Sunday’s London Marathon could be an African record fest
Gerda Steyn celebrates her victory in the 2019 Two Oceans Marathon. Photo: Stephen Granger
South African marathon athletes, Gerda Steyn, Elroy Gelant and Melikhaya Frans all have a gilt-edged opportunity to post top times and attract global attention at the...
Final assault on “Golden Tickets” trail prize underway
With just three days to go until the end of South Africa’s Golden Segment contest, and with it the opportunity of winning a once-in-a-lifetime trip to compete with the world’s best trail athletes on the Azores Island Group, the...
Patagonia has a new CEO. Why should we care?
Patagonia is a world leader in the "responsible outdoor wear" segment. Think "Body Shop for outdoor and recreational clothing and gear". Like most successful companies, Patagonia spends a large amount of money building its brand.
This it does not only...
Trail running’s “Golden Segment” kicked wide open
UCT graduate Robbie Rorich set South Africa's "Golden Segment" trail run on fire with a superb run in appalling conditions last week, to set up a flurry of high-quality responses from some of the country’s top trail athletes.
Twenty-seven "Golden...
South Africa’s top trail run to go ahead
Trail runners are celebrating the confirmation that the 2020 Otter African Trail Run will be run as scheduled at the end of October, while the Merrell Whale of Trail ultra-marathon in De Hoop Nature Reserve, postponed from its usual...
Virtual Cape Town Marathon remains on-track.
The Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon is fast becoming real.
A Cape Town Marathon ‘fifty days to go’ announcement on Thursday (27 August) confirmed that Africa’s only World Athletics Gold Label marathon remains on track with a “world-first” integration of...
Vandyke Sports and RESULT Sports to drive Africa’s first Sports innovation Hub in Partnership...
The University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) and it’s Uniport Sports Institute and Vandyke Sportscom Limited also known as Vandyke Sports have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on August 1, 2020.
The MOU was signed by Professor Stephen Okodudu, Vice-Chancellor of the University of...
Sandes sets “(Mission) Impossible” 13 Peaks Challenge time
Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in the “Mission Impossible” film series. Hunt takes charge of an “Impossible Mission Force” team geared to stop an enemy force while preventing an impending global disaster.
“Mission Impossible” is also the code name for the...
McCann world-class run seals trail segment
Top women's ultra trail runner Toni McCann vaulted back to the top of the leader board of July's #Gone2Gone trail segment in Cape Town on Friday (July 31), delivering a world-class performance in trail and road running. McCann made...
Steyn signs up for virtual Cape Town
South African ultra-marathon sensation, Gerda Steyn has signed up for the 2020 Cape Town Marathon. The marathon - which is to be run virtually in 2020 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic - earlier netted international star Mo Farah, who...