Pink celebrations as thousands complete Totalsports Women’s Races around South Africa
by Stephen Granger
Totalsports Women’s Races turned on the charm in style with more than 20 000 runners taking part in the 20th edition of the event in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban in a colourful and joyful celebration of South...
Infantino warns against restarting football too soon
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned against restarting football competitions in Europe too early.
The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has seen well over ninety percent of European football leagues suspended.
Speculations are ride Bundesliga could resume in May with some...
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)...
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is burning bright five weeks before lift-off
by Stephen Granger
Big name athletes bound for Cape Town, an inaugural world-class ‘formula one’ wheelchair race, a Comrades Marathon champion signed to run the Cape Town Trail Marathon and the power of the event to change lives provided some...
Mbappe: award should be shared with Ben Yedder
PSG forward, Kylian Mbappe has written that he would like to share Ligue 1's golden boot award with AS Monaco attacker and fellow French international, Wissam Ben Yedder. Organizers declared Mbappe winner of the award this week despite both...
FIFA and WTO hope to expand Africa cotton trade through Football
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that they are looking to expand their partnership and help the economic empowerment of women.
FIFA and the WTO signed a Memorandum of Understanding in...
How to form a winning partnership – UTCT and Table Mountain National Park
By Stephen Granger
Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) Manager Frans van Rooyen has been unstinting in his praise for the recent Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT), suggesting that the event’s partnership with the people who look after the city’s huge tourist...
Zlatan on target, Milan stun Juventus
Italy's title race has been seemingly blown wide open again following Tuesday's 4-2 win by Milan over champions, Juventus at San Siro.It was a truly strange game whose result meant that Juve missed the chance to go 10 points...
Tashwell and Nicky fly high on the mountain to win the inaugural OUTsurance Gun...
by Stephen Granger
Twenty-four-year-old BA student at UWC, Tashwell Damons, and Cape Town and Cambridge-trained economist, Nicky Wills (25), took the honours at the inaugural OUTsurance Gun Run 15km Trail Run from Van Riebeek Park, Oranjezicht, to Green Point Common...
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...