Dylan Bettencourt
Izigidi zabantu abavela emhlabeni wonke bazosebenzisa amasonto amabili alandelayo bethe njo komabonakude wabo njengoba kuqala ama-Olimpiki kule mpelasonto. Umcimbi wokuvula uzoba ngoLwesihlanu mhla zingama-23 kuNtulikazi ngo-1 emini.
INingizimu Afrika iqala umkhankaso wayo ngomcimbi wamabhayisikili emjahweni womgwaqo wamadoda ngoMgqibelo ngo-4 ekuseni. I-Hockey iyona ezolandela kwabaseNingizimu Afrika, iqembu labesilisa lizobhekana ne-Great Britain ngo-11:30 ekuseni kuthi iqembu labesifazane libhekane ne-Ireland ngo-2:15 ntambama.
Iqembu lokugwedla laseNingizimu Afrika lizoqala imidlalo yalo ngoMgqibelo, ngabesilisa ababili ngo-3:20 ekuseni kanye nabesilisa abane ngo-5:10 ekuseni. Okokugcina eqenjini laseNingizimu Afrika ngoMgqibelo, iqembu labesifazane le-water polo lizoqhudelana ne-Spain ngo-11:20 ekuseni.
NgeSonto kuzoba olunye usuku olumatasa, njengoba umjaho womgwaqo wabesifazane emcimbini wamabhayisikili uqala ngo-6 ekuseni. Iqembu lebhola labesilisa lizodlala umdlalo wesibili wesigaba samaqoqo ne-France ngo-10 ekuseni.
Iqembu labesilisa le-hockey lizobhekana ne-Netherlands ngeSonto ngo-2:15 ntambama emdlalweni wabo wesibili we-pool B. Ngaphambi kwalokho, iqembu labesilisa le-water polo lizobhekana ne-Italy ngo-3 ekuseni, njengoba beqhubekela phambili ku-group A kule midlalo.
Abathandi bezemidlalo bazozikhethela abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abenza izimpande zesizwe sabo ukuze bathuthuke kuma-Olimpiki adlule ezindondo ezimbili zegolide.
I-DStv ne-SuperSport banikezele ngeziteshi eziyisishiyagalombili kuma-Olimpiki ase-Tokyo angowezi-2020 kusuka ku-Channel 202 kuya ku-209 ngemicimbi emikhulu emidlalweni ekhonjiswe ku-Channel 201 nayo.
● Iminyaka eyishumi nambili ekwakhiweni nasezweni lomdlalo webhola lombhoxo selizokwenzelwa omunye wemincintiswano emikhulu emlandweni wezemidlalo. AmaBhokobhoko azobhekene neBritish & Irish Lions ngoMgqibelo emdlalweni wokuqala kwemithathu.
Uhambo lwe-B & I Lions lwaseNingizimu Afrika lube ngelokukhunjulwa ngokuqhamuka kwesifo se-Covid-19 esibeka lolu hambo engcupheni enkulu yokuhlehliswa noma ukukhanselwa, kodwa umncintiswano waqhubekela phambili namadoda kaWarren Gatland ejezi elibomvu ehlulwa emdlalweni wawo kwemihlanu yokuzifudumeza.
AmaBhokobhoko, angompetha bamanje beNdebe Yomhlaba yebhola lombhoxo, abekezelele inyanga enzima ngokuzilolongela umdlalo okuncane kakhulu. Elakuleli ‘i-A’ linqobile emdlalweni wabo ne-Georgia futhi bahlulwa kumaBulls emidlalweni emibili, enikeze abaphathi beSpringbok izimpendulo ezimbalwa kweminye imibuzo engasho lutho.
Iqembu eliqinile laseNingizimu Afrika elingu-A yilo kuphela iqembu elizodla iBritish Lions kuze kube manje, kodwa njengoba iSpringbok sihlala njalo enkundleni kule mpumelelo ka-17-13, umqeqeshi oyinhloko uJacques Nienaber uzoqiniseka ukuthi banganqoba uhlangothi lukaGatland kule mpelasonto.
Ukungqubuzana kwala maqembu amakhulu kuzoqala ngo-6 ntambama ngoMgqibelo kanti kuzosakazwa esiteshini se-DStv 201.
Umthombo wesithombe: @Springboks