Rugby Football Cricket Olympics
Another weekend has come to an end. With all the Olympic action taking place this was a bumper sporting weekend. Here are some of the weekend’s results:
Weekend Sport’s Results:
Rugby:
Super Rugby Final:
Chiefs 37 – 6 Sharks
Currie Cup 1st Division:
Leopards 7 – 28 Border Bulldogs
Regent Boland Kavaliers 79 – 26 Valke
SWD Eagles 20 – 13 Griffons
Ford Pumas 30 – 30 Eastern Province Kings
Absa Currie Cup First Division Log – After Round 6:
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 Eastern Province Kings 6 5 1 0 220 100 120 26 13 4 26
2 Leopards 6 4 0 2 201 170 31 32 21 4 20
3 Griffons 6 4 0 2 153 145 8 20 19 4 20
4 Ford Pumas 6 3 1 2 189 147 42 22 17 4 18
5 SWD Eagles 6 3 1 2 159 164 -5 18 19 2 16
6 Regent Boland Kavaliers 6 1 1 4 171 151 20 23 20 4 10
7 Valke 6 1 0 5 163 251 -88 24 32 5 9
8 Border Bulldogs 6 1 0 5 94 222 -128 12 36 2 6
Football:
South Africa MTN 8:
Orlando Pirates 1 -0 Bloemfontein Celtic
Supersport United 2 -1 Free State Stars
Moroka Swallows 2 – 0 AmaZulu
Mamelodi Sundowns 4-1 Kaizer Chiefs
Cricket
2nd Test: England v South Africa at Leeds, August 2-6, 2012
South Africa 419 & 39/0 (17.0 ov)
England 425
West Indies v New Zealand, 1st Test, Jamaica, 4th day
West Indies 209 (Samuels 123, Bracewell 3-46) and 206 for 5 (Samuels 52, Chanderpaul 43*) beat New Zealand 260 (Guptill 71, Taylor 60, Roach 4-70) and 154 (Brownlie 35, Deonarine 4-37, Narine 3-19) by five wickets
Olympics:
Men’s 100m Final:
Rk Bib number Athlete Time
1 2170 Usain Bolt 9.63 OR
2 2169 Yohan Blake 9.75 =Personal Best
3 3216 Justin Gatlin 9.79 PB
4 3217 Tyson Gay 9.80 Season Best
5 3205 Ryan Bailey 9.88 = Personal Best
6 2547 Martina Churandy 9.94
7 3051 Richard Thompson 9.98
8 2184 Asafa Powell 11.99
Tennis: Men’s Final:
Andy Murray (Britain) thrashed world no 1 Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Women’s Final:
Serena Williams (USA) defeated Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-0, 6-1
Oscar Pistorius: Men’s 400m Final
Oscar Pistorius (South Africa) became the first double amputee to compete in an athletic event at the Olympics. It has been a remarkable journey to fulfil his dream of competing at the able bodied Olympics. Not only did he get to compete in the Olympics but he also fulfilled his personal dream and goal of qualifying for the semi finals.
Oscar gave his best in his semi-final and finished last in a time of 46.54sec but was far from disappointed at bowing out.
“The whole experience is mind-blowing,” said Pistorius. “My aim was to make the semi-final. It’s a dream come true. Thanks to everyone for their support. I’ve got the (4x400m) relay in a few days.”
One of my highlights of the London Olympic Games happened at the end of this semi final race. There was an incredibly touching moment, an amazing gesture, when Grenada’s world champion Kirani James asked Oscar Pistorius to swap bibs with him. Proof that his peers respected his determination, courage and sheer desire to compete with the best on the world’s greatest stage.
“As soon as we crossed the line, we’re friends,” said Pistorius. “It was very kind of him. We share a similar life. It’s what the Olympics is all about. It’s great to make good friends.”
Nicknamed ‘The Blade Runner’ because he runs on carbon fibre blades fought a long battle to be allowed to run in the Olympics.
Someone wrote: “Oscar – you might not have the gold around your neck, but you have gold in your heart!”
Well done! What a phenomenal achievement. You are an inspiration to us all that anything is possible if you have faith and believe. We are proud of you!
Bible Inspiration:
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. (Philippians 4:8 – NIV)
