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Image: Chicago Marathon Event Now Features a Cumulative Prize Purse of More Than $1 Million The Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced today the introduction of prize money for the event’s Para Athletics Program beginning in 2026. By adding prize money to the Para Athletics Program, the event aims to expand opportunities for athletes competing at the highest level of the sport, recognize their accomplishments and attract top Para athletes to the Chicago Marathon. Addition

Image: Anthony Grote Luan Munnik , winner of the 2024 Boxer Super Run Tshwane, and Ryan Mphahlele , winner of the 2025 Boxer Super Run Durban, will face off at the debut of the Boxer Super Run Joburg  at Marks Park Sports Club  on Sunday, 09 November 2025 . The showdown promises to be a showstopper, with both speedsters openly aiming for gold. According to Munnik , the 5km distance is a sweet spot where speed and endurance collide. “It’s where a 1500m track specialist like me

Image: Wanda Diamond League The biggest stars of global athletics can begin to plot their route to glory in the 2026 Wanda Diamond League with the publication of disciplines for all 15 meetings this Monday. A host of reigning Olympic and world champions will return to action in the Diamond League next year, testing themselves week in, week out at the highest level of track and field. As athletics’ premier one-day meeting series, the Diamond League offers fans and athletes the

Comrades Marathon Association With more than 2,600 entries secured in the early window by the Green Number Club and CMA Members, the 22,000 limit is well on its way! The entry fees are as follows: •South African 2026 Entrants R1200 •Rest of African 2026 Entrants R2000 •International 2026 Entrants R4500 Runners can choose the option to pay the entry fee in one immediate instalment, or in two instalments: 50% on entering and the remaining 50% by the end of February 2026. (Note:

Image: Anthony Grote The Boxer Super Run  will celebrate its Joburg debut at Marks Park Sports Club  on Sunday, 09 November 2025 , with a strong showing in the ELITE WOMEN’S WAVE . Glenrose Xaba  (Boxer Super Run Durban 2025 and Boxer Super Run Tshwane 2024 Champion), Karabo More  (Boxer Super Run Durban 2024 Champion), Zanthe Taljaart and Cian Oldknow have all confirmed their readiness to bring the heat on race day. With Boxer Athletics Club’s top runner Glenrose Xaba  havin

Image: Dakar 2026 Ayo is a young lion who symbolises the joy and energy of Senegalese youth. The name means “joy” in Yoruba – – and reflects the spirit of celebration and unity associated with the Games. Ayo wears a traditional Fulani Tingandé hat, representing wisdom, dignity and a connection to rural life, Ayo represents the values of Dakar 2026 and highlights the cultural heritage of Senegal as the host nation. The mascot was unveiled by the YOG Organising Committee, dur

Image: ABSM African Bank has officially announced musician, athlete, and philanthropist, Kabelo Mabalane as the brand ambassador for the African Bank Soweto Marathon 2025 (ABSM 2025). The announcement was made during an energetic internal launch event at the Bank’s headquarters, where hundreds of staff members gathered to celebrate the reveal of the ambassador for the race. This year’s marathon is particularly momentous, marking 30 years of the Soweto Marathon and 50 years of

Image, courtesy of World Athletics Earlier this year World Athletics uncovered the systematic theft of money from the organisation by two employees and a contracted consultant. While one of the employees left the organisation before their theft was discovered, another employee and a consultant had their contracts terminated following an internal investigation. Detailed cases have been prepared and handed over to the relevant judicial and legal authorities for criminal investi

Image: Sanlam Cape Town Marathon This year, the race was pursuing its second consecutive pass of the AbbottWMM criteria that must be met in order for Cape Town to join the series. The cancellation of the 2025 event means that the evaluation was not completed.  We fully support the decision that was made to cancel the 2025 event in the interests of the safety of runners, volunteers and staff. We also applaud the decision by Cape Town’s title sponsor Sanlam in offering to fund

Yeman Crippa, Jimmy Gressier, Nerio Alessandri, Sebastian Coe and Gaia Sabbatini © Technogym, Image: World Athletics First indoor virtual running competition set to connect professional athletes and enthusiasts in fitness and sports centres around the world Technogym – the world leader in wellness, athletic training, health, and the official supplier to the last 10 Olympic Games – and World Athletics, the global governing body for athletics, are delighted to announce a partne

