A Winelands marathon goes virtual
The Winelands Marathon has been one of South Africa’s most popular road marathons since its launch in the 1970s but, as is the case for many road events in 2020, has been forced to bow to COVID pressure and...
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...
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 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...
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...
“Elite Invitational” element of Cape Town Marathon sees three star-studded fields in three SA...
Following months of planning for a virtual event like no other, thousands of runners from across the globe will take to their local streets to run the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon, Half Marathon, or the 5km / 10km...