Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Lamont Marcell Jacobs is an unlikely star to take over from Usain Bolt. But those who have been following his and Italy’s athletics progress weren’t surprised that they won…

The Botswana middle-distance runner suffered an injury in qualifiers and could not make a podium finish in the finals. Though gutted, he is hard at work again and hopes to do…

The dual threat of migrant athletes from the East African region and the emergence of Uganda sends a powerful message that Kenya needs to look beyond its core strengths moving…

Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye from the Centre for Sport Leadership at Maties Sport (Stellenbosch University) researches African women and gender equity in sport. We asked her what issues…

Bankruptcy? Quarantine centres? SA’s sporting bodies are facing their greatest-ever challenge

Jean-marc Johannes already holds two Guinness World records and is striving to be among the first skateboarders representing their countries at the Olympics in the sport’s debut…

Sporting events, from football and tennis to rugby and cycling, on this year’s calendar are in doubt

Here is a look at the effects on sport of the coronavirus, which on Monday had killed over 3 800 people while infecting more than 110 000 in over 100 countries

Paralysed at 23, Philippa Johnson-Dwyer has defied the odds to seek Paralympian glory

The runner smashed her personal best in 2019, and will feel confident going to Tokyo in August

The little-known South African surfer who’s been a world beater since the age of 14

Failing to progress to the next stage of Olympic qualifying has put a dent in the growth of women’s football in the country

Japanese condom makers are ramping up preparations ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games