Image: World Athletics As part of the World Athletics Awards 2025 , World Athletics is pleased to confirm the nominees for Women’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year and Men’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year. There are five nominees for these two categories, and a vote will take place to identify the two finalists for each. World Athlete of the Year – how it works The nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved during another memorable year for the sport

Image: Tobias Ginsberg Celebrating its Joburg debut on  Sunday, 09 November 2025, at the  Marks Park Sports Club,  the Boxer Super Run  – South Africa’s most social 5km run – is set to make an impact with an impressive R147 200 prize purse . The winners of the Elite Men’s  and Elite Women’s  Races will each claim a remarkable R20 000 . “We’re proud to announce that the Boxer Super Run Joburg will offer a prize purse of R147 200  in 2025,” says Michael Meyer, Managing Director

Image: courtesy of Comrades Marathon Association The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) proudly hosted its annual Spirit of Comrades Awards Gala, in partnership with the Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS), in Durban on Friday 24 October 2025. This prestigious event celebrates the exceptional qualities of selflessness, service, dedication, courage, perseverance and Ubuntu that define the spirit of the world’s biggest, oldest and most famous ultramarathon, the Comrades

Image: Tobias Ginsberg The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) takes pleasure in announcing that entries for the 2026 edition of the Comrades Marathon will open on Monday 27 October 2025 at 12h00, with the first week of the entry process reserved for Green Number Club runners and CMA Members. Entries for all other aspirant Comrades Marathon runners will open one week later, on Monday 3 November at 10h00, and the overall entry period will close on 28 November, or earlier if th

Image: Nariman El-Mofty/AP Women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepng'etich, has been banned for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), after admitting to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) regarding the presence and use of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). The 31-year-old Kenyan, a former World marathon champion and a three-time winner of the Chicago Marathon, accepted the charges and sanction following a positive test for the banned diuretic from a sample on 1

Image: Getty Images Men’s pole vault 6.30m Mondo Duplantis (SWE) Tokyo, 15 September 2025 Women’s U20 hammer 77.24m Zhang Jiale (CHN) Quzhou, 2 August 2025 Women’s U20 javelin 65.89m Yan Ziyi (CHN) Quzhou, 3 August 2025 Men’s U20 decathlon 8514 points Hubert Troscianka (POL) Tampere, 8 August 2025 The latest world pole vault record set by Mondo Duplantis and three world U20 records have been ratified by World Athletics. Duplantis improved his own world record to 6.30m at the

Image: Tobias Ginsberg With the promise that the event is one step away from gaining Abbott World Marathon Majors status in 2026, the 2025 edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon takes place this Sunday, 19 October, with a new dual-start using two venues in Green Point. The elite field is once again stacked with world-class talent, including athletes who have won or finished on the podium in some of the world’s most iconic marathons, and now they are in the Mother City for w

Image: Caleb Bjergfel The elite field for the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon on Sunday 19 October will include some of the world’s fastest marathoners, including two men who have dipped under 2:05, four that have gone sub-2:06, and another four that have broken 2:07. The women’s field includes one athlete each with a 2:16, 2:17 or 2:18 to her name, and two more who have run a 2:19. This all points to fast times and the current course records being bettered in this 32 nd  edit

Image: Johann Minnaar The four-day programme for the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon kicks off on Thursday 16 October with the opening of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Expo at the DHL Stadium in Green Point. The Expo will include race pack collection for all athletes participating in the Marathon as well as the 10km and 5km Peace Runs, and the three Trails Runs (43km, 22km and 11km) that form part of this annual festival of running. Some 41,000 runners will be making their way

Chicago Marathon Following a successful Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 12, event organizers today announced an extension of a media partnership with NBCUniversal Local Chicago (NBC 5 Chicago / WMAQ and Telemundo Chicago / WSNS). The multi-year agreement will continue the stations’ role as the official English and Spanish television broadcast partners for the Bank of America Chicago Distance Series events through 2028. NBC 5 Chicago has been a media partne