Basetsana Leave for Rare Germany Tour
The Basetsana team smile for the camera with the national women’s coaching team of Anna Monate, Augustine Makalakalane and Fran Hilton Smith, prior to their historic departure for Germany. Basetsana, the women’s U20 South African soccer team has been in camp at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria since Thursday, ahead of their historical week-long […]
Entries Open for Tshwane Matha
Entries for the 2008 Nedbank Matha Series in Tshwane, Gauteng, are now open, with the Half Marathon (21.1km) and fun run (5km) taking place at the High Performance Centre at the University of Pretoria on Saturday, 19 January 2008.
Squad Gathers for WC Qualifiers
Cricket South Africa have called up an 18-woman squad to the High Performance Centre for a camp starting on Friday evening, in advance of selecting a 14-woman squad for the World Cup qualifiers in Pakistan in November.
Play Sport: For Health
Sport has a major impact on communities, and can be the key difference in creating a healthy and sustainable community life, as pointed out in the 2002 Ministerial Task Team on Sport (A High Performance Sports System for SA).
2007 October Woman: Fran Hilton-Smith
Anyone who knows anything about women’s soccer in South Africa, knows Fran Hilton-Smith. She has held so many positions in the 22 years she’s been involved with soccer, it’s difficult to give her just one title, but for now she is team manager of the national women’s soccer team, and she takes care of the U20 and U17 teams, too.
World Champs Preparations Boost
The SPAR South Africa netball team’s preparations for the forthcoming Netball World Championships to be played in Auckland, New Zealand, were given a boost on Thursday when the Botswana Netball Association accepted the invitation by Netball South Africa to train with the Proteas before the teams’ departure for New Zealand.
SA Prep for World Champs
Protea players, Precious Mthembu of Ethekwini and Boland’s Christine Markgraaf during practice at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria. The two will feature for the South African National Netball team against Uganda in the upcoming SPAR Challenge. Picture: Reg Caldecott The SPAR National netball team has completed a successful camp at the High Performance Centre […]
5 Mins with Springbok Captain, Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe
gsport caught up with Springbok Women’s Rugby captain, Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe, for a quick chat, and asked her about the state of women’s rugby, one year after South Africa’s first ever appearance in the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup.
Crunch Match for Banyana
Banyana Banyana face Ghana in a third round Olympic Qualifier at Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria later today, needing a win to get their first qualifying campaign alive.
World Champs Squad Announced
Netball South Africa (NSA) has announced the SPAR National Netball Squad that will represent the country at the New World Netball World Championships to be played in Auckland, New Zealand from 10 – 17 November 2007.
Banyana In All Africa Action Tonight
The African version of the Olympic Games is an important part of the calendar for many sport fanatics Africans, and apart from being good preparations for our athletes, the All Africa Games stirs all of us, even those who are not as enthusiastic, into sincere support for the team and their efforts.
Portia and Lena Bolster Banyana
With three days to go before the second and final leg of the home-and-away 2008 Olympic Qualifier against Zimbabwe, scheduled for the highly partisan Rufaro Stadium in Mbare, Harare against Zimbabwe, the South African national women’s team has the luxury of international talent back in the squad.