Running’s role championing conservation
By Stephen Granger
The environment and trail running are two sides of the same coin and while challenges remain to be solved, the partnership between SANParks and the trail-running community in South Africa is strengthening conservation and becoming a global...
Dreams on Wheels – the young Zimbabweans bringing skating to the masses
If 23-year-old Tanaka Maxwell Chembezi was stuck on an island and could only take one thing, it would be his skateboard. He is on a mission to expose skateboarding culture to as many young Zimbabweans as possible - and...
Olympics Special – African athletes to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
As the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games gather steam, African countries are looking to bag more gold, silver and bronze medals - in a wider selection of sports - than ever before. Here are some athletes to watch.
Seth Onyango,...
African Sports in 60 seconds
Quickstix - Sporting headlines from around the continent
Shabana defeats Vihiga Bullets 4-1 (Kenyan National Super League)
Host team Shabana put in a strong performance by defeating Vihiga Bullets 4-1 at Migori Stadium on Monday afternoon (June 7).
Their form was attributed...
50 km world records from Ethiopia’s Negasa and SA’s van Zyl in “multinational” Nedbank...
Ketema Negasa and Irvette van Zyl were the toast of Gqeberha on Sunday 23 May, when they raced to world best times over 50km at the Nedbank ‘Breaking Barriers’ Runified 50km.
Ethiopian Negasa and South African Van Zyl took full...
‘Sensational’ Cantona unruffled with Hall of Fame induction
Eric Cantona has stated that he is not surprised with his induction into the Premier League Hall of Fame class of 2021.The Frenchman was selected to join a group of highly ranked players to have made a name in...
Jota out for the rest of the campaign
Diogo Jota will not take part in Liverpool's final games for the rest of the 2020-21 English Premier League.The fate of the Portuguese forward was confirmed by his manager, Jürgen Klopp as he was ruled out for Sunday's match...
Rudiger wants Real’s Hazard to face Chelsea
Antonio Rudiger wants Real Madrid'd Eden Hazard to be fit enough to face Chelsea in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League semi final first leg.The tie will be staged at Estadio Alfredo di Stefano on Tuesday night andHazard is in line...
Koeman fired up for El Clasico
FC Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman says this weekend's El Clasico is bigger than normal because of the circumstances surrounding the game.
Barça are just a point behind La Liga Santander leaders, Atletico Madrid following Monday's 1-0 win over Real Valladolid,...