The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed the next steps for selecting the host of the 2036 Olympic Games by publishing a handbook for potential hosts who wish to be considered to organise this edition of the Olympic Games. The handbook sets out the full pathway towards the host election and the requirements for Interested Parties to be considered in order to pass through each stage of the selection process. The principles of the process were approved by the IOC

With 30 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Fourth Summer Youth Olympics, the South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced the Team SA squad to compete in Dakar, Senegal from 31 October to 13 November. The Youth Olympics are back after an eight-year hiatus due to the knock-on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2018 Games were staged in Buenos Aires but Dakar becomes the first African city to host any Olympics or Paral

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has reported a fourth consecutive clean audit for the financial year ended 31 March 2026, alongside progress in athlete support and the delivery of Team South Africa to five international multi-sport events. The Annual Report and the draft Annual Financial Statements for adoption were presented at the virtual Annual General Meeting attended by the SASCOC Members (National Federations and Provinc

Brazilian Olympic skateboarding star and two-time Olympic medallist Rayssa Leal has been named Global Ambassador for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the first Olympic sporting event to be held on the African continent. One of the most recognisable young athletes in the world, Leal captured global attention as a teenager before winning Olympic silver on her debut at Tokyo 2020 and adding a bronze medal at Paris 2024. Her journey from young skateboarder to Olympic med

The Board of the South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has suspended its President, Barry Hendricks, with immediate effect. This decision has been made in accordance with SASCOC’s governance protocols and ongoing internal review processes. The decision to suspend arises from complaints furnished anonymously to the SASCOC board relating to alleged breaches of the SASCOC safeguarding policy and Codes Handbook. The Board appointed retired

Three-time Olympian and the greatest sprinter South Africa has produced, Akani Simbine, was named Sports Star of the Year at a glittering ceremony at the 19th SA Sports Awards. The 32-year-old was handed the award ahead of finalists Temba Bavuma (cricket) and Malcolm Marx (rugby). The SA Sportsman of the Year award went to swimmer Pieter Coetze, who saw off opposition from golf’s Christiaan Maas and boxing’s Kevin Lerena, while athlete Prudence Sekgodiso was named SA Sportswo

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced the appointment of Olympic rowing champion Sizwe Ndlovu as Chef de Mission for Team South Africa at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. The fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games will take place from 31 October to 13 November 2026. Dakar 2026 will be the first Olympic sports event staged on the African continent, making the occasion especially significant for Team South Afric

Team SA’s successful 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign officially ended at the closing ceremony at The Hydro on Sunday night, where para athletics silver medallist Masala Makatu carried the flag. The 20-year old who won the silver medal in the men’s T12 100 metres, was Team SA’s first medallist in the track and field competition at these Games. In total, Team SA return with 28 medals, one more than at Birmingham 2022, and placed 11th on the overall medals table. In action on S

As he made his way off the track, knowing that he’d won Team SA’s first athletics medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Masala Makatu was caught up in a whirlpool of noise, backslapping and a media scrum as he negotiated his way through the mixed zone and into the safety of his support staff. For the 20-year-old from Limpopo, a product of the Rivoni School For The Blind, it was a slightly bewildering and definitely new, experience. He has had very limited vision in both eyes,

Fittingly, it was the last athlete to compete in the track and field competition who brought an end to Team SA’s campaign at the Scoutscoun Stadium and with it a shiny silver medal. Kyle Rademeyer announced himself on the international stage with a huge performance to secure Team SA’s 28th and likely last, medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Still only 24, the pole vaulter cleared 5.70m in tricky, windy conditions, before being unable to clear 5.80m and leaving t

It wasn’t the medal that he wanted but it was a medal nonetheless and took Team SA’s total to 26 with the prospect of another couple more to come before the curtain drops on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. There’s no way of sugar-coating it, Zakithi Nene had his eyes set on the 400m gold and given the form he had shown leading up to Glasgow he came in this week as the man they all had to beat. That target on his back was well earned – a 43.89 win in Paris at the end o

South Africa’s conveyer belt of sprinting talent has produced another world-class talent. Sinesipho Dambile had been a breakthrough winner on the international stage in a Diamond League meeting in Doha but now he has claimed his first senior major title. In 19.96 seconds, Dambile had recovered from having the slowest reaction time out of the blocks to tiptoeing around the bend, before he glided gracefully down the straight to win the 2026 Commonwealth Games gold medal at Glas

Sinesipho Dambile had arrived at the Commonwealth Games as the fastest entrant in the men’s 200m and before anyone suggests it’s a watered-down event, his time of 19.74 in a Diamond League meeting in June placed him No 4 on the world rankings for 2026. Taking to the track at the Scotstoun Stadium, widely known as the home of URC franchise Glasgow Warriors, with a backdrop of houses and a railway line, Dambile did not disappoint. He ran the perfect bend and turned on the after

There’s a lot of hard luck stories in sport and they reckon that fourth position is the worst place to finish when there are three medals up for grabs. Veteran Team SA weightlifter Johanni Taljaard is the latest to have that sinking feeling, narrowly missing out on a Commonwealth Games bronze in Glasgow on Monday. The 41-year-old, who competed for Team SA at the 2018 Commonwealth Games before going off to start raising a family, had a combined total of 175kg in the 53kg weigh

The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced the two athletes that will lead Team SA at the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games officially get under way in Glasgow on Thursday. Bridget Herselman (lawn bowls) and Shane Williams (3x3 wheelchair basketball) will respectively carry the country’s flag and specially designed baton in what is South Africa’s ninth Commonwealth Games since returning

Aurora Capital SA has announced its sponsorship of Masters athlete Ezna Flattery, supporting her continued participation in competitive road running and her broader efforts to encourage active, healthy living in local communities. Flattery, who has represented South Africa at the Masters level, began her formal Masters athletics journey in 2021 after years of balancing family, work, and personal commitments. She joined Central Gauteng Masters Athletics and initially focused o

On Thursday, Yiech Pur Biel, Chef de Mission, presented the Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at the 146th IOC Session. The first-ever EOR to compete at a YOG will comprise six athletes and have full gender-parity. In the fourth appearance for the EOR – following the Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games – the athletes will compete in athletics, judo and taekwondo. In his address to the IOC Session, Biel said of the newly announce

Endorsing the strategic direction of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) towards 2032, the 146th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, today made the IOC and the Olympic Movement “Fit for the Future”. With their support for the strategy proposed by IOC President Kirsty Coventry, the IOC Members laid the foundation that will allow the IOC and the Olympic Movement to remain strong, relevant and impactful in the years to come. “Our responsibility is to build on the strong

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is inviting everyone to celebrate Olympic Day on 23 June, revealing You Can Do This! Let’s Move as this year’s theme and highlighting over 150 events and opportunities to join in, play sport and get active across the global Olympic Movement. Celebrated annually to mark the founding of the modern Olympic Games in 1894, Olympic Day brings people together through sport and physical activity. This year will be marked across the Olympic Mo

With just over two years to go, the organisation of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games is transitioning from planning to readiness – supported by strong collaboration across all levels of government and growing engagement from millions of fans. Updates presented during this week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission visit outlined key progress across a range of areas shaping the next phase of preparations, including ticket sales, the Cultural Olym