Nicknamed the 'Snowbok', South African cross-country skier Matt Smith is set to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite ...

Special Olympics South Africa (SOSA) proudly celebrates the outstanding achievements of its national team at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Team South Africa has ...

Naledi Hlalele was one of six athletes who represented South Africa at the international winter games earlier in March Naledi Hlalele from Johannesburg glided to victory with a gold medal at the ...

Cameron van der Burgh has gone from an Olympic-winning swimmer to a hedge ... the world record in both distances. However, the South African team would win the bronze in the 4 by 100m relay ...

The success of the Special Olympics team underscores the urgent call for South Africans to foster an inclusive society that will embrace sports as a vehicle to drive societal change.” ...

The six athletes that represented South Africa in Italy each brought home a medal – one gold, three silver and two bronze. Team SA's skating team returned home from the Special Olympics World ...

A mini-Olympics ... to readmit South Africa. Banned in 1963 for its Apartheid policies—in sport as in everything else—South Africa has now promised to field a fully integrated team of black ...

The event will take place at Olympic House, the headquarters of the South African Sports Confederation ... admiration for the Olympians. "From one team that believes in togetherness to another ...

She says South Africa excelled in winter sports like figure skating and short track speed skating. Further highlighting the athletes' resilience, Smith says ""The biggest challenge is what our ...

The Special Olympics ... The team will compete in figure skating and short-track speed skating, aiming to replicate the incredible achievements of the 2017 South African National Team, which ...