Cape Town may be on the edge of the planet as far as the rest of South Africa is concerned, but this is ridiculous – 35 000 cyclists will make their way around the fairest Cape this Sunday in the Cape Argus/Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour and the event is largely being ignored by pay-TV broadcaster Supersport.

At least two top Comrades athletes will be breathing a sigh of relief with the news that the blood samples taken at this year’s race have been destroyed and will not be further tested for the latest designer steroid, tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). But there is little hope for would-be THG junkies.

With just a couple of days remaining of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Paris, South Africa’s final medal tally is assuming a far greater meaning than simply hardware brought home.

South African athletes have a good chance of achieving their best medal haul at the World Championships in Paris. Who are these athletes who could make our wildest dreams come true?

The Sandton mink and manure belt will be alive with the sounds of popping champagne corks, scraping caviar dishes and the pounding of horses’ hooves when the second BMW International Polo Test rolls into town on Sunday.

The gloves are off in the scrap between Athletics South Africa (ASA) and the National Olympic Committee over athletics funding. ASA CEO Banele Sindani announced the governing bodies’ decision to suspend any future correspondence at executive level.

When Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced the team that will be competing in the IAAF World Championships in Paris from 23 to 31 August, the press release pronounced the selection ”formidable”.

With only three weeks to go before the World Athletic Championships in Paris, the national governing body, Athletics South Africa (ASA), found itself in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation when it announced the core participating team.

After all the slanging that has gone backwards and forwards between the top professional teams, the organisers, promoters and the athletes, Monday’s Comrades Marathon marks a new dispensation in the history of the run.