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Image: Action Photo Four-time Olympian Irvette van Zyl will return to the start line of the 2026 Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon on Saturday, 11 April , determined to turn last year’s heartbreak into triumph at the World’s Most Beautiful Marathon. After illness cruelly denied her a finish in 2025, Irvette van Zyl is determined to set the record straight in 2026. Van Zyl travelled to Cape Town last year with her husband and two children, only to contract a virus on

Curtis Rajoo, Image: Action Photo The Triple Blue Number Club (BNC) at the Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon is an exclusive elite group - so elite, in fact, that only 11 runners will be chasing this status (their 30 th race) on Saturday, 11 April 2026 . To date 98 runners have completed 30 Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathons or more - 95 men and three women. The 11 runners that are looking to join this illustrious group are: Robert Button (age 66) , Lawrence A

Image: courtesy of motorpress Jolanda van Onselen has been elected to chair the GTR and Z club for 2026, the only officially sanction Nissan fan club in Africa. She will be assisted by Poppie Potgieter as treasurer, Nic Nomicos in charge of events, Tim Pillay as registrar and Kevin Britz on social media. The elections took place at the club’s annual general meeting, which was hosted for the first time at Nissan South Africa’s head office in Pretoria. The club, established 20

Image: TTOM The Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon International Friendship Run returns on Thursday, 9 April 2026 , setting the tone for an unforgettable weekend of running. Entries are officially open! Forming part of the iconic Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon in 2026, the 4.5km Friendship Run brings together visiting runners from around the world for a truly special shared experience. Participants are treated to spectacular ocean views and Cape Town’s vibrant atmosphere,

Image: Anthony Grote Although narrowly missing her goal of becoming the first woman to break the 30-minute barrier for 10km on African soil, Brenda Jepchirchir lived up to her pre-race favourite status at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on Sunday, 1 March 2026. In the men’s race, defending champion Adriaan Wildschutt produced another commanding performance to retain his title in “The Friendly City.” After a fast start that saw her go through halfway in 14:49 with her t

Image: World Athletics Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 as winners of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Tour following the final Gold level meeting of the series in Toruń on Sunday (22). That meeting – the Orlen Copernicus Cup – was held in the same Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń that will host the World Indoor Championships from 20-22 March. As a result of the wild cards, some national teams for Kujawy

Joseph Seutloali, Image: Action Photo Joseph Seutloali , the 2025 ultra marathon winner of the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon , is more excited than ever to return for the iconic race in 2026. After pocketing R250 000 for his 2025 victory, Seutloali now has his sights set on the R380 000 prize should he successfully defend his title on Saturday, 11 April 2026. The organisers of the World’s Most Beautiful Marathon recently announced that the earnings on offer for elite athl

Image: courtesy of Two Oceans Marathon The Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon has reinforced its strong commitment to runner safety with the appointment of Mediclinic and ER24 as its official medical service providers for 2026 . By appointing two of South Africa’s most respected healthcare and emergency response organisations, the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon will further strengthen its on-route and finish-line medical operations, ensuring that the tens of thousands of r

Image: Action Photo On Saturday, 11 April 2026 , as the Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon gets underway, Kim Pain will be the only female runner lining up to attempt triple blue status - chasing a remarkable 30th finish at this iconic race. If successful, the 59-year-old Jeppe Quondam Athletics Club stalwart’s achievement will represent 36 years of unwavering dedication - dating back to her Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra Marathon debut in 1990, when a 23-year-old Kim P

Image: IOC/Quinton Meyer As the Olympic flame flickered for the final time against the Italian night sky, the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games transitioned from a live spectacle into the annals of sporting history. On February 22, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry stood before a global audience to deliver a poignant farewell, marking the conclusion of two weeks that redefined the "Olympic spirit" for a modern era. Addressing a distinguished assem

Image: IOC The 145th IOC Session in Milan concluded with several key elections. These included the election of the new IOC Athletes’ Commission (AC) members Yunjong Won and Johanna Talihärm as IOC Members, the election of the AC’s new Chair, Pau Gasol Sáez , to the Executive Board (EB), and the confirmation that long‑serving IOC Members Syed Shahid Ali and Dr Robin E. Mitchell will receive Honorary Member status. Election of new IOC Members from the IOC Athletes’ Commiss

Image: courtesy of motorpress Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) officially launched the 2026 Toyota Equestrian Series at the prestigious Kyalami Park Club, marking the continuation of a partnership that has driven equestrian sport forward in South Africa over the last four years. The launch unveiled an exciting 2026 competition calendar alongside an enhanced prize offering designed to further elevate participation and spectator engagement. Over the past four years, the partne

Image: Gaelle Mobuchon for World Athletics Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson produced the standout moment of the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF, taking almost a second off the world short track 800m record with 1:54.87* at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Liévin on Thursday (19). The Briton followed the pacemaker through 200m in 26.47 and 400m in 55.56, and she was out alone by herself soon after. Switzerland’s Audrey Werro tried to go with

Image: IOC The athletes competing at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games have elected Yunjong Won (KOR, bobsleigh) and Johanna Talihärm (EST, biathlon) to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission (AC), for a term of eight years ending at the Utah 2034 Olympic Winter Games . The new members will contribute to ensuring that the athletes’ voice remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement’s decisions and will support their fellow athletes through

Image: Action Photo After a standout Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series season that delivered three podium finishes, including two victories, Glenrose Xaba is eager to kick off her 2026 10km campaign against a world-class field at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on Sunday, 1 March . Xaba, who represented South Africa at the World Cross Country Championships in the United States in January after running only the second marathon of her career in December, admits that while the 2

Image: courtesy of motorpress Nissan Formula E Team's Oliver Rowland clinched his third podium of the season in Round 5 of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Jeddah, as the squad bounced back strongly from a tough first race of the double-header the day before. In the opening race of the weekend on Friday, Norman Nato qualified well, reaching the semi-final stage, while teammate Rowland missed out on the Duels. Starting fourth, Nato led for multiple laps ahea

Image; Getty Images New Zealand’s shot put superstar Dame Valerie Adams has been named as the World Athletics ambassador for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 , which will be held from 20-22 March. A legend of the throws, Adams won two Olympic shot put titles and eight world crowns – four of those at the World Indoor Championships – during a highly successful career that spanned more than two decades. The last of her world indoor title wins came in

Faith Cherono, Image: courtesy of Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES Stillwater Sports , organisers of South Africa’s premier 10km road running series, the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series , have confirmed that Kenya’s Faith Cherono will line up alongside Brenda Jepchirchir at the start of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on Sunday 1 March 2026 - cementing the race as the fastest women’s 10km field ever assembled on African soil. Cherono, who began her career as a 5000m athlete and c

Image: courtesy of motorpress TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has locked out the podium places for the second time in as many rounds of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship, with Elfyn Evans claiming another victory on the snow of Rally Sweden to lead a 1-2-3-4 finish. Following a 1-2-3 finish at last month’s Rallye Monte-Carlo, this is the first time that a manufacturer has filled the podium places on consecutive rounds of the WRC since Citroën did so in 2010. The feat

Image: courtesy of motorpress António Félix da Costa converted third position on the grid into a commanding victory at the Jeddah E-Prix, marking his 13 th career win in Formula E, and Jaguar TCS Racing’s 24 th – becoming the most-winning team in the championship’s history. The win also marks Jaguar TCS Racing’s second victory in the last three races and completes a two‑podium weekend in the first double-header event of the season. Mitch Evans charged from P13 on the grid t