African marathon triumph in Valencia
Thirty-two-year-old Ethiopian Sisay Lemma moved up a notch or two in world marathoning with an emphatic victory at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon in ideal conditions in the Spanish port city this morning, becoming the fourth fastest marathoner of...
Mvuyisi’s Whale of Trail victory a stepping stone to Mont Blanc
Mvuyisi Gcogco and Landie Greyling raced to decisive victories at the 53km Merrell Whale of Trail, which took place on Saturday 5 August in the Cape Nature De Hoop Nature Reserve in ideal running conditions.
Mvuyisi Gcogco wins the 2023...
Can the ‘Pitbull’ make it to Number One in Two Oceans?
They were cheering on one of their own at Scottsville Racing Course, the pre-COVID packed crowd welcoming Howick-based Nkosikhona Mhlakwana as he approached the finish of the 2019 Comrades Marathon. A gold medal for the debutant looked certain. Then...
New era of club diversity looks set to dazzle at this weekend’s ‘Rainbow’ Two...
Josh Groban sings powerfully of Changing Colours. It’s unlikely he was thinking about the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon at the time he penned the lyrics, but it would not be inappropriate were he to welcome the thousands of running...
Trail legends AJ and Bernie back for more AFRICANX glory
AFRICANX multiple-winner AJ Calitz is back once again with his renowned ‘trail buddy’ Bernard Rukadza to compete in the PICKLE JUICE AFRICANX TRAILRUN 3-Day Stage Race, starting tomorrow. The two legends of trail running have won the title on...
Van Niekerk looks for positives in Tokyo 2020 postponement
Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk says that while the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus outbreak was a “downer” the delay will give him time to regain full fitness after a long period on...
Edo 2020 Sports Festival gets Dec.03 date
The severally postponed 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) originally meant to take place in March through April 2020 in Benin City, Edo State, now has new definitive dates.
The new dates for the multiple sports competition tagged Edo 2020 is...
Glenrose Xaba charges to historic victory at the SPAR Women’s Challenge in Cape Town
Glenrose ‘Supercharger’ Xaba raced to a superb victory in the 2024 SPAR Women’s Challenge 10km series opener in Cape Town today (Sunday 24 March), the first South African to have won the event, dominated by African international athletes in...
Kanyimo upsets Tshabalala in the Witteberg Mountains
by SPNA / Kelly Burke
Perfect weather conditions made for an exciting race at the 2022 K-Way SA 4 Peaks 24km Mountain Challenge over the weekend (Saturday 17 Sept), with fast-improving in-form Johannesburg athlete, Collin Kanyimo, taking line honours in...
Olympics Special – African athletes to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
As the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games gather steam, African countries are looking to bag more gold, silver and bronze medals - in a wider selection of sports - than ever before. Here are some athletes to watch.
Seth Onyango,...