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South Africa is among a very few countries which have participated in world cups of all three major sports — cricket, soccer, and rugby union. England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are among other such nations. South Africa has hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup, 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2007 ICC World Twenty20 ...
Soccer in South Africa. Association football, or soccer, as it is usually called in South Africa, is the nation's most popular sport and South Africa national soccer team (Bafana Bafana) is the nation's favourite sports team [ 1 ][ 2 ] followed by rugby union and cricket. The governing body is the South African Football Association (SAFA), [ 3 ...
Oudtshoorn, South Africa Pole vault: 6.03 m Okkert Brits: 18 August 1995 Cologne, Germany Long jump: 8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s) Luvo Manyonga: 22 April 2017 South African Championships Potchefstroom, South Africa [44] Triple jump: 17.35 m (+0.2 m/s) Godfrey Mokoena: 14 September 2014 IAAF Continental Cup: Marrakech, Morocco [45] Shot put: 21.97 m ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 28 subcategories, out of 28 total. Sport in South Africa by province (14 C) South African people in sports (6 C) Sport in South Africa by populated place (9 C) Sport in South Africa by sport (51 C, 1 P)
The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), [ 1 ] is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts, and their emblem is the Springbok, a native antelope and the national ...
Most sources for pages linking off this page are Wikipedia itself, and the following books and websites: Historical dictionary of South Africa, Christopher Saunders, Nicholas Southey' 2nd Edition, Lanham, Md., London: Scarecrow Press; News24; South Africa History Archive; SA Rugby
The South African Premiership, officially referred to as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organised since 1996. As the top-level division in South Africa, it is commonly referred to as the Premier Soccer League (PSL ...
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics (and the 1992 Summer Paralympics). South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994. South African athletes have won a total of 90 medals, with athletics, boxing ...