The sprinter has to wait a year longer to realise his dream of winning gold in Tokyo to make up for narrowly missing out on the podium in Doha
Bankruptcy? Quarantine centres? SA’s sporting bodies are facing their greatest-ever challenge
With Caster Semenya out of the running, can other leading athletes deliver on the nation’s high expectations?
Sports minister urges South Africans to support Caster Semenya against ‘discriminatory’ rules
Presidents from Athletics South Africa and the IAAF met to discuss their positions on the latter’s new eligibility regulations
The new rule, which will become active from November 1 this year, directly impacts South Africa’s double Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya
She seems a shoo-in to clinch the 800m gold in Rio. But the only certainty is yet more controversy.
President Jacob Zuma says SA has lost a true hero and disciplined athlete in Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, who died in a car crash on Friday.
Financially crippled ASA has been asked to reassess the team selected for the African Championships, less than two weeks before the event.
Instead of starting afresh with this weekend’s leadership elections, most of the candidates put forward have a tarnished history. Denial is rife.
After three years of bannings, power struggles, suspensions and restructuring, Athletics South Africa is still a mess.
Athletics South Africa has appointed a seven-member ad hoc committee to run the sport for the next three months.
An ASA palace coup finds itself on the wrong side of the IAAF and with no local sports authorities rushing out to support it.
Despite efforts by Athletics SA to obtain an exemption, Caster Semenya will not be part of a 27-member team at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow.
Sascoc’s decision to suspend ASA is all about positions and egos, angry sportspeople claim.
South Africa’s athletes will attend the world championships in Moscow, despite the country’s Olympic committee cutting ties with Athletics SA.
The country’s elite athletes will be affected most, says ASA president James Evans after the federation was suspended from the Olympic movement.
Athletics South Africa has been placed under administration for the second time in less than four years, Sascoc has said.
South Africa must appoint a national coach and develop grassroots performance if we hope to compete internationally, writes Richard Mayer.
The national team has been lauded by Athletics South Africa for overcoming poor conditions to finish third at the African Championships in Benin.
Newly elected vice-president of ASA, Hendrick Ramaala, says he hopes to grow athletics to match and outplay major sports such as rugby and cricket.
Athletics in SA have been given a clean bill of health after the weekend’s championships where athletes booked places for this year’s Olympics.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says business will not invest in sport if "corrupt activities" and a "lack of corporate governance" continues.
The SABC will lose rights to domestic athletics events if it doesn’t pay outstanding fees to Athletics South Africa ASA by midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Frik Vermaak has been named chief executive of Athletics South Africa after holding off 25 other candidates for the post.
James Evans was elected as the new president of Athletics South Africa on Saturday, replacing suspended head Leonard Chuene.
Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has called for less infighting and corruption in national sporting federations.
Leonard Chuene, the athletics boss at the centre of the Caster Semenya gender scandal, has been fired and banned from the sport for seven years.
Suspended Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene says he will return to the courts to fight the findings of a disciplinary inquiry panel.
A disciplinary inquiry report has revealed the extent of the mismanagement under the leadership of Leonard Chuene
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/ 17 February 2011
Suspended Athletics SA president Leonard Chuene repeatedly went against the ASA constitution during his time at its head, according to a report.
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/ 14 February 2011
Suspended ASA vice-president Kakata Maponyane says he will seek advice before deciding whether to appeal the verdict of an inquiry panel.