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As the Botswana Golden Grand Prix approaches, Olympic silver medallists Akani Simbine and Bayanda Walaza prepare for a thrilling 100m race. Can Walaza maintain his world-leading time against the seasoned Simbine?
Athletics South Africa has suspended Steven Swarts, the president of Athletics Free State, following serious allegations of misconduct, including a past conviction for sexual assault.
The performances of Team SA at the Paris Olympics in 2024 gives fans optimism about the future of SA athletics writes IOL Sport's Michael Sherman.
Simbine, Van Zyl and Van Niekerk’s legal representatives sent Nobantu Steel and Khumalo a notice of breach of the acknowledgement of debt in October last year, giving them 14 days to remedy the breach.
Akani Simbine, Wayde van Niekerk and their manager set to take over company which owes them more than R1m
With just the top two teams advancing to the final, South Africa were well outside the top four before Akani Simbine ran an incredible anchor leg to book Team SA’s place in the 4x100m relay final at the Paris Olympics.
Akani Simbine produced a blistering anchor leg to come from well down in the field to finish second for Team South Africa behind the dominant United States team.
Team South Africa sprint king Akani Simbine will have to carry the 4x100m relay team on his broad shoulders during Thursday morning’s semi-final.
It was a difficult night for Wayde van Niekerk and Shaun Maswanganyi on the track, but Jo-Ané van Dyk will hope to follow in SA javelin legend Sunette Viljoen-Louw’s footsteps after qualifying for the Olympic final.
American Quincy Hall on Wednesday became the fourth fastest man to run the 400m when he captured Olympic gold in a time of 43. 40 seconds.
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk and Shaun Maswangayi were on Wednesday night eliminated from the men’s 200m at the Paris Olympics.
The Team SA relay team will hope to win Mzansi’s first medal on the track at the Paris Olympics.
The 200m semi-finals start at 8. 02pm, with Shaun Maswanganyi vying alongside Wayde van Niekerk for a place in the final of the Paris Olympics.
SA stars Wayde van Niekerk and Shaun Maswanganyi will square off with the world’s best in the 200m semi-finals at the Paris Olympics tonight.
In what will be a frenetic day for Team SA at the Paris Olympics, Wayde van Niekerk will be hoping to achieve another piece of history this evening in the men’s 200m semi-finals.
Five athletes from Team SA will be in action on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics.
Wayde van Niekerk and Shaun Maswanganyi advanced to the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics men’s 200m on Monday, while Benjamin Richardson pulled up injured in his heat.
Wayde van Niekerk has just turned 32 and has not picked up a major medal since the London World Championships seven years ago.
Wayde van Niekerk making a welcome return and Prudence Sekgodiso aiming to follow in the footsteps of Caster Semenya in the women’s 800m.
Ryan Mphahlele and Tshepo Tshite will be the first South Africans in action as the athletics programme for the 2024 Paris Olympics gets underway on Friday.
Team South Africa’s track and field athletes such as Akani Simbine could earn a lot more for a gold medal than what is on offer for swimmer Tatjana Smith.
Wayde van Niekerk has just turned 32 and has not picked up a major medal since the London World Championships seven years ago.
The model for the Paris 2024 Supercomputer uses over a century of Olympic history to predict the medal standings for the Paris 2024 event.
Rosko Spekman is the only survivor from the Team South Africa Sevens side who earned the bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
During the Olympics, 92 percent of sub-Saharan consumers will be using online platforms while watching the world's second-largest sporting event.