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Daily news update: There was more than R1.5 million spent on transporting SA government officials to the ICJ in January.

If we are going to be successful at anything, we need to learn to work together.I’m saying this after hearing about Athletics Namibia's (AN) decision to rope in four South...

She might be the fastest woman in SA, but teenager Viwe Jingqi’s rise to the top will take some time.

A 17-year-old South African schoolgirl has sprinted into the record books, becoming the world's fastest under-18 female over 100m and 200m, according to

After being postponed last year, the Tokyo Olympic Games is going ahead in July, under the cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic. Locals in Japan are wary and athletes are anxious – but for the rest of us, this the event we need to lift our spirits after a dreadful year. One team that will be followed with bated breath is the 4 x 100 metre relay team. SA sprinters Gift Leotela, Thando Dlodlo, Clarence Munyai and Akani Simbine – all from the Tuks Athletics Club – managed to clinch a gold medal at...

World Relays win a step forward, but hard work ahead for Team SA, warns coach Paul Gorries © Provided by Independent Online (IOL) CAPE TOWN - The support from across South Africa has been awesome, but dont get too excited right now for the Tokyo Olympics. That was the word of caution from national relays coach Paul Gorries, following Team SAs dramatic Akani Simbine produced a terrific run in the anchor leg to claim gold in 38.71 seconds, which was initially just one-hundredth of a second ahe...

Marathon journey made World Relays triumph even sweeter for Akani Simbine and Team SA Ashfak Mohamed © Provided by Independent Online (IOL) The marathon journey that Team South Africa had to endure to get to Poland for the World Relays proved to be worth it in the end, Akani Simbine, who stormed to victory in the final with an astonishing finish, said in the pre-event press conference that it had taken more than 30 hours to reach Silesia in Poland, having left home on Wednesd...

Akani Simbine on Relays gold medal: ‘I knew I would catch up’ Ashfak Mohamed © Provided by Independent Online (IOL) “I knew I could catch up.” That was how Akani Simbine felt about his exhilarating chase all the way to the finish line to snatch victory for South Africa’s 4x100m team at the World Relays in Poland on Sunday night. The quartet of Thando Dlodlo, Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai and Simbine claimed the gold medal in dramatic fashion as they held off Brazil ...

Akani Simbine shows his class as Team South Africa clinch gold at World Relays Share CAPE TOWN – Akani Simbine ran a storming anchor leg to help Team South Africa clinch the gold medal in the men’s 4x100m relay by the narrowest of margins at the World Relays in Poland on Sunday night. National 100m champion Simbine received the baton from Clarence Munyai for the final leg with South Africa slightly behind Brazil. The 27-year-old drifted further behind as he tried to secure the baton i...

Don’t mess up, then there will be a real chance to win a medal. In a nutshell, that is what this weekend’s World Relay Championships in Silesia, Poland, will boil down to for the SA 4x100m men’s relay team. The team is incidentally all local athletes associated with TuksAthletics. The gold medal is undoubtedly up for grabs after the USA and Jamaica announced they won’t be competing. Since the inception of the relay championships in 2014, the USA has twice won gold in the 4x100m men’s ...