In April, the athletics body introduced new “eligibility regulations for female classification” that restricted the testosterone levels
There is no such thing as a level playing field and all the best athletes enjoy biological and nonbiological advantages
Not only is the IAAF’s data dubious, experts say the testosterone rules are unethical
Supporting Caster Semenya means more than embracing her as an athlete
The new rule, which will become active from November 1 this year, directly impacts South Africa’s double Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya
The IAAF announced new rules would be put in place to ban female athletes from competing if their testosterone levels are deemed unnaturally high
The track queen will be forced to lower her testosterone levels with daily medication in order to compete internationally
The International Olympic Committe stripped Jamaica of their 4x100m relay win at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games after Nesta Carter was caught doping.
Calls for an independent global drug-testing agency are growing as it becomes clear many nations’ procedures fall well below expected standards.
According to Athletics Kenya President Isaiah Kiplagat 32 cases of doping in Kenyan sports is better than what other federations have had to report.
Four SA athletes will use the Diamond League as a site to work on their performance ahead of the IAAF Continental Cup.
Instead of starting afresh with this weekend’s leadership elections, most of the candidates put forward have a tarnished history. Denial is rife.
An ASA palace coup finds itself on the wrong side of the IAAF and with no local sports authorities rushing out to support it.
A recent protest reflected the frustrations of athletes about how the sport is being managed.
Caster Semenya hopes to return to competition at the end of next month, according to her agent Jukka Harkonen.
Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has been named World Athlete of the Year for a record fourth time by the IAAF.
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/ 14 January 2010
Women’s 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya is set to return to the track in February despite her still being in the middle of a gender row.
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/ 20 November 2009
The IAAF is set to boot suspended athletics boss Leonard Chuene out of the IAAF council, the Mail & Guardian has learned.
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/ 30 October 2009
The ANC Caster Semenya support task team recently released a statement advising the IAAF to declare the gender tests null and void.
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/ 18 September 2009
The betrayal of Caster Semenya at the hands of those who should have protected her must rank among one of the cruellest acts ever.
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/ 16 September 2009
Athletics South Africa president says the reports have been personalised to get rid of him.
War will be declared if the IAAF excludes South African gold medallist Caster Semenya because she is a hermaphrodite.
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/ 10 September 2009
South Africa’s women’s 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya will learn her fate in November, following gender testing by the IAAF.