Figueiredo, Petrov named as winners of IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards 2024
Diving coach Jane Figueiredo (Zimbabwe/Portugal) and pole vault coach Vitaliy Petrov (Ukraine) have been announced as the winners of this...
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IOC Media
6 days ago
LA28 enters new phase - from strategy to action as global anticipation builds
Preparations and excitement for the Olympic and Paralympic Games LA28 have progressed significantly in recent months, driven by the...
IOC Media
Nov 14
Sport unites all 193 Member States at the UN General Assembly
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has highlighted the role of sport for sustainable development by passing a resolution entitled...
Team SA
Nov 3
Coetzee signs off with more success in Singapore
The 2024 Swimming World Cup series came to a conclusion in Singapore on Saturday, completing the three legs that had previously stopped...
Team SA
Oct 31
Bester heads star-studded surfski field
A strong field – headlined by three recently crowned World Champions – will line-up to compete for the women’s title at the Biogen Pete...
IOC Media
Sep 25
IOC announces winners of Climate Action Awards 2024
Olympic rower Imogen Grant from Great Britain, Olympic beach volleyball player Lina Taylor from Bulgaria, Swiss Olympic and the...
Team SA
Sep 8
A world record secures Mhlongo a bronze
Mpumelelo Mhlongo calls himself “blessed” but rarely has someone deserved things to go his way as they did for the 30-year-old at the...
Team SA
Sep 6
How Team SA fared on Thursday
The sunshine disappeared in Paris and rain clouds descended over the French capital but nothing could dampen Team SA’s spirits on...
Team SA
Sep 5
How Ferreira is overcoming life’s challenges
Alani Ferreira had her fingernails painted yellow before arriving at her third Paralympics. “It’s my favourite colour,” she says, as she...
Team SA
Sep 4
How Team SA fared on Tuesday
There were two African records in the pool but no medals for Team SA on Tuesday at the 2024 Paralympics. They remain on two medals...
Team SA
Sep 3
Weir gives it everything in Paralympic debut
Kirsty Weir emphatically proved that it’s not how you start but how you finish when she cut through the field to place eighth in the...
Team SA
Sep 1
How Team SA fared on Saturday
Star wheelchair tennis player Kgothatso “KG” Montjane withdrew from all competition at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Montjane was...
Team SA
Aug 31
Rain doesn’t damper Team SA's enthusiasm
It was a frustrating Friday for Team SA’s tennis contingent at the 2024 Paralympics, with rain causing continuous disruptions to the...
Team SA
Aug 31
Team SA in action on Saturday
There is a chance of Team SA’s first medal at the 2024 Paralympics on Saturday, both at the athletics at Stade de France and in the...
Team SA
Aug 31
How Team SA fared on Friday
The rain clouds descended on Paris on Friday, which caused a reshuffle with some sports on day two of the Paralympics. The wheelchair...
Team SA
Aug 30
How Team SA fared in Paris on Thursday
Para-archer Shaun Anderson ( pictured ), in his own third Paralympics, opened Team SA’s campaign in Paris on Thursday and qualified for...
Team SA
Aug 30
Team SA in action on Friday
There are four sports in action involving Team SA competitors on day two of the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Athletics starts, with bronze...
Team SA
Aug 29
Get to know your Team SA Paralympic classifications
Team SA have representatives across nine different sporting codes at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. For reference when it comes to...
Team SA
Aug 29
I’m the luckiest Paralympian in the world – Weir
The makeshift workshop and interview room is actually a space at the end of a corridor in the Paralympic village. Rohan Kennedy is...
Team SA
Aug 29
Mhlongo, Swanepoel open show for South Africa
Let the Games begin! The 2024 Paris Paralympics were officially declared open on Wednesday night. The opening ceremony was focused on the...
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