National women's shot put and discus champion Colette Uys admitted she is not satisfied with her start to the season, conceding she is not yet throwing the distances she had hoped for at this stage. Uys produced arguably the best season of her career in 2025. She threw over 18m for the first time in the shot put when she tossed 18.14m to capture the national title at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) senior champs, backing that up with a gold in the discus, before narrowly mis

Frustrated with the delays in the payment of prize money from the 2025 Africanbank Soweto Marathon, several top runners are considering taking legal action against the organisers of The People's Race. Lesotho's Joseph Seutloali for example who is coached by Andrew Booyens, was the first man across the finish line on 29 November 2025 . He should have received R250 000 for his efforts but is still waiting and losing hope.  More than three months after the race was staged and a

Having waved goodbye the world of competitive running, the first citizen of marathon running Eluid Kipchoge is taking his first steps towards realising his dream of making our world a running world. Last year the two-time Olympic champion and former marathon World Record holder announced his retirement from competitive marathon racing declaring his intention to run a marathon on each of the seven continents over the next two years. Today (9 March) the 41-year-old Kenyan annou

South African sprinting legend, Akani Simbine is excited that South Africa will be defending their World Athletics Relays titles closer to home. The 2026 international biennial track and field sporting event will be staged in Gaborone, Botswana from 2 to 3 May 2026. At last year's World Relays Team South Africa brought home three medals which included two gold medals in the men's 4x100m and the men's 4x400m, while the women's 4x400m took the bronze medal as Team SA finished t