Team South Africa at the opening of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics

Paralympic gold for Natalie

South African swimmer Natalie du Toit made history on Saturday when she became the first person to carry a country's flag at the opening ceremony of both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games.

Bafana fail to break Nigeria bogey

South Africa needed to beat Nigeria in Port Elizabeth on Saturday to retain any hope of qualifying for the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. Bafana Bafana had never beaten the Super Eagles, and that record remained intact as the visitors scored a somewhat fortunate 1-0 victory.

SANParks goes 'wild about soccer'

South African National Parks has teamed up with the Dreamfields Project to merge the seemingly unlikely worlds of conservation and soccer in its Wild about Soccer tournament, enabling children from communities around the Kruger National Park to compete in a schools' soccer tournament and learn about conservation at the same time.

Minnaar poised to win MTB World Cup

South African mountain bike downhill ace Greg Minnaar is poised to lift the World Cup title after winning the Mountain Bike World Cup in Canberra at the weekend. Minnaar took the victory over Australia's Nathan Rennie with a stunning last run.

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