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.

While the African continent is well represented at the Summer Olympics, it is a different story at the Winter Games. In Paris in 2024, African athletes won a total of 39 medals, including 13 gold medals. At the Winter Olympics, Africa is still waiting for ...

With no official South African media rights holder for the Winter Olympics, sports fans have been left to find alternative (illegal) viewing options.

Fourteen athletes from eight African nations are set to compete at the Winter Olympics, marking a significant increase from Beijing 2022.

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

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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,

South Africa are set to be the best-represented African country at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics (Feb. 6-22), with five athletes expected to participate among a total 15 from the continent. Team South Africa's teenage alpine skiing duo Lara ...

Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.

Budget cuts to South African sport federations are threatening the country's Olympic ambitions. Swimming South Africa Operations Manager, Mafata Modutoane, says funding reductions have delayed the rollout of Project 350, an initiative aimed at preparing 350 South African athletes for the Olympic Games in two years.