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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: FF Plus After constant pressure from the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus), repairs to the R76 between Steynsrus and Kroonstad have finally gained momentum. Months of monitoring has resulted in tangible improvements to the 48 km stretch of road that has been a source of frustration for residents and farmers for years. Repairs began in 2019 and the project was initially supposed to be completed by 2022. However, repair work came to a standstill for nearly two years after the

Image: FF Plus The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) urges livestock farmers to ensure their animals are vaccinated against anthrax following a confirmed outbreak on Ghaap se Berg near Douglas.   Anthrax, caused by the Bacillus anthracis bacterium, is a disease that is fatal to antelope, livestock, and even humans. Therefore, the incident where eland died from the dreaded disease is serious. The Northern Cape Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs issued a warning on

Image: Mangaung Municipality The Matjhabeng Local Municipality’s blatant contempt for the Free State Legislature and its constitutional oversight mandate confirms that this institution is no longer willing or able to fulfil its constitutional duties. The Municipality’s Speaker, Bheke Stofile, and acting Municipal Manager, Adv Lauretta van Wyk, were absent today (Friday, 24 October) from a joint portfolio committee meeting during a week where local government specifically focu

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: Supplied The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Gauteng government’s decision to disband the so-called crime prevention wardens (AmaPanyaza), viewing it as an acknowledgement of the programme’s failure. Since the project was announced in 2023, the Freedom Front Plus maintained that it is illegal, impractical and dangerous to appoint individuals lacking the proper training or mandate as law enforcers, even though the intention may be good. Section 205(1) of South

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: Michael Pinyana, The Times Akademia’s launch of its Paarl campus on Wednesday serves as concrete commentary on the recent destruction of academic facilities at two established South African universities. At the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Qwa-Qwa campus and Fort Hare’s Dikeni (Alice) campus, students expressed their dissatisfaction by destroying infrastructure. One of the constant causes of unrest is outstanding study debt in addition to failures by NSFAS, the

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