Welcome to our “Women’s Month edition of Team Talk. In my humble opinion we should not just celebrate women one month out of the year but rather every month. Especially in sports. We have had the absolute privilege of seeing some of the most amazing female athletes compete in all […]
Tag: Christian athlete
Para-athlete Fanie van der Merwe shining in darkness — Cobus Kruger
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. In the journey of bringing unity within the body of Christ, I started to set a lot of my time out to meet with, and to hear the […]
WATCH: Video Of the Week — Wayde van Niekerk’s God-honouring interview
After winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 23:03 seconds for the 400m Wayde van Niekerk lost no time in telling the world about the God he worships. Below you can view his trackside interview with BBC Sport after he broke Michael Johnson’s 1999 record by 15 […]
Wayde van Niekerk praises God after smashing 400m record
“The only thing I can do now is to give God praise,” said Wayde van Niekerk moments after winning a gold medal at the Rio Olympics and breaking Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old 400m record in a time of 43.03 seconds. “I went on my knees each and every day and I […]
WATCH: Video of the Week: Sprinter worships Jesus after winning at US trials
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in The Christian Post English Gardner, a 24 year old sprinter who was told she might not be able […]
Road to Rio: Winning ways with Carina Horn
[notice]Our Stand Up Sport columnist Cobus Kruger and his wife Philna interview athletes who qualified and might represent South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in August. Accomplished athletes themselves, Cobus and Philna minister together in the sports arena and will accompany Athletes In Action as part of […]
Team USA Athletes: 9 Christian Olympic medal winners glorifying God
By Christine Thomasos — Originally published in Christian Post Christian athletes were a major part of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and Team USA’s athletes managed to bring home multiple gold, silver and bronze medals across a wide range of sports. Although many athletes utilised their faith while training […]
Nigerian Olympian athlete running for Jesus
A Nigerian athlete competing in the Olympics for the first time has revealed the importance of her Christian faith – both in the good times and bad. Stanford University-graduate Idara Otu, running in the women’s 4×400 relay which begins on Thursday, was born in the US and only visited her […]