challenge Tshwane in 32:28 and claim her first victory of the 2026 Spar Grand Prix series in front of a sold out field of 18 000 women at SuperSport Park on Saturday.

Donné Breytenbach's 33-second ippon sealed South Africa's first judo medal of the Games, while Elmere van der Berg shot 48 from 49 as the netballers beat Uganda 62-54 to claim fifth and settle an African rivalry in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday.

Goals from Thembi Kgatlana and Hildah Magaia completed a stirring comeback from two down against Côte d'Ivoire to keep South Africa's WAFCON 2026 dream alive ahead of Tuesday's decider with Burkina Faso.

Tayla Kavanagh crowned her Commonwealth Games debut with a 14:58.49 personal best in the 5000m final, on a day when England's fightback ended the netballers' semi-final dream and Marione Fourie missed hurdles bronze by six hundredths.

Kaylene Corbett went one better than Birmingham with 200m breaststroke silver, and the women's medley relay grabbed African record bronze on swimming's final night, now everything rides on Thursday's netball shootout with England for a semi-final place!

Lara van Niekerk defended her 50m breaststroke title for Team SA's first women's gold of the Games, with Aimee Canny's national record silver, Danika Vyncke's African record silver and a 78-30 netball rout of Northern Ireland crowning an unforgettable Tuesday.