From the weird to the wonderful and everything inbetween. Here are some of the best stories from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
We might need to change the title to “Nine Olympic and Paralympic moments of magic, plus a little bit of magic from Gary Player”.
This might be the only good thing about the Springboks of 2016.
As Mamelodi Sundowns are promised a wheelbarrow full of Rand, sports minister Fikile Mbalula has still to back up his grand display of public generosity with the cash for Olympic star.
Celebrities and athletes took to Instagram to share some behind the scenes footage post-Olympics. Check it out!
This is an amazing, empowering advert.
From the sublime to the ridiculous, we take a look at a crazy collection of sports that must return to the Olympic programme.
The Olympics are done and dusted and Team South Africa arrived home to a heroes’ welcome on Tuesday. In case you were under a rock for the last two weeks, these are the athletes who did us proud.
“Ryan Lochte is the Michael Phelps of accidentally getting his friends detained in foreign countries.”
#LochteGate’s glaring white privilege broken down into Tweets.
Wayde van Niekerk went to the same school as Bram Fischer, the leader of the Rivonia legal team which saved Nelson Mandela and his colleagues from the death sentence in 1964.
Olympic runners Usain Bolt and Wayde van Niekerk have nearly reached humankind’s maximum running speed.
Hiroki Ogita failed to make it to the final round because his junk got in the way.
Proudly South African doesn’t even begin to describe it…
The greatest 400m run of all time!
The 2016 Olympics are well on its way, Twitter’s been on fire. Check it out:
Can’t we just call it naked diving instead?
There’re two giants currently on display in Rio de Janeiro… and they look amazing.
Allister Coetzee will continue to change South Africa’s style with increasing opportunities for young players – as well as those in the Sevens squad heading to the Rio Olympics.
Over the last few months, three of South Africa’s top golfers have given the Olympics the red card.
Director of ‘Unbelievable: The Chad le Clos Story’, Sir Matthew Pinsent reflects on his time spent with Chad and the le Clos family, and why South Africa is not the superpower it should be.
SASCOC announced an additional 113 athletes to the Team South Africa squad that will carry the nation’s flag at the 2016 Olympic Games to be held from August 5-21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
With the Rio Olympics only a few weeks away, I thought I would reflect back on one of the favourite sporting memories of my life.