This weekend promises to be a sporting feast
Support Team South Africa this weekend even if it means shouting at a screen.
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South Africa has collected nine medals at this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio – three more than the total number of medals the country garnered in the London Olympics in 2012.
This number may yet increase … so support Team South Africa this weekend, even if it means shouting at a screen.
The weekend’s Olympic, national, international and local sports lineup appears below:
Saturday, 20 August
Local
Judo:
• Judo District Team – Training at 3pm
Athletics:
• Athletics District 2 – Qualifier at 2pm
National/ International
Rugby:
• Hawke’s Bay vs Wellington (Mitre 10 Cup – Week 1) at 7.30am
• Canterbury vs Auckland (Mitre 10 Cup – Week 1) at 9.30am
• Griquas vs Xerox Golden Lions (Currie Cup – Premier Division – Week 3) at 2.05pm
• South Africa vs Argentina (The Castle Lager Rugby Championship – Round 1) at 4.10pm
• Boland Landbou vs Oakdale Landbou (Mutual and Federal Premier Interschools’ Rugby) at 12.10am
• Grey College vs Paul Roos (FNB Classic Rugby Clashes) at 1.55pm
Tennis:
• ATP World Tour 1000 Western and Southern Open – QF 4 at 2.25am
• WTA Western and Southern Open – QF 4 at 12.50pm
• WTA Western and Southern Open – Semi-final 2 at 8.30pm
Cricket:
• South Africa vs New Zealand 1st test – Day 2 (Sunfoil Test Series) at 9.30am
• Ireland vs Pakistan 2nd ODI (Ireland cricket – ODI) at 11.30am
Cycling:
• La Vuelta a Espana –Stage 1 – Ourense termal. B. de Laias / P. N. Castrelo de Miño 29,4km at 6.20pm
Golf:
• PGA Tour Wyndham Championship – Day 3 at 9pm
• European Tour D+D REAL Czech Masters – Day 3 at 3.30pm
Soccer:
• Stoke City vs Man City (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 1pm
• Burnley vs Liverpool (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 3.30pm
• Leicester City vs Arsenal (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 6pm
• Watford vs Chelsea (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 3.50pm
• Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 3.45pm
• Barcelona vs Real Betis (Spanish LaLiga Match – Day 1) at 6.10pm
• Granada vs Villarreal (Spanish LaLiga Match – Day 1) at 8.10pm
• Sevilla vs Espanyol (Spanish LaLiga Match – Day 1) at 10.10pm
Summer Olympics:
Soccer:
• Gold medal match (men) at 11.30pm
• Bronze medal match (men) at 6pm
Athletics:
• Day 8 at 1am
• Day 8 (women’s pole-vault Final) at 1.20am
• Men’s decathlon pole-vault at 1.45am
Triathlon:
• Triathlon Women’s Final at 3.55pm
Handball:
• Women’s gold medal match at 8.20pm
• Men’s Semi-final 2 at 1.20am
Volleyball:
• Men’s Semi-final 2 at 2.03am
Badminton:
• Men’s single bronze and gold medal match at 1.25pm
Basketball:
• Women’s bronze medal match at 4.20pm
• Women’s gold medal match at 8.20pm
Taekwondo:
• Taekwondo women u/67kg and men u/80kg – Finals at 12.55am
Canoeing:
• Men’s and women’s Canoe/Kayak Sprint Finals – Day 6 at 1.55pm
Cycling:
• Mountain bike women’s cross country at 5.25pm
Wrestling:
• Men’s freestyle 86kg and 125kg Repechage and Finals at 9pm
Gymnastics:
• Rhythmic – group all-around – Qualifiier 1 at 2.55pm
• Rhythmic – group all-around – Qualifier 2 at 5.35pm
• Rhythmic – individual all-around – Final at 8.15pm
Pentathlon:
• Men’s swimming at 4.55pm
• Men’s fencing at 6.55pm
