Retief Storms to Six Podium Places
Lize-Mari Retief got off to a flying start in the all-new Samsung Grand Prix swimming series, held at the Delville pool in Germiston on Saturday when, with the Olympic swimming trials barely six weeks away, the Tuks swimmer showed endurance to win three of six events entered, and placing second in the other three.
SA Line Canada Up in Olympic Quest
South Africa’s Lesle-Ann George launches an attack against the USA during the Argentina 4 Nations Cup in Mendoza, Argentina, during January. South Africa narrowly lost the match 0-1. Picture: Matias Noe Correa Arce (MNCA Photographe) There are less than six months before the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing in August, and the SPAR […]
Speedy Favoured for SA MTB Cup
Yolande Speedy is a hot favourite for the SA MTB Cup With Olympic Games hype beginning to build, Yolande Speedy will be aiming to keep her name on top of the Beijing 2008 short-list, when she tackles Round 2 of the Mazda MTN Mountain Bike Cup, in Pretoria on Saturday.
February 2008 gSTAR: Geraldine Pillay
After putting in nearly four years of hard work and training, Geraldine Pillay is feeling upbeat about her chances of bringing back gold from the Beijing Olympics. For as long as she can remember Geraldine Pillay has always loved athletics. In fact when she was in Grade 1 she took up sprinting and […]
Yolande Speeds to 1st MTB Title
Yolande Speedy on her way to winning the first round of the South African Mountain Bike National Cross Country Championships, at Jonkershoek in Stellenbosch, on Saturday 19 January 2008. Picture: Gary Perkin Yolande Speedy (IMC Racing) confirmed her status among the country’s leading female cross-country racers, after winning the Elite women’s race in the first […]
Vicky Scott’s 2008 Olympics Hopes
Vicky Scott is doing her best to qualify as an Individual Eventer in the 2008 Olympic equestrian events. Nineteen-year old Vicky Scott is one of South Africa’s foremost young horse-riding event riders, and is pursuing her dream of competing in the 2008 Olympics, in Beijing.
Kass Blog
gsport Editor Kass Naidoo pictured with the National Women’s Cricket team, after visiting the team at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria to share tips on how to deal with the media. 2008 is finally upon us… Happy New Year to you and your loved ones! My hope is that this New Year brings you […]
Crucial Olympic Qualifier for Banyana
There will be no love lost when South Africa’s national women’s soccer team Banyana Banyana face the Black Queens of Ghana in a crucial encounter in Accra later today as they look to put themselves back in contention for a place at next year’s Beijing Olympics.
Two Tours for Olympic Warm-Ups
Next year is an Olympic year, and the SPAR South African hockey team have moved into preparation gear with international matches lined up from early in 2008.
5 Mins with Carol Joyce
Carol Joyce has always been a water baby and very competitive, too. So, its no wonder she’s found success in a sport like sprint canoeing. Carol is part of the SA Women’s K4 team, also including Michele Eray, Nikki Mocke and Jen Hodson, that has qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Hockeyroos Bound for South Africa
The SPAR South African women’s team easily qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing next year, winning the African qualifying tournament in Nairobi without breaking into a sweat.
Referee Robs Banyana
Banyana Banyana face an uphill battle to qualify for next year’s Olympics after losing 1-nil to Ghana in a third round Olympic qualifier at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria yesterday.