Rwanda hosts 2024 ITTF Africa Cup and Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament
Khaled El-Salhy - President, African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF)
Africa's Table Tennis talents converged in Kigali, Rwanda for a chance to book their place at the Paris 2024 Olympics and it is the first time that the Africa Cup will...
Top African marathoners set to shine in Boston on Marathon Monday
It’s not the fastest, it’s not the biggest, its not even considered eligible for records and best times. But the Boston Marathon, in many people’s eyes, and in the words of Tina Turner, is simply the best and better...
“It’s great to be a part of Two Oceans again” says top contender for...
While superstars Stephen Mokoka and Gerda Steyn top the bill at tomorrow’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon (Saturday 13 April), a number of other marathoners are waiting in the wings, ready to step up to the top of the podium,...
South Africa’s greatest marathoner steps up to the Two Oceans plate
They were so far ahead of their time, they said their records would never be broken!
When Thompson Magawana and Frith van der Merwe raced the Two Oceans Marathon 56km circuit around the Cape Peninsula at extraordinary speed 35 years...
A Galaxy of Stars as Modern Athlete announces 2023 winners
Modern Athlete announced its 2023 Track, Road, Trail and Cross-Country athletes of the year today (Thursday 7 March), the awards paying tribute to a number of high-quality performances by athletes who held their own at international level.
Nominees had previously...
The masses set to return to the SPAR Women’s Challenge Series
While longer distance road running events, such as Comrades, Two Oceans, Cape Town and Soweto Marathons typically command the lion’s share of road running media interest in South Africa, competitive and lucrative shorter distance series have become important building...
Bosman and Broodryk shine in the Peninsula Marathon while Oldknow books her ticket to...
Southern Cape athlete, Lloyd Bosman, gave himself an early birthday gift with a decisive win at the Balwin Peninsula Marathon in windy weather in Cape Town this morning (Sunday 18 February), with leading ultra-marathon athlete, Adele Broodryk, holding off...
Last-gasp Sibusiso grabs Milkwood title in exciting finish
Nedbank athlete, Sibusiso Madikizela, came out on top in a last-gasp dash against Boxer athlete, Godwin Swartz, at the annual ABAX Milkwood Half Marathon, run on it’s traditional out and back course between Kommetjie and Scarborough over the weekend,...
South Africa’s leading distance athletes nominated for Modern Athlete of the Year Awards
Landie Greyling, Sipho Mbanjwa, Toni McCann, Siboniso Soldaka, Daniel Claassen and Bianca Tarboton are just some of the nominees for the trail running component in the Modern Athlete of the Year Award for 2023, announced today (Friday 9 February)...
Raydon’s Bay to Bay win sets him on target for a strong 2024 season...
Twenty-nine-year-old Tymebank Langa athlete, Raydon Balie, regained his Bay to Bay 30km title over the weekend (Sunday 21 January) with a convincing victory over the traditional out and back race between Cape Town’s coastal suburbs of Camps Bay and...