Category: Olympics

Kirsty Coventry won three Olympic medals in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens becoming a darling of Zimbabwe winning hearts and friends along the way. As a result there were quite a few children in →

Swimming is high up in the minds of South Africans after the incredible Gold winning, record breaking performance of Cameron van der Burgh last night. Of course 4 men were there in Athens when we last →

Regular readers will know that All Things Jabu is a blog dedicated to all sports in South Africa with a special attention given to some of our smaller sporting codes in South Africa. You will also know →

As we close in on the opening ceremony of the London Games and our previews of the Games has been carrying on a pace (Check out our Olympics page here), we now turn our mind to the cycling contingent →

All Things Jabu has been previewing the games and really backing the team in the start up to the Olympics. The other day we previewed the Athletics challenge that Team South Africa would present. We →

Athletics is a sport that thrives on being in the news in South Africa. If it’s not for the good of Mbuleni Mulaudzi, Khotso Mokoena and LJ van Zyl, it’s for the pure ridiculousness of the governing →

Having given the SA Hockey LADS a preview last week, it is now time for us to move to the Hockey Ladies. The Women too are heading to London to take part in the Olympic Games. This is their fourth →

   We kick started our Olympic previews off with our look at the Men’s Hockey side earlier. Remember to give it a good read. Now we have a chat with South African Goalkeeper and all-round nice guy →

This year’s Olympics seem almost subdued. I think it might be the hangover from the Euros, but suddenly the Olympics is upon us and our nights will be spent watching highlights and live track and →

Hockey is a sport very close to my heart. I have played the game at a representative level and coached and umpired with a much higher degree of success. The Olympics, alongside the World Cup, is the →

It’s only been two years since South Africans in one voice and movement embraced the opportunity to wave their collective flags to the Coca-Cola® anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Now the 2012 London →