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One of just five South African athletes to compete at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, cross-country skier Matthew Smith's Olympic journey has been anything but typical.
With no official South African media rights holder for the Winter Olympics, sports fans have been left to find alternative (illegal) viewing options.
South Africa is making history with its largest‑ever Winter Olympics team at Milano Cortina 2026. Seventeen‑year‑old Thomas Weir is one of two teens in the squa
Fourteen athletes from eight African nations are set to compete at the Winter Olympics, marking a significant increase from Beijing 2022.
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With the nation competing at the Winter Olympics for the eighth time, the team includes five athletes, which is the largest SA squad to compete at the quadrennial Games. They will participate in four disciplines across various sports.
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Olympics-Crosscountry-South African latecomer Smith hopes to inspire others to take up his sport
By Tommy Lund and Liz Hampton TESERO, Italy, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Three years ago, Matt Smith had never strapped on a pair of cross-country skis. On Friday, the South African lined up alongside the world’s best at the Winter Olympics,
Athletes from around the world are in the Italian Alps for the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday - including 13 sportspeople from eight African countries. Though the continent isn't associated with winter sports,
Joan Harrison, who won the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Olympics for South Africa, has died on May 20 at age 89. Harrison, who went by her married name Joan Breetzke late in life, was born in East London, South Africa. She came from an ...