Former athlete Glen Bentley has been awarded a seat on the board of Athletics South Africa after he was elected University Sport South Africa athletics committee chairman at a meeting held at the University of North West Potchefstroom campus three weeks ago. read more
Athletics South Africa has confirmed that it will give KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) time to respond to an independent audit's findings into allegations of corruption at the province. read more
Online entries and in-store entries at Sportsmans Warehouse for the tenth Landmarks Half Marathon close on Sunday 23rd October. read more
Haile Gebrselassie, the two time Olympic gold medallist and four times World Champion, has been unveiled as an official bid ambassador and member of the Athlete Commission for London’s bid to host the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships. read more
The International Association of Athletics Federations has warned bidding cities that it will not award the 2017 and 2019 World Championships simultaneously – despite admitting that Doha and London were among two of the strongest bids they have ever received. read more
The city of Doha appears to have overcome what was potentially its biggest obstacle to hosting the 2017 World Championships after Bob Hersh, the senior vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), revealed that he was impressed with the cooling technology. read more
Athletics South Africa has begun a search for a chief executive officer, despite Molatelo Malehopo still earning a salary as head of administration. read more
Newly-crowned national cross country champion Tshamano Setone will go head-to-head with former titleholder Stephen Mokoka at the University Sports South Africa (Ussa) championships in Potchefstroom this weekend. read more
South African sports minister, Fikile Mbalula, has praised the team that won 157 medals at the All Africa Games in Mozambique, adding that the performance brought dignity to the country. read more
Augustine Amos Maiyo (Mr Price) clocked an Olympic Qualifying time of 2:14:55 to beat a field that included South African marathon record holder Gert Thys and claim the R25,000 first prize at the Aca Joe Cape Town Marathon 2011 this weekend. read more
Olympic athletes are facing an increased volume of blood-tests during the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted a recommendation that all anti-doping organisations ensure that not less than 10 per cent of samples collected are blood specimens. read more
London 2017 are hoping to host the International Paralympic Committee World Athletics Championships - if they are awarded the 2017 World Athletics Championships later this year, according to UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner. read more
With less than two months until the 19th Soweto Marathon, organisers have called on athletes to get their entries in as soon as possible to compete for the R650,000 prize money fund. read more
Organisers of the Cape Town Marathon 2011, which takes place on Sunday 25th September, have extended the pre-entry deadline by a week to noon on Monday 19th September for the 42.2km and 10km races. read more
Entries are now open for the Totalsports Challenge, presented by New Balance and Rehidrat Sport, taking place on Saturday, 14th January 2012. read more
Online entries for the 2012 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon are set to open on 5th October, for the event taking place on Easter Saturday next year. read more
Online entries for the Cape Town Marathon 2011 close on Monday 12th September, for pre-entries to the 42.2km and 10km races. read more
Caster Semenya won South Africa’s fourth medal on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Daegu to take the country to 17th place in the medal table, out of 41 countries. read more
London and Doha will go head-to-head to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships after Spanish city Barcelona withdrew its bid. read more
The Comrades Marathon Association has revealed that it has increased the prize money fund ahead of next year's ultra-marathon between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. read more
The new Green Point Urban Park will host a fun 5 x 4.2km relay at 14h30 on Heritage Day, 24th September 2011, as part of the Cape Town Marathon weekend. read more
Organisers of the Duesouth Xterra presented by Rehidrat Sport has announced that the South African Championships will in future be run over a two day period – with the 2012 event taking place on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February. read more
Entries are now open for the ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance - a three day stage trail run taking place the weekend of 16th to 18th March 2012 in the picturesque town of Kleinmond. read more
Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has donated $250,000 (R1.76m) to the Japanese federation to assist with the rebuilding of the country following the tsunami in March. read more
The organisers of the Cape Town Marathon 2011, which takes place on Sunday 25th September, have called on marathon and 10km runners to enter as soon as possible to secure their spot as the events are limited to just 7,000 participants. read more
Senegal's Lamine Diack, who has guided world athletics through the ups and downs of spectator interest and the global financial crisis, has been overwhelmingly re-elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). read more
The Cape Town Marathon, which takes place on Sunday 25th September, is encouraging anyone to take part in the event after giving the race an extended 8-hour cut off time - to give novice runners the opportunity to complete their first 42.2km race. read more
The 11th Annual Vodacom Country Challenge, taking place this Sunday at Vodaworld in Midrand, has attracted a field of over 5,000 entrants from across the country. read more
Athletics South Africa has begun its search for a new chief executive officer after officially advertising the position – following numerous calls to appoint an office manager. read more
The country’s top road runners will contest the Cape Town marathon on Sunday 25th September - as the race is the only Olympic qualifier for the London 2012 Olympic Games. read more
Cape Town is one of three candidate cities battling for the right to stage the 2017 World Games – along with the Hungarian city of Budapest and Wroclaw in Poland. read more
Following a gruelling twelve days for both the running and driving teams competing in the Continental Run2Stop Challenge from Cape Town - it was the driving team who crossed the finish line first, in a dramatic final sprint into Johannesburg. read more
One always wants to play for the Boks and it will always be my goal to play there. But at the moment it's a bit tough, because the coach's game plan is a bit different.
Heinrich Brüssow is still eager to play for his country despite being left out of Heyneke Meyer's squad.
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