• Men’s combined pentathlon at 10.50pm
Waterpolo:
• Men’s gold medal match at 10.50pm
Diving:
• Men’s 10 metre platform – Semi-final at 3.50pm
Boxing:
• Women’s flyweight (51kg) – Day 15 – Final at 6.55pm
• Men’s bantamweight (56kg) – Day 15 – Final at 7.15pm
• Men’s middleweight (75kg) – Day 15 – Final at 8pm
Golf:
• Women’s individual stroke play – Day 4 at 11.50am
Sunday, 21 August
Local
Hockey:
• Randfontein Hockey Club vs Old Vaal at 9.45am (away)
National/ International
Rugby:
• Tasman vs Waikato (Mitre 10 Cup – Week 1) at 6.30am
Cricket:
• Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st ODI (SL Cricket – ODI Series) at 10.45am
• South Africa vs New Zealand 1st test – Day 3 (Sunfoil Test Series) at 9.30am
Golf:
• PGA Tour Wyndham Championship – Day 4 at 7.30pm
• European Tour D+D REAL Czech Masters – Day 4 at 1pm
• US Amateur Golf – Day 5 Championship Match at 9pm
Tennis:
• ATP World Tour 1000 Western and Southern Open – Semi-final 1 at 12.55am
• ATP World Tour 1000 Western and Southern Open – Semi-final 2 at 3.30am
• WTA Western and Southern Open – Final at 8pm
• ATP World Tour 1000 Western and Southern Open – Final at 9.55pm
Soccer:
• Sunderland vs Middlesbrough (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 1.30pm
• West Ham United vs AFC Bournemouth (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 4.30pm
• Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid (Spanish LaLiga Match – Day 1) at 8.10pm
• Atletico Madrid v Alaves (Spanish LaLiga Match – Day 1) at 10.10pm
• Forest Rangers vs Red Arrows (Zambia Super Division) at 2.45pm
• Kano Pillars vs Rivers United (Nigeria Professional Football League) at 5pm
• Sunderland vs Middlesbrough (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 2.15pm
• West Ham United vs AFC Bournemouth (Premier League Match – Day 2) at 4.45pm
Motorsport:
• NASCAR sprint cup bass pro shops NRA night race at 2am
• MotoGP: GP Ceské republiky Moto3 at 10.45
• MotoGP: GP Ceské republiky Moto2 at 12pm
• MotoGP: GP Ceské republiky MotoGP at 1.45pm
Summer Olympics:
Athletics:
• Athletics – Day 9 – Integrated at 1am
• Men’s marathon at 2.20pm
• Men’s javelin – Final at 1.45am
• Athletics – Day 9 – women’s high-jump – Final at 1.20am
Boxing:
• Women’s middleweight (75kg) – Day 16 – Final at 6.55pm
Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields, 21-year-old middleweight (69kg to 75kg) American boxing prodigy who won the first women’s Olympic boxing gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics will defend her title.
Watch her preparation for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics here (Video link: https://youtu.be/bUHg43qix58)
• Men’s flyweight (52kg) – Final at 7.15pm
• Men’s light welterweight (64kg) – Day 16 – Final at 8pm
• Men’s super heavyweight (+91kg) – Day 16 – Final at 8.30pm
Basketball:
• Men’s bronze medal match at 4.20pm
• Men’s gold medal match at 8.35pm
Volleyball:
• Women’s gold medal match at 3.05am
Wrestling:
• Men’s freestyle 65kg and 97kg qualifications and eliminations at 1.25pm
• Men’s freestyle 65kg and 97kg repechage and finals at 5.40pm
Cycling:
• Mountain bike men’s cross country at 5.25pm
• La Vuelta a España Stage 2 – Ourense capital termal/ Baiona 159km at 3pm
Taekwondo:
• Women +67kg & men +80kg finals at 12.55pm
Handball:
• Men’s bronze medal match at 3.20pm
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