Van Niekerk to miss Commonwealth Games
Van Niekerk goes down in the celebrity touch rugby match

Van Niekerk to miss Commonwealth Games

Gold Coast, Australia, the venue of next year’s Commonwealth Games, will be missing world athletics’ golden boy Wayde van Niekerk, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.

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Van Niekerk sizzles in Switzerland
Van Niekerk celebrates Swiss success

Van Niekerk sizzles in Switzerland

Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk fired a crackerjack shot across the bows of any would-be pretenders to his World Championship 400m crown in Switzerland on Thursday night, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.

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Van Niekerk nails another world record!
Wayde van Niekerk celebrates yet another world record

Van Niekerk nails another world record!

He went on record as saying he was going for something ‘ridiculous’ over the little-run 300m event on Wednesday night and Wayde van Niekerk, South Africa’s golden boy of world athletics, made a world record victory look ridiculously easy, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.

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Van Niekerk blitzes to SA 200m record in Jamaica
Van Niekerk in Jamaica for his new SA record

Van Niekerk blitzes to SA 200m record in Jamaica

South Africa’s golden boy of the track, Wayde van Niekerk, added another South African record to his collection in Kingston, Jamaica, late on Saturday night. MARK ETHERIDGE reports.

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Second SA long jump record of the season for Luvo
Manyonga soars high and handsome at SA Championships

Second SA long jump record of the season for Luvo

You simply can’t keep a good man down. So proved Luvo Manyonga, when he soared to his second national long jump record of the season as the SA senior track and field championships wound down in Potchefstroom on Saturday.

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Simbine scorches to sub-10sec gold at SA Champs
Simbine and Van Niekerk celebrate after the 100m

Simbine scorches to sub-10sec gold at SA Champs

Led by Akani Simbine, sprinters were the star performers on Friday, setting an explosive start on the first of two days of competition at the ASA Athletics Championships in Potchefstroom.

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Proteas Women closer to booking World Cup slot
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 13:Chloe Tryon of South Africa during the Womens ODI Series 3rd ODI match between South Africa and New Zealand at the Diamond Oval on October 13, 2016 in Kimberley, South Africa. (Photo by Louis Botha/Gallo Images)

Proteas Women closer to booking World Cup slot

The Proteas Women sealed a clinical 63-run victory in their World Cup Qualifying opener against Pakistan in Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Dane van Niekerk’s side are already looking in good…

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Proteas women slip up in third ODI against Bangladesh
PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 24: Dane van Niekerk of the South Africa during the 7th Women's ODI match between South Africa and New Zealand at Boland Park on October 24, 2016 in Paarl, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

Proteas women slip up in third ODI against Bangladesh

The Proteas women failed to chase down a 137-run target and fell to a 10-run defeat to Bangladesh in their third ODI in Cox’s Bazar on Monday.

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Van Niekerk duo shine for Team SA in Angola

By Mark Etheridge Swimmers dominated Team South Africa’s medal count at the recent AUSC Region 5 Games in Luanda, Angola, winning almost half of the team’s 125 medals. The final…

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