New National 4x100m Record as SA Women Target Sunday Qualifiers at World Relays
South Africa’s women’s 4x100m quartet of Viwe Jingqi, Kayla la Grange, Gabriella Marais and Joviale Mbisha clocked a stunning 43.22 seconds to set a new national record on day one of the World Athletics Relays at the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone.
Lara van Niekerk Makes Triumphant Return with Commonwealth Games Qualifier at SA Swimming Championships
Lara van Niekerk celebrated a triumphant return to competition by claiming the 50m breaststroke title and securing her Commonwealth Games qualifying time at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Friday.
Joviale Mbisha Defends her 100m Crown as Tayla Kavanagh Smashes PB for 5,000m Gold at the SA Senior Athletics Champs
Tayla Kavanagh dominated the women’s 5000m with a stunning personal best, and Joviale Mbisha defended her 100m crown on a brilliant opening day for South African women at the ASA Senior Athletics Championships in Stellenbosch on Thursday.
Tayla Kavanagh Claims First Spar Grand Prix Title with Stunning Cape Town 10km Victory
Tayla Kavanagh wins the opening leg of the 2026 Spar Grand Prix in Cape Town with a personal best of 31:33, ahead of Glenrose Xaba in 31:38 and Kyla Jacobs in a career best of 32:16 in third place.
Megan Nieman and Ansume de Beer Break Records on the Closing Day of the ASA Age Group Champs
Megan Nieman broke her own record in 56.64 to claim the U18 girls 400m hurdles title on the closing day of the ASA Age Group Championships in Ekurhuleni, with Ansume de Beer also clearing a new African mark of 4.18m in the U20 women’s pole vault.
Tumi Ramokgopa, Janelle Kirkpatrick and Christi Loggenberg Shatter Age Group National Records
Tumi Ramokgopa smashed her own SA junior 100m hurdles record in 12.93 as Janelle Kirkpatrick and Christi Loggenberg also rewrote the record books on Day 2 of the ASA Age Group Championships at Germiston Athletics Stadium, Ekurhuleni.
Glenrose Xaba Laser Focussed on International Marathon Debut in Spain
Glenrose Xaba has gone into radio silence mode as the SA running phenomenon devotes every element of her focus on making a success of her international marathon debut, at the Valencia Marathon on Sunday, 7 December 2025
Jessica Thompson and Lara van Niekerk Strike Gold Again at Short Course Champs
Jessica Thompson continues her leading form at the SA National Short Course Champs, adding two more golds in the 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke, while Lara van Niekerk claims the 50m breaststroke title in Pietermaritzburg
Jessica Thompson Sets New SA Record, Matches African Record
Jessica Thompson set a new 50m butterfly national record and equalled the 50m backstroke African mark on Day 2 action at the Bombela Concession Company SA National Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday
Rising Stars Karabo More and Rethabile Molefe Soak up gsport Award Wins
Karabo More and Rethabile Molefe are next generation of sportswomen, and the pair were celebrated for their success at the 2025 gsport Awards, where More won the Emerging Athlete of the Year, and Molefe walked away with the School Sports Star Award.
Prudence Sekgodiso 800m PB in Ostrava Sets New Meeting Record
South African track star Prudence Sekgodiso ran a personal best at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting on Tuesday, her winning time of 1:57.16 was also an 800m meeting record at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava.
Prudence Sekgodiso Leads the Way as South Africa’s Female Athletes Shine
Prudence Sekgodiso was again the shining star on the track this past weekend when she was pressed hard to finish a respectable second place in the women’s 800m the recent Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday.