{"id":20147,"date":"2013-06-04T21:32:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T19:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/local-sport-is-lekker\/"},"modified":"2013-06-04T21:32:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T19:32:23","slug":"local-sport-is-lekker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/local-sport-is-lekker\/","title":{"rendered":"Local sport is lekker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:AB_de_villiers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[4084]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"AB De Villiers\" alt=\"AB De Villiers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/30119_300px-AB_de_villiers.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AB De Villiers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s stories all focus on various South Africans taking part in sporting events across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Starting off with cricket, <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ab-satisfied-with-preparations\/\" target=\"_blank\">AB de Villiers <\/a>says he is satisfied with their preparations ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy opener against India.<\/p>\n<p>In Rugby,\u00a0the Boks could face Italy with a <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/new-captain-for-springboks\/\" target=\"_blank\">new captain<\/a> in a Test match at Kings Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Pieter du Preez broke a triathlon<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pieter-du-preez-breaks-triathlon-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\"> world record<\/a> when he became\u00a0the first quadriplegic athlete to complete a Ironman 70.3\u00a0event.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma is hoping that South Africa will <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/zuma-wants-south-africa-to-host-2024-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\">host the 2024 Olympic<\/a>s. He states that\u00a0the country will be very happy to host the Olympics and it has sufficient facilities to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on golf \u2013 Thomas Aiken, George Coetzee, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Jaco van Zyl will be <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/local-golf-series-the-path-to-major-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">among the South Africans<\/a> hunting US Open glory next week.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Nematandani has challenged Bafana Bafana to <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/comrades-winner-inspires-bafana\/\" target=\"_blank\">follow in the\u00a0footsteps<\/a> of Comrades winner Claude Moshiywa in their crucial World Cup qualifying match. He believes that\u00a0if you are determined in whatever you want to achieve, nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Gold Circle Horseracing Events have released the latest log as at June 4 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/vodacom-durban-july-latest-logs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vodacom Durban July<\/a> that will be held at the Greyville Racecourse on July 6.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/comrades-winner-inspires-bafana\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/30119_174742545_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/comrades-winner-inspires-bafana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comrades winner inspires Bafana<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4675d_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AB De Villiers (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today\u2019s stories all focus on various South Africans taking part in sporting events across the globe. Starting off with cricket, AB de Villiers says he is satisfied with their preparations ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy opener against India. 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