La Rosière primary, Pointe Larue secondary and Plaisance secondary are this year’s winners of the annual Inter-school Olympics quiz organised by the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (Socga). The competition took place last Friday with the elimination rounds in the morning at the Socga office at Stad Linite, Roche Caïman, and the finals took
The biggest contingent of Team Seychelles for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were to leave last night for Brazil. Seychelles is being represented by 23 people consisting of athletes, coaches and other officials at the games from August 5-21 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro – which means ‘River of January’,
Seychellois boxer Andrique Allisop will meet Irish Oliver David Joyce in his first round fight at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Drawn in the bottom half of the men’s light weight (60kg) draw, Allisop, who booked his ticket to Rio by winning the bronze medal at the International Boxing Association (Aiba) African
Swimmers wanting to guarantee automatic qualification for the Olympic Games should achieve an ‘A’ standard, according to the International Olympic Committee and Fina (Fédération internationale de natation) rules. While achieving the Olympic selection time or ‘B’ standard can still take one to the Olympics, it does not necessarily guarantee automatic qualification. This is why although
