Olympic flame handover
Friday May 18, 2012The Olympic flame has been handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony beneath a rainbow in Athens. The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, passed the flame to Princess Anne, president of the British Olympic Association in the Panathenaic Stadium.
Public vote on SA kit
Tuesday May 15, 2012Following the successful voting of Chukuru as Team South Africa’s mascot for the 2012 Olympics and Paralymic Games and beyond, the nation has now been invited to help choose the official kit that South Africa will proudly wear at the Opening Ceremony for this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.
Sam, Mbalula join forces
Monday May 14, 2012SASCOC has wrapped up its President’s Council meeting in Johannesburg with an even stronger commitment to strengthening the sports movement in South Africa.
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Sam looks ahead
Sunday May 13, 2012With just over two months to go till the 2012 Olympic Games in London, SASCOC President Gideon Sam says the country’s sportsmen and women are in a stronger position to bring back medals than at the same stage before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Olympic flame lit
Thursday May 10, 2012With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was lit at Olympia on Thursday during a ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting symbolically marks the beginning of the Torch Relay that will bring the flame to the Olympic Stadium in London on 27 July.
Ambassador Pillay
Thursday May 3, 2012Olympic sprinter Geraldine Pillay has been added to the list of Team South Africa ambassadors ahead of this year’s London Olympics and Paralympics.
Gender issues addressed
Friday April 20, 2012A successful first meeting of SASCOC’s newly formed Gender Equity Commission was staged in Johannesburg recently.
100 days celebrated
Wednesday April 18, 2012The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) on Wednesday hosted the celebration of the important 100 days-to-go landmark for the much anticipated 2012 Olympics Games in London.
SAA, SASCOC join forces
Tuesday April 10, 2012South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday announced its support and sponsorship of Team South Africa who will partake in the upcoming London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Stars show off new kit
Wednesday April 4, 2012Some of South Africa’s leading athletes proudly unveiled Team South Africa’s latest Olympic and Paralympic Games kit at a glittering function in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening.
