Botswana Boosts Chess Champs
Botswana has announced that it will send a team of six players, including its Women Grand Master, to compete in the SA Women’s Open Chess Championship, taking place at Cresta Shopping Centre over the holiday weekend, April 26-29.
SAA Fed Cup Team Announced
The CEO of the South African Tennis Association, Ian Smith, announced the South African Airways Fed Cup team to participate in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II being played in Mauritius from 16 – 21 April 2007.
Women’s Chess Gets A Boost
Some of South Africa’s top female chess players will be in action later this month when the Gauteng Junior Chess Association hosts the South African Ladies Open Chess Tournament at the Cresta Shopping Centre from 26 – 29 April.
Simpson vs Josephs
It is not only the fast growing Yellow Pages Ultimate Athletics that will be showcased on the track of Coetzenburg in Stellenbosch on Friday 2 March, but the South African Multi Events Championships take place on both the Friday and Saturday with athletes from all over Africa competing.
Poor Refereeing Costs Banyana
With further concern about unfair refereeing to SA’s detriment, Banyana Banyana return from Angola having lost the first leg of their home-and away qualification process for participation in Algeria’s All Africa Games with everything to play for on the 4 February, in Pretoria.
New-Look Banyana for Angola
A new-look Banyana Banyana departs South Africa this afternoon for the first leg of a home-and-away series against Angola, after the coach wielded the axe to free his team of underperforming strikers.
Badminton Success in Morocco
South African Badminton boasted its continental superiority in Algiers, Morocco during the past week, when its team topped the competing nations’ leader board with eight medals, including the coveted team gold.
Oleh SA!
Banyana Banyana meet tournament hosts and cup holders the Nigerian Super Falcons in their final Group A clash in Oleh this evening, with both teams having qualified for the fifth African Women’s Championship semi-finals with a maximum 6 points.
Banyana Face Equatorial Guinea
South Africa’s National Women’s Soccer team will again board the bus for the 90 minute drive to the bumpy and grassy pitch in Oleh, Nigeria today, to take on Equatorial Guinea in their second match in the 5th African Women’s Championship.
Banyana Start WIth 4-0 Win
Banyana Banyana have kick-started their African Women’s Championship campaign with a confidence-boosting 4-0 win over Algeria.
Madiba Blessing for Banyana
The South African National Women’s Soccer Squad, Banyana Banyana leave for Nigeria from the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg at 3:30pm this afternoon, and their flight will be all the more significant for having just met former South African President, Nelson Mandela.
Banyana Banyana Building Up
Banyana Banyana, the national women’s soccer team is progressing well in their efforts to prepare for the African Women’s Championships, according to Fran Hilton-Smith, coach extraordinaire.