Cape Town – An ebullient Stephen Mokoka held court at an entertaining media presentation less than 48 hours before facing quality international opponents in Cape Town Onerun 12km. [Read more…]
London World Championships 2017 Event of Year
The IAAF World Championships London 2017 has been named Sportcal’s Global Sports Event of the Year, the global sport market analysis firm announced today (17) at the SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit in Bangkok. [Read more…]
Jobodwana Shows Form at Athletix Meeting
The 200m Men’srace was billed as one of the highlights and was duly delivered on as South Africa’s former World Championship bronze Medalist, Anaso Jobodwana, not only won the battle of words with his young rival, Clarence Munyai, but was also first over the line in the final event of the evening which delivered high octane athletics at the inaugural Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Meeting in Ruimsig on Thursday, 01 March 2018. [Read more…]
Justin Gatlin to run at Athletix Grand Prix
South Africa . World champion, Justin Gatlin – who owns three world sprint titles including an Olympic title, has joined the list of world class athletes who will be competing at the much-awaited Athletix Grand Prix Series in March 2018. [Read more…]
Eliud Kipchoge contemplates Berlin return
The morning after winning the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for the second time in three years, Eliud Kipchoge was in reflective mood. Looking back on Sunday’s race which produced more than its fair share of surprises, he offered his assessment on the upsets provided by the event’s 44thedition: “Planning to run a marathon is like life, anything can happen. You can run fast today and tomorrow you run slow.” [Read more…]
Kipsang hungry for Berlin Marathon 2017
The elite field for the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24 has grown in star quality even more with the announcement that the man who broke the world record there in 2013, Wilson Kipsang, will join his fellow Kenyan and current world number one Eliud Kipchoge on the start line. [Read more…]
ITU confirms WTS Abu Dhabi and WTS Yokohama 2018
ITU is pleased to announce that dates have been confirmed for WTS Abu Dhabi and WTS Yokohama for 2018. [Read more…]
Gordon Ramsay completes Lake Stevens Half IM
The British celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay also famous for the TV shows Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef is on the road to Kona once again. Yesterday, he stopped in Lake Stevens to tick off a lead-up IRONMAN 70.3 race on his way to the IRONMAN World Championship, where he’ll be competing for the second time. [Read more…]
Sesipi, Van Heerden top AfricanX Stage one
The 7th annual ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun presented by New Balance enjoyed a cool start in Grabouw on Friday, 13 March 2015 when just under 600 keen trail runners toed the line at the picturesque Houw Hoek Inn to partake in South Africa’s premier three day stage trail run. [Read more…]
Mario Mola wins Abu Dhabi 2015 Triathlon
Abu Dhabi kicked off the 2015 World Series with the elite men leaving it all down to end. In a final kick, Mario Mola (ESP) earned his second-ever World Triathlon Series title with a time of 52:32 when he broke away from a three-man pack that included Vincent Luis (FRA) and Richard Murray (RSA). [Read more…]