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Tributes pour in from around the world for champion runner David Snyders

May 30, 2019May 31, 2019 admin 2 Comments Alex Marshall, Allan Parrott, Colin Anders, Colin Jeftha, John September, Mark Jacobs, Martin Saayman, Owen Machelm, Stuart Hendricks

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS DAVID Snyders, who died yesterday morning at the age of 63, was the South African Amateur

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Cash-strapped Toll in race to Masters

March 3, 2017March 23, 2017 admin 0 Comments Aubrey Jaftha, Bernard Adams, Derick Fredericks, Desmond Zibi, Donovan Wright, Ebenezer Felix, Edwin Roems, Emeraan Ishmail, Freddie Damon, George Montanus, Harold Adams, Hermanus Williams, Jantjie Marthinus, Kathy Davids, Keith Mayer, Mark Frank, Mark Jacobs, Michael Toll, Shaheeda Majiet, Shawn Abrahams, Tobias Philander, Willie Davids

  FORMER senior schools’ and senior men’s 800m champion Michael Toll could hardly believe it when in the new era

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‘Mark, the 400’, digs into coaching and expertise

January 27, 2017February 3, 2017 admin 0 Comments Andy Daniels, Clint Cloete, Edwin Roems, Freddie Williams, Harold Adams, Jantjie Marthinus, John September, Mark Jacobs, Nazeem Smith, Sammy Claasen

By CLEMENT DU PLESSIS HAVING interviewed many of the unsung heroes of our time in athletics, I have come across

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Political arrest shackles Emeraan Ishmail’s athletics career

September 23, 2016March 4, 2017 admin 0 Comments Dianne Carelse, Emeraan Ishmail, Henry du Plessis, Kevin Africa, Leon Pietersen, Mark Jacobs, Rodney Regter, Shaheeda Majiet

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS WITH many school athletes’ lives revolving around their subjugation because of the politics of the day,

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Wayde van Niekerk coloured debate is a load of tosh

August 17, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 14 Comments Edwin Roems, Jantjie Marthinus, Mark Jacobs, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Wayde van Niekerk

By  Mark Jacobs WHY the debate about Coloured or Not Coloured? This surely demeans the achievement of Wayde van Niekerk

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A question of time for top gun John September

June 17, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 0 Comments Desmond Zibi, Donovan Wright, Ewald Bonzet, Gert Thys, Henry de Grass, John September, Marius Hugo-Schlecter, Mark Jacobs, Martin Saayman, Matthews “Loop and Val” Motshwarateu, Matthews Temane, Moos Hartnick, Owen Machelm, Richard Lemmon, Shadrack Hoff, Shadrack Magotsi, Thando Rulashe, Tobias Philander, Vladimer Kotov, Xolile Yawa

JOHN September wanted nothing more than to improve on his time and be one of the best road runners the

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