<![CDATA[Sport More Sport Category RSS]]> http://iol.co.za:80/cmlink/1.683 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:11:44 +0200 <![CDATA[Semick withdraws from Comrades]]> http://www.iol.co.za/semick-withdraws-from-comrades-1.1297188

Female athlete Kami Semick has withdrawn from the 89km Comrades Marathon, it was announced in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

]]> 1.1297188 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:11:44 +0200 <![CDATA[SA favour experience for Jamaica series]]> http://www.iol.co.za/sa-favour-experience-for-jamaica-series-1.1295359

Netball South Africa have announced an experienced South African team for a three-Test series in Jamaica next month.

]]> 1.1295359 Sun, 13 May 2012 15:51:13 +0200 <![CDATA[Chimsa, Kiprop win in Prague]]> http://www.iol.co.za/chimsa-kiprop-win-in-prague-1.1295325

Deressa Chimsa of Ethiopia won the Prague International Marathon, while Agnes Kiprop of Kenya dominated the women's race.

]]> 1.1295325 Sun, 13 May 2012 14:12:54 +0200 <![CDATA[Sprint paddler has spirit to stroke ahead]]> http://www.iol.co.za/sprint-paddler-has-spirit-to-stroke-ahead-1.1295102

Local girl Bridgitte Hartley has set her eyes firmly on a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.

]]> 1.1295102 Sat, 12 May 2012 11:32:32 +0200 <![CDATA[R525m plan to unlock sports talent]]> http://www.iol.co.za/r525m-plan-to-unlock-sports-talent-1.1295100

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has unveiled a new plan to help disadvantaged children develop into world-class athletes.

]]> 1.1295100 Sat, 12 May 2012 10:50:27 +0200 <![CDATA[Proteas Netball team set for camp]]> http://www.iol.co.za/proteas-netball-team-set-for-camp-1.1293821

The Spar National Netball team will start preparations for the upcoming tour to Jamaica with a training camp in Pretoria.

]]> 1.1293821 Thu, 10 May 2012 14:17:32 +0200 <![CDATA[Hockey racism must be investigated: Modise]]> http://www.iol.co.za/hockey-racism-must-be-investigated-modise-1.1293025

Premier Thandi Modise wants the Human Rights Commission to probe why a black pupil was turned away from hockey trials.

]]> 1.1293025 Wed, 9 May 2012 21:03:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Support was outstanding - Clark]]> http://www.iol.co.za/support-was-outstanding-clark-1.1291603

Support for the South African men's hockey team in Japan was phenomenal and the team appreciated it, coach Gregg Clark said in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

]]> 1.1291603 Tue, 8 May 2012 11:18:01 +0200 <![CDATA[Sascoc congratulates men’s hockey team]]> http://www.iol.co.za/sascoc-congratulates-men-s-hockey-team-1.1290009

Sascoc on Sunday congratulated the men's hockey side for qualifying for the Olympic Games in London later this year.

]]> 1.1290009 Sun, 6 May 2012 14:09:38 +0200 <![CDATA[Kalmer delighted with ‘miracle win’]]> http://www.iol.co.za/kalmer-delighted-with-miracle-win-1.1289993

Rene Kalmer described her victory in the Spar Women's 10km Challenge at King's Beach on Saturday as a “miracle”.

]]> 1.1289993 Sun, 6 May 2012 13:45:05 +0200 <![CDATA[SA hockey men off to Olympics]]> http://www.iol.co.za/sa-hockey-men-off-to-olympics-1.1289934

South Africa will be represented in the men's and women's hockey tournaments at the London Olympic Games after the men's team defeated hosts Japan 2-1.

]]> 1.1289934 Sun, 6 May 2012 10:43:50 +0200 <![CDATA[Kalmer wins Spar Challenge]]> http://www.iol.co.za/kalmer-wins-spar-challenge-1.1289793

Rene Kalmer, who appears to be in the form of her life, had an emphatic victory in the Spar Women's 10km Challenge at Kings Beach.

]]> 1.1289793 Sat, 5 May 2012 11:35:57 +0200 <![CDATA[Van Blerk out to end PE bogey]]> http://www.iol.co.za/van-blerk-out-to-end-pe-bogey-1.1289468

Irvette van Blerk hopes to break her Port Elizabeth hoodoo when the Spar Women's Challenge moves to the Windy City.

]]> 1.1289468 Fri, 4 May 2012 14:02:32 +0200 <![CDATA[Kalmer in prime position for Grand Prix]]> http://www.iol.co.za/kalmer-in-prime-position-for-grand-prix-1.1288713

Rene Kalmer has a 12-point lead going into the Nelson Mandela Bay leg of the Spar Women’s 10km Challenge.

]]> 1.1288713 Thu, 3 May 2012 16:24:09 +0200 <![CDATA[SA polo star stabbed to death]]> http://www.iol.co.za/sa-polo-star-stabbed-to-death-1.1287269

South African polo star Sibusiso Duma has been stabbed to death near Howick, in KwaZulu-Natal.

]]> 1.1287269 Wed, 2 May 2012 12:19:23 +0200 <![CDATA[Kitajima distraught after Oen’s death]]> http://www.iol.co.za/kitajima-distraught-after-oen-s-death-1.1287190

Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima has said the death of world champion Alexander Dale Oen has left a “big hole” in his heart.

]]> 1.1287190 Wed, 2 May 2012 11:19:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Norway mourns champion swimmer Oen]]> http://www.iol.co.za/norway-mourns-champion-swimmer-oen-1.1286746

Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen has died of a suspected heart attack in Arizona at the age of 26.

]]> 1.1286746 Wed, 2 May 2012 00:19:05 +0200 <![CDATA[Swimmer dies from cardiac arrest]]> http://www.iol.co.za/swimmer-dies-from-cardiac-arrest-1.1286623

Norwegian swimming world champion Alexander Dale Oen has died of a cardiac arrest in Arizona at the age of 26.

]]> 1.1286623 Tue, 1 May 2012 14:55:37 +0200 <![CDATA[Ethiopians excel in Germany]]> http://www.iol.co.za/ethiopians-excel-in-germany-1.1285727

Ethiopians Shami Dawit and Seboka Diriba Tola broke local marathon records in winning the men's races in Hamburg and Dusseldorf.

]]> 1.1285727 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:50:30 +0200 <![CDATA[Three killed, one missing in sailing race]]> http://www.iol.co.za/three-killed-one-missing-in-sailing-race-1.1285704

Three people were dead and one remained missing after a US sailboat taking part in a race apparently sank off the coast of Southern California.

]]> 1.1285704 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:32:00 +0200