Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Athletics

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Hiyane’s debut stuns her rivals at SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge

Twenty-one-year-old Ethiopian athlete, Hiyane Lama, dropped to her knees after taking the tape in this morning’s SPAR Women’s 10 km Challenge at a cold and wet Green Point in Cape Town this morning (Sunday 23 April), kissing the ground...

It’s back to business at the SPAR Women’s Challenge

It’s all action once again at the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge, as the 2023 edition of the popular series gets underway in Green Point, Cape Town on Sunday (23 April). While the SPAR Grand Prix circuit blazed brightly last year,...

Mphahlele and Tshite light up the Green Point track

Mafori Ryan Mphahlele take a bow!  And Tshepo Tshite too. On a perfect night for athletics at the Green Point Athletics Stadium yesterday (Monday 17 April), 24-year-old University of Johannesburg athlete, Ryan Mphahlele, ran the race of his life at...

Mbuleli and Emma take the Two Oceans Half Marathon titles after last gasp sprint...

Mbuleli Mathanga seized the moment, played to his strengths and raced to a memorable victory in the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon this weekend (Sunday 16 April), while Potchefstroom-based Elroy Gelant was again forced to play second fiddle, beaten...

Gerda Steyn runs into the record books at Two Oceans as Givemore Mudzinganyama goes...

While Givemore Mudzinganyama landed ‘the big fish’, the 2023 Totalsports Two Oceans 56km Marathon (Saturday 15 April) was once again a triumph for Gerda Steyn, who raced to her second record victory in successive years and her fourth successive...

Putting their best feet forward…Two Oceans Marathon time

Seen and heard at the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon Elite Athletes' Press Conference at a City hotel on the eve of the marathon...

All guns blazing as Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon returns to glory days

Thousands of visiting runners from more than 80 countries are flocking to Cape Town this weekend to challenge themselves on one of the most beautiful marathons on the planet - the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon. Some say that if the...

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...

Gerda and Mdu inspiring exciting athletics talent at Phantane Athletics Club in Durban

Ten years ago, Mduduzi Vura Khumalo felt something was missing in his life.  Today he is a man with a mission, fulfilled as never before and excited by the success of his venture – the establishment of Phantane Athletics...

Multiple winners Elroy and Helalia aim to add to their tally at Totalsports Two...

Thirty-six-year-old Boxer Athletics Club athlete, Elroy Gelant, has come a long way since his early days as a junior athlete in his Southern Cape hometown of George and he lines up in the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon on...