Access Bank Lagos City Marathon limits participants to 10,000 for 2021, eyes Gold Label...
The organizers of the annual Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has announced two major changes to the 2021 edition of the Silver Label race.
Bukola Olopade, the race consultant and CEO for Nilayo Sports Management Company has revealed that only...
The Golden Trail: blessings and injuries in The Azores
Horta, Faial Island, Azores
Rain is regarded as an African blessing so the weather may have been tipping a cap to the region where the sport of trail running originated centuries ago, on Thursday (October 29) as the Golden Trail...
The Cape Town Marathon: engaging legends for peace
The participation of some of the greatest athletes of all time in this year’s Sanlam Virtual Cape Town Marathon has created an opportunity for the marathon to grow into a global phenomenon with massive social impact, if you listen...
South Africa’s Mackenzie and Rorich to take on world’s best in Azores
Following the successful return to international track and road running competition in recent weeks, trail running is set to follow suite, with an important international event scheduled to take place on the Portuguese Azores Islands at the end of...
Made-for-TV Cape Town Marathon drama as Mothibi, Bothma win
Edward Mothibi and Annie Bothma were crowned the overall 2020 Sanlam Virtual Cape Town Marathon champions, as many of South Africa’s leading marathoners engaged in intense battle in three of South Africa’s cities to decide the final outcome.
While thousands...
Made-for-TV Sanlam Virtual Cape Town Marathon drama as Mothibi, Bothma win
Edward Mothibi and Annie Bothma took gold as the overall 2020 Sanlam Virtual Cape Town Marathon winners, in an event that saw many of South Africa’s leading marathoners engaged in intense battles in three cities on Sunday (October 18).
Forty-three...
Elana van Zyl awarded prestigious medal
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon race ambassador and South African athletics legend, Elana van Zyl, was awarded the prestigious Sri Chinmoy Oneness Home Peace Run Torch Bearer Award at Green Point on Saturday - a tribute to her substantial work...
All set for historic Sanlam CapeTown Marathon, live on spnafrica.com
The 2020 Sanlam Virtual Cape Town Marathon gets underway on Sunday morning in extraordinary circumstances which no-one could have envisaged when Kenyan Edwin Koech crossed the finish line to win last year’s race to the cheers and applause thousands.
The...
Cape Town Marathon attracts legends: Elana, Budd, de Reuck, Radcliffe, Kristiansen
Half the South African senior women's team competing at the World Cross Country Championships in Spain in 1993 will be running Sunday's Sanlam Peace 10km - Elana van Zyl (second from right), Colleen de Reuck (second from left) and...
Usain Bolt tests positive for coronavirus
Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has tested positive for COVID-19, days after throwing himself a birthday party.
The 34-year-old Jamaican earlier revealed on his social platforms that he would be self-isolating whatever the outcome.
"Just to be safe, I'll quarantine...