Disabled Sports South Africa

Sunette launches African record in Prague

Sunette Viljoen soared into a whole new stratosphere of javelin throwing in Prague on Monday night, breaking her own African record in the process.

Sifiso’s surprise SA visit

Beijing 2008 Olympics BMX finalist Sifiso Nhlapo is finding form as the World Championships in Pietermaritzburg at the end of July edge ever closer.

Hank, Grant team up for win

The final day’s racing at the Hansa SA Canoe Marathon Championships saw four seasons in one day — sunny one minute, with howling wind and rain the next, and then back to beautiful sunshine.

Rene Kalmer’s run of form seamlessly crossed continents at the weekend with another great return. Kalmer, already qualified in the 1500-metres for the Commonwealth Games in India later this year made the switch from track to road with little fuss after a period of campaigning on the European circuit.

Chanelle’s fantastic French run continues

Our top ranked women’s tennis player Chanelle Scheepers is the first South African woman to reach the fourth round of the French Open for 13 years after soaring past powerful Uzkbekistan player Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3 6-3 on Friday.

Brand, Kate hot favourites

National duathlon champion Brand Du Plessis and Africa Triathlon Champion, Kate Roberts, go into Sunday’s Africa and South African Duathlon Championships in Bloemfontein, as favourites.

Big incentive for Scheepers

Chanelle Scheepers, the South African qualifier who has carved her way through the French Open women’s singles draw like a hot knife through butter, stands on the brink of a fourth round encounter with the formidable Russian Elena Dementieva.

Swanepoel sees off No1 seed

Bianca Swanepoel provided the first upset of the SATA International Futures tournament in Durban on Thursday.

Hunter has some work to do for teammate

Robbie Hunter may be some way back in the broader scheme of things but he’s still going to have his work cut out in the Amgen Tour of California being ridden in the United States.

Hunter fourth after stage one

South Africa’s Robbie Hunter has placed fourth after the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California cycle race in the United States.

Bonnet is new SA coach

Vastly experienced Giles Bonnet was named as the new South African women’s hockey coach on Monday.

More Mare Nostrum medals

There were more medals for our swimmers in Canet, France on Sunday with Wendy Trott and Roland Schoeman hitting paydirt.

SA trio take gold in Turkey

Bullseye! The South African Archery team took gold medal in the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey at the weekend first making the cut-off of 32 countries, and shooting it out to the gold medal match against the USA.

Mulaudzi gets gold in NY

World 800-metre champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Commonwealth 400m hurdles champion LJ Van Zyl and middle distance ace Peter van der Westhuizen all had mixed fortunes at Sunday’s adidas Grand Prix meeting in New York.

Hartley into Szeged final

Our top paddlers had a mixed bag of results on the first day of the second 2010 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Cup in Szeged, Hungary on Friday

Sprinters’ Hungary medal hunt

Three weeks after a promising opening weekend of international racing, the South African Sprint Kayak Squad is ready to lay siege to another European city at the second 2010 International Canoe Federation Sprint World Cup this weekend

New boxing project bears fruit

South Africa’s search for Olympic champions in London, 2012 and beyond has reached the next round and more than 100 amateur boxers have completed basic military training at the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) infantry school in Oudtshoorn.