Seven marathons on seven continents in seven days – the seventh edition!
The World Marathon Challenge is back after three years COVID-induced absence and 48 marathon addicts from 12 countries leave from Cape Town tomorrow (Tuesday 31 January) on the first leg of their journey which sees them complete seven standard...
Paris 2024: Sifan Hassan bags a marathon gold in a triumph for Africa
Sifan Hassan ended an ambitious and exhausting Paris Olympic Games in triumph when she broke the tape to win the women’s marathon at the Esplanade Invalides.
by Stephen Granger, bird story agency
As in the previous Games, Sifan Hassan took on...
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...
An upbeat, hands-on administrator at Athletics SA
Incoming Athletics South Africa Board.
Back Row (from left): Jazz Mnyengeza (USSA), Enoch Skosana (road), Jean Verster (track and field), Hendrick Moganyetsi (athletes), Jakes Jacobs (Cross Country)
Front Row: Esther Malema (additional member), Shireen Noble (vice president), James Moloi (president),...
Shock, drama and resurrection as 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon cancelled
The cancellation of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon for the first time in its 32-year history was a blow to everyone involved in the race and to the wider community. But the event remains a world-class city marathon and...
Running great Mary Keitany empowers young women to Achieve in Stellenbosch
They are small of stature but gigantic in spirit and delivery and they’re making massive footprints in Africa, changing the lives of young women. Four former female running greats from Africa are ploughing back what they gained from the...
Ethiopians favoured for rich pickings at SPAR Grand Prix Series Final in Cape Town
Many of the continent’s leading female distance athletes will be in action at the climax of the 2022 Women’s 10km SPAR Grand Prix circuit in Green Point, Cape Town tomorrow morning (Sunday 23 October).
Cape Town has hosted a number of...
Elazzaoui chasing Golden Trail World Series podium position at DoloMyths in Italy
The DoloMyths Run will celebrate its 25th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday 25 July) as the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS) reaches the half-way mark following the season opener at Zegama in Spain in May and the Mont Blanc Marathon three weeks ago.
The already...
Three from Africa set for trail action Down Under at Tarawera
Three of South Africa’s best-known women trail athletes will line up at the start of New Zealand’s biggest trail race - the 16th Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, facing challenges of sporting excellence and embracing powerful life experiences through connecting...
Karkloof announced as 2024 Trail Champs venue
Athletics South Africa is pleased to announce a national championship for trail and mountain running in September this year.
The 2024 ASA Trail and Mountain Running Championship will be hosted by the Karkloof Trail Run, which takes place at the...