Scribante crowned king of the mountain as speed classic ignites Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa witnessed high-octane excitement over the weekend as nearly 80 supercars and ‘hillclimb monsters’ went head-to-head under the iconic Table Mountain, competing for the inaugural King of the Mountain title at the Speed Classic Cape Town.
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...
Cape Town ready to Razzle Dazzle as Africa’s finest take to the streets in...
Sunday’s 31st edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon (19 October) could well be the last in the current chapter of Africa’s greatest marathon, pending its conditional invitation to join the Abbott’s World Marathon Majors.
Race organisers have pulled out...
Elhousine tastes Golden Trail success in Italy while this weekend’s Cape Town Trail Marathon...
Trail athletes from the north and east of Africa dominated the Ledro Sky Trentino Grand Finale of the Golden Trail World Series, which took place in Trentino, Italy, over the weekend, while athletes from the south prepare to tackle...
Kenya strikes gold in the land of the rising sun
Kenya led a strong African performance at the 2025 World Championships which ended in Tokyo on Sunday (21 September), finishing second to the USA on the medals table with 7 gold medals in their total haul of 11. Eight...
Two Oceans Champ takes another Cape Town scalp at the OUTsurance Gun Run weekend
Thirty-three-year-old Lesotho marathon athlete and reigning Two Oceans champion, Joseph Khoarahlane Seutloali, raced to a record-breaking victory at the OUTsurance Gun Run Half Marathon on a perfect spring day in Cape Town this morning (Sunday 14 September) while fast-rising...
Tom Evans and Ruth Croft crowned UTMB royalty in Chamonix as Toni McCann crashes...
South Africa’s hopes of UTMB glory crashed with Toni McCann’s heavy fall while running in second place during the CCC race over 100km last Friday, while Great Britain’s Tom Evans and New Zealander Ruth Croft were the big winners...
Fifty Days! Sanlam Cape Town Marathon sizzles in expectation
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon team were on song at the Fifty Day Launch of the marathon, which was hosted by official vehicle partner’s, Mercedes-Benz’s flagship Century City showroom this week, with an upbeat presentation of symphonic proportions to...
Dazzling display in Cape Town by Kenyan Njoki as thousands paint the town pink
“She may be little, but she is fierce” famously describes Hermia in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and if ‘fast’ replaces ‘fierce’ the description perfectly fits 26-year-old Kenyan athlete Christine Njoki.
The diminutive athlete from the distance running capital of the...
Top field from Africa set to line up for the Totalsports Women’s Day Race...
A powerful line-up of some of Africa’s best distance athletes faces the starter’s gun in the second Totalsports Women’s Day Race through the heart of Cape Town on Saturday (9 August).
Headed by Kenyan Christine Njoki, who set an South...