Pam, 68, ready for Comrades
FOR Durban's Pamela Osborn, at 68 the oldest woman in the field for Sunday's 84th Comrades Marathon, age is merely a number.
Will it be all down to Zondi?
Brian Zondi considers himself a better downhill runner than uphill - and that's ominous for the other contenders in the Comrades Marathon.
Nick Bester fancies Comrade Shvetsov
South Africans may have dominated the Comrades Marathon "down" run in recent years, but that supremacy could be usurped in the Pietermaritzburg to Durban epic.
Zim Comrades after SA cash
Their cross-border raids have proved fruitful in recent years, but long-distance athletes from Zimbabwe have never quite managed to pull off the biggest heist of ...
Comrades 'salutes' Wally
The Comrades Marathon Association will from 2007 award the Wally Hayward medal to elite runners who miss out on gold medals, but still manage to complete the gruelling ...
Comrade Kelehe's Up to the Russian challenge
Andrew Kelehe's coach, John Hamlett, says the former Comrades Marathon champion would love nothing more than to beat the Russians at their own game during this year's ...
'Comrades is Russians' cash cow'
Many elite athletes from eastern Europe see the Comrades Marathon only as an opportunity to make "big money", according to a director from a top sports management ...
Ngomane unlikely to run Comrades
Sipho Ngomane is unlikely to to defend his title in the Comrades Marathon.
Thys 'shocked' by positive dope test
South African marathon record holder Get Thys says he is finding it very difficult to come to terms with his positive dope test.
Hestrie pulls out of All Africa games
The South Africa team for All Africa Games in Nigeria has been depleted by the withdrawal of several potential medalists - including world women's high jump champion ...
Top athletes set to grace SA tracks
Athletes of the calibre of Haile Gebrselassie, Paula Radcliffe, Marion Jones and Hicham El Guerrouj are coming to compete in South Africa.
Cloete sets her sights on gold, record
Following her successful two-month European campaign Hestrie Cloete remains highly motivated and is aiming to jump higher.
Cloete, Freitag deserve all the honour
South Africa's elite athletes are not allowing ...
Ambitious Freitag soars to new heights
Jacques Freitag soared to new heights as he joined the ranks of the rich and famous this week - and he wouldn't change it for the world.
Brits brings SA another medal in Paris
After an international career spanning well over a decade pole vault star Okkert Brits has finally won a medal at a major championship by clinching silver in the ...
Freitag jumps for gold in Paris
Young Jacques Freitag is South Africa's latest sporting hero. The towering 21-year-old from Pretoria has won a gold medal in the men's high jump event at the world ...
'Sepeng has acknowledged his mistakes'
Athletics South Africa's prodical son Hezekiel Sepeng - the country's most experienced international athlete - has been welcomed back. Sepeng is included in the ...
Flying Fusi knew it was his day
Fusi Nhlapo, South Africa's latest sporting hero, spent much of his formative years running away from kids laughing at him because he was so skinny. The Comrades ...
Elana to run, but dope case not over
Elana Meyer has had her suspension lifted by Athletics South Africa, although the governing body has still to decide whether the world half-marathon record-holder ...
Equal Comrades prize money unfair - Shvetsov
Leonid Shvetsov, the Russian doctor who failed by just 37 seconds to catch Andrew Kelehe in his debut Comrades Marathon in 2001, says men deserve more prize money ...
I am staying, says Sam
Embattled Nocsa president Sam Ramsamy has "no intention whatsoever" of stepping down from the National Olympic Committee before the end of his current term. "As ...
Elana fights to clear her name
A debate over whether caffeine should remain on the banned list, supported by the world's foremost anti-doping authority, may be Elana Meyer's strongest defence ...
Grishin: Triple Comrades pay, and more to men
Outspoken Dimitiri Grishin's latest offering will not only have the Comrades Marathon Association up in arms, but also the Women's Liberation Movement. The runner ...
Thlobo only non-qualifier for world champs
Eastern Province's Ezael Thlobo was yesterday rewarded for his consistent performances over the years with a place in the South African men's marathon team for August's ...
Sepeng excluded from world champs squad
South African 800 meters record holder Hezekiel Sepeng appears to have shot himself in the foot again, having been excluded from the provisional South African squad ...