IAAF sets Semenya June deadline - 14 May 2010
Lamine Diack, the president of world athletics governing body the IAAF president, has stated that a ‘solution’ will be reached by June in the case of South African 800m runner Caster Semenya. read more
Athletics News Articles
ASA awards wrong athletes - 13 May 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has been criticised for apparent errors in its calculations of the points system that awarded this year's Yellow Pages Series athletes with prize money. read more
ASA confident for the future - 12 May 2010
The management board of Athletics South Africa (ASA) believes the governing body is back on track, six months after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) stepped in to assist the organisation’s interim administrators. read more
Pretoria races hit by police pull-out - 22 Apr 2010
Athletics clubs based in and around Pretoria are facing a financial crisis with as many as five road races set to be cancelled in Gauteng North due to unavailablity of the Tshwane Metro Police during the FIFA 2010 World Cup. read more
Semenya to release own test results - 15 Apr 2010
Caster Semenya, the athlete at the centre of the protracted gender scandal that has engulfed South African athletics, is likely to release the results of her gender tests herself, according to governing body Athletics South Africa. read more
ASA denies missing AC deadline - 14 Apr 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) assistant administrator Richard Stander has moved to deny media speculation that the under-fire governing body had missed the deadline for entry to the African Championships in Nairobi, Kenya at the end of July. read more
Mali hits back over ASA extension - 14 Apr 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) administrator Ray Mali has hit back at athletes and former ASA interim board members who have slammed South Africa's Olympic body for delaying their implementation of a new board for the federation. read more
Semenya decision set to be made - 29 Mar 2010
A decision is set to be made this week over whether women’s 800m world champion Caster Semenya will be allowed to participate in Tuesday’s Yellow Pages athletics meeting in Stellenbosch. read more
Record entries for Women's 10k race - 25 Mar 2010
A record number of more than 9,000 women are expected to take part in the 2010 Spar Women's 10 km Challenge at King's Beach on 1st May. read more
3,600 South Africans run for Sport Relief - 23 Mar 2010
Around 3,600 Capetonians took part in the inaugural Sport Relief Mile in South Africa over the weekend to raise funds for Child Welfare South Africa (CWSA). read more
Coke signs Commonwealth tie-up - 18 Mar 2010
Coca-Cola India has announced its association with the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi as the official beverages partner of the event. read more
Record field for Two Oceans marathon - 10 Mar 2010
A record field of close to 21,000 runners will line up in Newlands on 3rd April for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon. read more
Road races in doubt due to WC - 09 Mar 2010
Road races due to be held during the World Cup could be in doubt after Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality have yet to approve the races scheduled to be held in Pretoria during the tournament this summer. read more
ASA board members retain support - 02 Mar 2010
Despite their handling of the Caster Semenya scandal and subsequent suspension from their roles, the outgoing board members of Athletics South Africa appear to have retained the support of their local governors if the provincial board elections in central Gauteng are anything to go by. read more
Democratic Alliance wants ASA investigated - 25 Feb 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has come under more pressure as the Democratic Alliance wants the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) to conduct an investigation into the administration. read more
ASA's former board to be investigated - 11 Feb 2010
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) is to investigate the former board of Athletics South Africa amid reports of alleged corruption. read more
Semenya can't race in Yellow Pages series - 10 Feb 2010
Caster Semenya will not participate in this year’s Yellow Pages Series as she waits on the results of world governing body the International Amateur Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) investigation into her gender issue. read more
Mali says Athletics can be top sport - 10 Feb 2010
Ray Mali, interim head of Athletics South Africa (ASA), has insisted that athletics can be the number one sport in South Africa if it was properly administered. read more
Sport Relief Mile comes to South Africa - 27 Jan 2010
The Sport Relief Mile, the popular UK fundraising event, is coming to South Africa with the inaugural event to be held in Cape Town on the 21st March 2010 at the V& A Waterfront, the same day that the event takes place in the UK. read more
ASA interim board hit by resignation - 25 Jan 2010
The new interim board of the Athletics South Africa has suffered its first casualty following the resignation of Western Province Athletics president James Evans. read more
SASCOC rules out Semenya run - 22 Jan 2010
South Africa’s Olympic governing body SASCOC has ruled that athlete Caster Semenya cannot compete in any races until a final decision is made on gender verification tests she was subjected to. read more
Road running series to go ahead - 18 Jan 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) administrator Ray Mali has assured the nation's premier road running series will take place this year, regardless of whether a sponsorship deal can be agreed. read more
ASA enforces Semenya ban - 15 Jan 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) administrator Ray Mali has said that controversial athlete Caster Semenya cannot compete until she has cleared a gender verification test. read more
Semenya dismisses lawsuit rumour - 14 Jan 2010
The legal team of Caster Semenya – the athlete at the centre of last year’s gender scandal - have rubbished claims that she intends suing the International Association of Athletics Federations for R900m for leaking information about gender testing that was being carried out on her. read more
Yellow Pages renews ASA sponsorship - 13 Jan 2010
Yellow Pages have ensured that the Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) season will go ahead as planned after striking a new sponsorship deal at an ASA board meeting. read more
ASA confident over sponsor renewal deal - 05 Jan 2010
Athletics South Africa (ASA) administrator Ray Mali has stated his belief that the federation’s primary sponsor Yellow Pages will renew its association within the next few weeks in a bid to calm fears that the ASA was in the middle of a financial crisis. read more
SASOC holds 'positive' meeting with IAAF - 10 Dec 2009
With relationships having been strained following the handling of the Caster Semenya gender scandal, SASOC president Gideon Sam and CEO Tubby Reddy declared that they had held a positive meeting with Lamine Diack, president of world athletics governing body the IAAF, in Monaco. read more
SASOC confirms new structure - 09 Dec 2009
The efforts of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) to improve on the national team’s performance at last year’s Beijing Games were well on track, Sascoc president Gideon Sam said after a board meeting. read more
Mali happy with first ASA meeting - 30 Nov 2009
Ray Mali, the interim chief executive of Athletics South Africa (ASA), has expressed his satisfaction with progress made following the organisation’s first official meeting of the ad hoc committee which took over the running of the sport in the aftermath of the Caster Semenya gender row. read more
Comrades Marathon extends entries - 27 Nov 2009
In response to overwhelming demand from previous runners and novices alike, the Comrades Marathon Association will reopen entries to accommodate 2,000 more participants. read more
ASA confident that sponsors will be back - 26 Nov 2009
Ray Mali, the interim administrator of Athletics South Africa (ASA), has re-emphasised his faith that sponsors who openly questioned their support of the governing body over the handling of the Caster Semenya gender scandal will reaffirm their investment in due course. read more
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