Disabled Sports South Africa

Wolfaardt conquers Africa

Twenty-six year old Erhardt Wolfaardt on Saturday added the ATU Africa Triathlon Title in Durban to the South African title he won in Germiston in March.

Oscar falls short in Oslo

Oscar Pistorius’s bid to qualify for next month’s IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Berlin hit another hurdle in Norway Friday.

Clark’s squad take aim at Accra

Fresh from their Four Nations success in Russia last week, the South African men’s squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament has been released.

Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman are into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after a gutsy four-hour battle. South African Moodie and his big Belgian partner Norman beat the Romanian combination of Andrei Pavel and Horia Tecau 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-7 14-12.

Wesley seals semi berth

Wesley Moodie kept the South African flag flying but it took another four-hour epic at Wimbledon yesterday. Moodie and Belgian veteran Dick Norman are now through to the semi-finals with their 7-6 (9) 4-6 7-6 (7) 5-7 6-4 win against the fourth-seeded pairing of Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Mark Knowles (Bahamas).

Moodie motors into quarters

Oscar out to improve

Beijing Olympian Oscar Pistorius is taking longer than expected to find his best form after his February boating accident.

Moodie moving through

In-form South African doubles player Wesley Moodie has moved smoothly into the third round at Wimbledon.

Nhlapo making good recovery

Champion BMX rider Sifiso Nhlapo is on the mend - and quickly too. After his horror crash on Monday and an intricate operation on his neck, the South African Beijing Olympic finalist was already up and walking Thursday. Nhlapo crashed while training in Norway and broke two verterbrae.

Schoeman joins suit protest

Roland Schoeman has joined the chorus of those railing against governing body Fina’s decision to allow the controversial swimsuit Jaked01 at the World Championships by going on Facebook to mobilise swimmers around the globe to have their voices heard.

Medals back at last

Ten Years After was the name of a prominent British rock band in the 1960s. It’s also the time frame that has finally seen four South African athletes seeing justice being done at last.

Mokoena’s African record

Beijing silver medallist Khotso Mokoena soared to a new African long jump record of 8.50 metres at Saturday’s 28th Madrid track and field meeting in Spain. And he had great back-up from middle distance runners Johan Cronje and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi who won the 1,500 and 800m events respectively.

Moodie meets his match

Ninth-seeded Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman’s great run came to an end in the doubles semi-finals of Wimbledon on Thursday.

Eksteen aims for excellence

Claude Eksteen is back from Switzerland to compete in Saturday’s ATU Africa Triathlon Championships in Durban. Despite the late hour and the long travel behind him, the South African was in good spirits. “It is only a short visit; I fly back to Davos on Monday, but it is important that I compete at the Africa Triathlon Championships.”

Treu honour for SA sport

Paul Treu, who takes his world champion South African Sevens rugby team to the World Games in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan next month, was named most media friendly personality at an awards evening in Johannesburg, Monday.

SA rampant in Russia

South African men’s hockey team return from Russia with a smile as wide as the Steppes after finishing the Four Nations tournament unbeaten and thrashing Canada 8-1 in the final. Seven goals in the first half saw the match sewn up at half-time and the young Canadian team were down and out as the South Africans celebrated their first tournament victory since 2007.

Meshoe is latest qualifier

Tshegofatso Meshoe has become the 14th South African to qualify for August’s World Track and Field Championships in Berlin after clocking a personal best 200m time of 20.47sec in Switzerland at the weekend.

Bolt showing ominous form

Jamaican sprint blitz Usain Bolt charged to the world’s fastest wind-legal 100-metre time of the year at the Jamaican Athletics Championships at the weekend.

Hank, Shaun head south

Only mad dogs and South Africa’s top marathon kayakers would venture outside in the winter conditions currently hitting the Cape coast. But on the Keurbooms River outside Plettenberg Bay is where you’ll find the current crop of paddling stars, a line-up unparalleled in South African history, and there will be an impressive four World Senior Marathon Champions racing his weekend.

Samson’s fourth win

Already Berlin-bound for the IAAF World Track and Field Championships next month, Samson Ngoepe was again on the winning trail Wednesday.

Skizo’s down but not out

Ace BMX racer Sifiso Nhlapo will miss his August ‘home’ leg of the UCI World Cup in Pietermaritzburg after his horror crash in Norway on Monday. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the operation to his injured neck looks to have been a success and doctors are optimistic of a full recovery and he’s expected to at least be in Pietermaritzburg to support the world’s Elite riders.