At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow it is clear how big Usain Bolt is – a megastar.
A Cape long jumper’s amazing ability is being hamstrung by his ruinous tik habit: " He’ll either be on an Olympic podium, or he’ll be dead by 30."
Stigma can ruin the lives of young mothers, but there is support available that can keep their futures bright.
Your name is a powerful motivator to run the Two Oceans Ultra marathon just within the cutoff time.
Nabeela Parker and Justine Palframan are raring to go after their successes at the recent athletics championships
It has been 25 years since South African road runner Frith van der Merwe set her record on the Two Oceans ultra marathon. It may not last much longer.
Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell slammed the 18-month doping ban meted out to him, calling it "unfair" and "unjust".
An academy dedicated exclusively to one sport is not only frequented by champions, but is also producing them.
Athletics legend Norman Brook has been awarded an MBE for his development work in the region.
An ASA palace coup finds itself on the wrong side of the IAAF and with no local sports authorities rushing out to support it.
Kenya has named a task force to probe doping allegations, a day before the distance running giant was to receive criticism at an anti-doping summit.
How did South Africa’s greatest 800m runner, with a slew of medals including Olympic gold, retire so quietly and without the accolades he deserved?
Middle distance athlete Mapaseka Makhanya has crossed the finish line in 33 minutes, 37 seconds to win the Pretoria leg of the Spar Women’s challenge.
The budding IAAF World Championships sprinter has no interest in breaking records and is focused only on beating his own times in Moscow.
South Africa must appoint a national coach and develop grassroots performance if we hope to compete internationally, writes Richard Mayer.
Running without shoes could mean the end of injuries, but it is a skill that takes time to learn.
South Africa’s only medallist at the 2008 Beijing Games is desperate to improve on his performance from four years ago.
Usain Bolt tells Donald McRae about his rivals for the crown, the horror of false starts and how he planned to make history in London.
Despite his top form, LJ van Zy has yet to shine on the world’s biggest stages — and gold is beckoning. Dylan Rogers reports.
While still only 25 years old, triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt is realising he doesn’t have the energy levels he once enjoyed.
Sprinter Simon Magakwe has equalled the 24-year-old national men’s 100 metres record at the SA Student Athletics Championships in Johannesburg.
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London or Doha will be named 2017 world athletics championships hosts by the International Association of Athletics Federations on Friday.
Russian Mariya Savinova rained on Caster Semenya’s parade, nipping past the controversial South African for world gold in the women’s 800m.
Usain Bolt had barely left the track after his astonishing false start in the 100m final before a debate swirled over the controversial rule.
Ruben Ramolefi improved his national record in the men’s 3 000m steeplechase on Monday — the third day of the IAAF World Championships.
Previously banned from competing, both Caster Semenya and sprinter Oscar Pistorius will showcase their ability at the world championships.
Usain Bolt delivered a stunning 200m victory at the Bislett Games but Caster Semenya was outshone by unheralded Moroccan Halima Hachlaf in the 800m.
The normally shy Caster Semenya opens up on life in the public eye and her goal of retaining her world title.
If two Kenyans winning the London Marathon inspired you, why not go in the footsteps of <b>Adharanand Finn</b> who went to a training camp in Iten?
Haile Gebrselassie’s dream of crowning a glorious career with victory in the 2012 London Olympics vanished on the streets of New York on Sunday.
Twenty-nine years ago, in late September 1981, the most infamous story of corruption in world sport began.
World 800m champion Caster Semenya comfortably won her first race in 11 months in a time of 2:04.22 in Finland on Thursday night.