Semenya Relieved at World Champs Inclusion
Caster Semenya wins Team SA selection for the Beijing World Champs after running her fastest international 800m in two years, in Linz on Saturday
Athletes Bear Down on Maties Varsity Meet
Maties will host the second 2015 Varsity Athletics meet on Monday, which lists Justine Palframan as the leading women’s athlete to date
Phalula to Lead Cross Country team in Lesotho
2013 SA Cross Country annual trials champ Lebo Phalula leads ASA team’s 7-woman contingent, including wild-card Lorraine Novela, to the CAA Southern Region Cross Country Championships in Maseru on 2 March
Hockey Leads the Way in Winning Weekend
Weekend Wrap: Check out our summary of SA women’s sport published on gsport over the weekend!
Big Field for Cross Country Trials
Lebo Phalula among an elite field also including Christine Kalmer, Tebogo Masehla and Portia Ngwenya heading the biggest field ever for annual Cross Country trials as athletes vie for a place in the Athletics SA squad for two major Cross Country Championships in March.
Rene Heads Trio for World Champs
Rene Kalmer, her younger sister Christine Kalmer and Nolene Conrad have been included in the Athletics South Africa team for the World Half Marathon Championships taking place in Bulgaria on 6 October.
Motlatsi Keikabile Reaches New Heights
2010 gsport Hall of Fame recipient, Motlatsi Keikabile, is upbeat about the future of athletics in South Africa after having been elected vice-president of Athletics South Africa, saying that she is ready to get down to work.
Ferns Moves to Greener Pastures
Just a month after being featured as gsport’s February Woman of the Month, Athletics South Africa (ASA) announces the departure of General Manager Linda Ferns, who has resigned to pursue other interests, with effect from April 30.
Josephs SA’s Only Lady in Valencia
Multiple medal winner Janice Josephs is winging her way to Spain in search of more metalware. Long jumpers Janice Josephs is the only woman in the modest five-member team, also including male athletes, world indoor silver medallist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and long-jump colleague Khotso Mokoena, in South Africa’s three prong charge for medals at the IAAF […]
February 2008 Woman: Linda Ferns
Career Highlight: Athletics South Africa General Manager Linda Ferns, seen here with former President Nelson Mandela at the World Cross Country Championships in 1996, as the late Steve Tshwete (South African sports minister) looks on. People often say that you can only really succeed at something if you truly believe in it. […]
Athletes Gear Up for Yellow Pages
Some of South Africa’s leading athletes will make their way to Secunda ahead of the Yellow Pages Series, to be held on Friday, 25 January.
Athletics SA Ratifies New Records
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has ratified four new national records following a meeting of the ASA Executive Board on Saturday 3 November in Sandton, Johannesburg.