This weekend promises to be a sporting feast

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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