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Akani Simbine had envisaged this being the year he finally came good.

Akani Simbine’s Olympic dream deferred, not derailed

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

The good old days: Fans at a T20 international at Kingsmead in February. It will be some time before live sport can resume, with countries around the world going into various states of lockdown. (Anesh Debiky/AFP)

Fear and uncertainty grip sports due to Covid-19 outbreak

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

Sand angels: South Africa’s long jumper Luvo Manyonga. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Athletes test their medal mettle

With Caster Semenya out of the running, can other leading athletes deliver on the nation’s high expectations?

The two-time Olympic gold medallist and Athletics SA is asking the court to declare testosterone regulations that the International Association of Athletics Federations implemented last year as discriminatory. (Getty Images)

‘Fight for Caster Semenya, fight for our nation’

Sports minister urges South Africans to support Caster Semenya against ‘discriminatory’ rules

The Sita head office near Pretoria

IAAF, ASA agree court must rule on female classification

​Presidents from Athletics South Africa and the IAAF met to discuss their positions on the latter’s new eligibility regulations

Caster Semenya.

Athletics SA in Caster’s corner, challenging IAAF’s ruling

The new rule, which will become active from November 1 this year, directly impacts South Africa’s double Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya

Need for speed: Caster Semenya

Rio 2016 Olympics: Win or lose, Caster Semenya will run into an ugly firestorm

She seems a shoo-in to clinch the 800m gold in Rio. But the only certainty is yet more controversy.

SA saddened by Mulaudzi’s untimely death

President Jacob Zuma says SA has lost a true hero and disciplined athlete in Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, who died in a car crash on Friday.

The financially crippled organisation faced a R2-million bill for travel costs of team members and management.

African Championships: Cash-strapped ASA races against the clock

Financially crippled ASA has been asked to reassess the team selected for the African Championships, less than two weeks before the event.

ASA president James Evans.

Is ASA’s poor track record doomed to persist with a tarnished leader?

Instead of starting afresh with this weekend’s leadership elections, most of the candidates put forward have a tarnished history. Denial is rife.

‘Visionary leadership’ continues to elude ASA

After three years of bannings, power struggles, suspensions and restructuring, Athletics South Africa is still a mess.

ASA appoints seven-member ad hoc committee

Athletics South Africa has appointed a seven-member ad hoc committee to run the sport for the next three months.

Sello Mokoena

SA athletics hits the wall running, again

An ASA palace coup finds itself on the wrong side of the IAAF and with no local sports authorities rushing out to support it.

Caster Semenya.

Semenya to miss IAAF World Champs

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.

ASA suspension leaves SA athletes high and dry

Sascoc’s decision to suspend ASA is all about positions and egos, angry sportspeople claim.

SA athletes going to championships amidst ASA spat

South Africa’s athletes will attend the world championships in Moscow, despite the country’s Olympic committee cutting ties with Athletics SA.

ASA president James Evans.

Athletes to bear brunt of Athletics SA suspension

The country’s elite athletes will be affected most, says ASA president James Evans after the federation was suspended from the Olympic movement.

Sascoc appoints administrator to take over ASA

Athletics South Africa has been placed under administration for the second time in less than four years, Sascoc has said.

Athletes slowed by outdated training

South Africa must appoint a national coach and develop grassroots performance if we hope to compete internationally, writes Richard Mayer.

ASA president James Evans.

ASA pleased with athletes’ African Championships medal haul

The national team has been lauded by Athletics South Africa for overcoming poor conditions to finish third at the African Championships in Benin.