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Flags at half‐mast as Durban remembers giants

The prestigious Mount Edgecombe Estate, home to one of South Africa’s iconic golf courses, honoured long-standing resident, former club captain and high‐handicap golfer Kiruban…

General View inside the stadium ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing National Stadium on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Annice Lyn/Getty Images)

China’s Olympic battle for legitimacy: The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games

Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms — to heal the scars of Western colonialism and civil war

Burned out: A perfomer stands next to the Olympic flame during the flame handover ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, on March 19 in Athens. (Aris Messinis/AFP)

Olympics halt good for everyone

They took time, but the International Olympic Committee have finally done the responsible thing and postponed Tokyo 2020

Jordy Smith competes in the repechage heats of the World Surfing Games at Kisakihama Beach in Miyazaki, Japan. ( Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

Jordy Smith: South Africa’s surfing Olympic gold medal hope

The little-known South African surfer who’s been a world beater since the age of 14

Taking precautions: Chinese citizens wear masks to defend against the coronavirus, which was discovered in Wuhan last year. Olympic qualifiers are being moved to Nanjing. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

China moves Olympic qualifiers from the coronavirus epicentre

Boxing and women’s football qualifying for the 2020 Olympics will be moved from the Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the…

The Olympics are an international gathering – politics and protest can’t be divided from that

Banning protests at the Olympics ignores the games’ history

It is the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee was quickly out of the blocks with new guidelines regarding athlete protests. The IOC is worried the…

Belgian Femke Van den Driessche became the first cyclist to be charged with “mechanical doping” after one of her back-up bicycles was found to contain a motor.(Getty Images)

The most bizarre cheats in sporting history

Doping bridge players? Cyclist gangs? Some competitors will go to any lengths to win

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IOC weighs boxing Olympic KO

The IOC has been losing patience with boxing since a judging scandal at the Rio Games in 2016

Switzerland’s Carla Somaini was among the many competitors who fell in the slopestyle snowboarding at the Olympics on Monday

Angry snowboarders hit out at ‘dangerous’ Olympic final

None of the snowboarders suffered major injury, but the IOC and International Ski Federation faced questions as to why the final was not shelved.

Game on: Organisers of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea are upbeat despite tensions elsewhere

Winter Games not on ice just yet

US and North Korea and a Russian doping ban haven’t dampened spirits or ticket sales

​The tribe has spoken: Will Survivor Rio be titillating enough for us to tune in?

The Summer Games could easily turn into a yawn fest, but some of us are licking our chops at the prospect of behind-the-scenes drama.

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Olympic committee fuming over Argentinian Falklands ad

Britain and the International Olympic Committee have come out in condemnation of an Argentinian advert showing an athlete training in the Falklands.

Afghan woman fights out of the box

Afghan woman fights out of the box

Sadaf Rahimi has gone against tradition and is the only female member of Afghanistan’s national Olympic team. She is a boxer.

Former Fifa official spills the beans on TV rights trade

Sepp Blatter untouched in IOC ethics probe

The International Olympic Committee has no plans to investigate Fifa head Sepp Blatter following the resignation of his predecessor Joao Havelange.

Fifa opens bidding on World Cup TV rights

‘Fifa’s not transparent on corruption’

Longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says Fifa is not being transparent about the extent of corruption within the organisation.

SA files preliminary papers for 2020 Olympics

South Africa and the United States are among at least five countries that filed initial paperwork required ahead of any potential 2020 Olympic bids.

London marks 366 days to 2012 Olympics

London marks 366 days to 2012 Olympics

London celebrated the one-year countdown to the Summer Games with the first dive into the new Olympic pool and a presentation of the medals.

Let’s share the 2018 Olympics, says North Korea

A senior North Korean sports official has been quoted saying North Korea would like to share some events in the 2018 Winter Olympics with South Korea.

Send in your women, says Olympic committee

The International Olympic Committee hopes the countries that have never sent female athletes to the Olympics, will do so at the 2012 London Olympics.

Small nations can host the Olympics too

Developing countries across the world have been urged to take heart from Pyeongchang’s winning bid to be the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.