Cape Town wins bid to host the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Championships
In a ground-breaking announcement by World Athletics, Cape Town has been named as the host for the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships – the first time the event has been awarded to Africa and the second time...
Njoki claims Cape Town victory on Women’s Day, completes Totalsports Race 2025 double
Kenya’s Christine Njoki stormed to victory in a blistering time of 31:16 on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the Totalsports Women’s Race Cape Town held in support of PinkDrive, the race coinciding with South Africa’s Women’s Day celebrations.
A week...
‘Whale’ of a time for Kyle and Simone at De Hoop
Kyle Bucklow and Simone Malan raced to memorable victories in the 10th Merrell Whale of Trail, supported by PSG Wealth and Cape Nature, run over 53 testing kilometres in near-perfect conditions at the De Hoop Nature Reserve at the...
Kenya gears up for Tokyo 2025 with powerhouse athletics squad
Team Kenya is headlined by Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala, 800m Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, 1500m world record holder Faith Kipyegon and 5000m world record holder Beatrice Chebet.
Oliver Ochieng
Kenya’s journey to the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan,...
Kabelo Mulaudzi sparkles in the Durban sunshine as Clare Ndiwa triumphs in SA debut...
27-year-old Alexandra-based Kabelo Mulaudzi underlined his status as South Africa’s leading sub-marathon athlete with an emphatic victory in the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K on Sunday 13 July 2025 as Kenya’s Clare Ndiwa crossed the finish line in...
Onwards and upwards as Sanlam Cape Town Marathon aims for the stars
This weekend (Saturday 12 July) marks one hundred days to the start of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, with the ‘house full’ notice having been posted on the eve of the One-Hundred-Day launch, which took place at adidas’ headquarters...
Phalula ready to light up Durban 10K as Damons eyes personal best
Lebo Phalula, the fastest over-40 10km female athlete in South Africa, currently enjoying a rich vein of form, is amongst a host of talent lining up to race July's Durban 10km Absa Run Your City.
Oliver Ochieng
40-year-old Lebo Phalula, the...
Continental stars set for showdown in Cape Town as Absa RUN YOUR CITY 10K...
Bonface Orucho, SPNA
This Sunday, on May 11, the streets of Cape Town will welcome some of the top African athletes as the Absa RUN YOUR CITY CAPE TOWN 10K celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Among the headline contenders is Kenya’s Asbel...
Who wants to be a millionaire? Time for world record in Africa
There’s a Million Rand Buzz in the distance-running air in South Africa and it’s all about running a world record on African soil.
Many world records in distance running have been set by athletes from African countries. Few, if any,...
“I can go even faster” Elroy Gelant breaks the South African Marathon Record
Twenty-six years ago, Prieska (Northern Cape) athlete, Gert Thys, won the final Tokyo Marathon of the 20th century in 2 hrs 06 min 33 sec – the fastest time ever by a South African athlete. This mark has finally...