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Gerda Steyn runs into the record books at Two Oceans as Givemore Mudzinganyama goes...

While Givemore Mudzinganyama landed ‘the big fish’, the 2023 Totalsports Two Oceans 56km Marathon (Saturday 15 April) was once again a triumph for Gerda Steyn, who raced to her second record victory in successive years and her fourth successive...

Tadu prays for a Boston miracle

One of the Ethiopia’s leading distance athletes in recent years, Tadu Teshome Nare, was just seven when the Noah of all storms unleashed its fury on her family home.  There had been some heavy downpours in the Sidama region...

Masiphumelele’s Malusi triumphs at Bay to Bay

Thirty-three year old Masiphumelele athlete, Malusi Judase, is the pride of the Satori Running Club following his superb win in Sunday’s (22 January) Bay to Bay 30km back to back race between Camps Bay and Hout Bay. One of the...

Club World Cup draw in Morocco sees top world teams square up in February

The winners of the various continental cups, including Real Madrid, Wydad, Flamengo, and Al Ahly, will come together this February in a competition to determine the best football club on the planet. bird story agency The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup...

World trail and mountain runners gather in Thailand this weekend

More than 900 elite athletes from 46 World Athletics member federations will be in action at the inaugural World Mountain Running and Trail Championship in Chiang Mai, Thailand this weekend (4-6 November­). In a celebration of ‘firsts’, this will be the...

The future looks bright for trail as the sun sets on the 2022 Otter...

The sun has set and the dust is settling on the 2022 Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, which many acclaim as the ‘best-ever’ in the long line of successful ‘Otters’ since the inception of the...

Sensational Toni McCann delivers world-beating performance at the Otter

Toni McCann took trail running in South Africa to a new level with a remarkable record-breaking performance at the Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, over the weekend (Saturday 8 October), while Johardt van Heerden became the...

Otters dazzle at Storm’s River as Van Heerden and McCann top the prologue table

Johardt van Heerden (19:48) and Toni McCann (21:49) ran the fastest times at today’s (Friday 7 October) prologue to the 2022 Otter African Trail ‘Retto’ Run, powered by Easy Equities, at Storm’s River as the race atmosphere continued to...

It’s Otter time as top trail athletes gather in the Tsitsikamma

Not for nothing is the Otter African Trail Run, powered by Easy Equities, known as the Grail of Trail and on Saturday (8 October) many of the country’s leading trail exponents will again be tackling the iconic 42km stretch...

Incentive rewards and weather conditions set to influence outcome of the ‘Retto’

The build-up to Saturday’s Otter African Trail Run, powered by Easy Equities, is winding to a crescendo with athletes gathering at Storms River for tomorrow’s non-elite ‘Challenge’ (Thursday 6 October) 42km race. And speculation is rife on the impact...