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Nijel Amos of Botswana celebrates after winning the men’s 800m at Louis II Stadium during Herculis EBS IAAF Diamond League Meeting on July 12, 2019 in Monaco. (Photo by Marco Mantovani/Getty Images)

The rise, fall and redemption of Nijel Amos

Despite falling from grace after a positive dope test, the desire for success has not diminished for the country’s first ever Olympic medallist

Botswana’s Nijel Amos reacts after winning the 800m in the men’s final at the Diamond League track-and-field games in Monaco. (Photograph by Alessandro Garofalo/ Diamond League AG)

Nijel Amos’ spirit not dampened by Tokyo setback

The Botswana middle-distance runner suffered an injury in qualifiers and could not make a podium finish in the finals. Though gutted, he is hard at work again and hopes to do…

South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk (R) competes in the Men’s 400m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016.   (AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI )

Tokyo Olympics: Your guide to Team SA

South Africa will be hoping to build on an impressive Rio, but face a number of challenges

Some athletes are struggling financially due to Covid-19.

Athletes count costs as Covid-19 spreads

Comrades winner Bong’musa Mthembu cannot compete because of Covid-19 but is fortunate that he can survive financially. Others are not as lucky as their sources of income have…

Italian Serie A games have been postponed and played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Silvia Lore/Getty Images)

How the coronavirus has hit global sport

Here is a look at the effects on sport of the coronavirus, which on Monday had killed over 3 800 people while infecting more than 110 000 in over 100 countries

Nike headquarters. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

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King of the track: Clarence Munyai is the South African record holder for the 200m sprint. At just 21 years old, he has plenty of time to make his mark on the world stage, and he’s all about pacing himself to achieve his goals. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Munyai and the art of training

SA’s top 200m sprinter has one goal in mind — a podium finish at the world champs — and he has spent the year priming his body to achieve it

Remembering the dead: Mental health activists protesting outside the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings in Johannesburg.

Police probe bugging at Sascoc’s Olympic House

Police are investigating sensational claims of “covert” bugging at the office of South Africa’s Olympic sports body and at the home of its CEO.

Caster Semenya can return to competition without restriction until the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland advises otherwise. (Getty)

Caster runs into trouble again

A new study says higher testosterone levels give women athletes advantage

Tainted: Namibian athlete Frankie Fredericks has denied any corruption claims linked to Rio’s hosting of the games.

Namibia’s great athlete quits Olympic post amid scandal

National hero was named in an alleged corruption affair with IAAF.

End of the line: 17-million South Africans

Bolt helps new track series streak out of starting blocks

"Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt secured a classy win for his All-Stars team with two impressive runs"

Caster Semenya is also a double 800m Olympic gold medallist.

Faster Caster is just hitting her stride and might be on her way to new world record

Never mind the naysayers – our champion deserves to enjoy her moment in the sun.

Nature and nurture tell a big part of the story about two of SA’s Rio-bound athletes

Since 2010, the fortunes of Luvo Manyonga and Wayde van Niekerk have been extremely different.

Caring coach: Irma Reyneke with hurdler Le Roux Hamman.

Homecoming of sorts for hurdles coach

Rio will be bittersweet for Irma Reyneke, who missed out on her own stab at Olympic glory.

Need for speed: Caster Semenya

Rio 2016 Olympics: Win or lose, Caster Semenya will run into an ugly firestorm

She seems a shoo-in to clinch the 800m gold in Rio. But the only certainty is yet more controversy.

“When it comes to situations like this, we athletes sometimes get to be scared of the challenge, because we think about what we’ve got to lose. Then we forget there’s a future,” said Caster Semenya. (AFP)

New clouds over Caster Semenya’s stellar form

Her intensive training in Potch notwithstanding, sceptics claim the athlete has an unfair advantage.

Racing to Rio: Lebogang Shange will be one of four SA race walkers at the Olympics.

Lebogang Shange’s fast walk to fame

After a breakthrough season the orphan from Orange Farm will be heading to the Rio Olympics.

Wayde van Niekerk is famous for being the only man to win Olympic gold and set a world record (43:03) from lane eight at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

SA athletics high on speed

It could be the country’s great athletics year, with the inexplicable, sudden appearance of a crop of incredibly fast sprinters.

Go, Wayde, mom’s right behind you

The mother of South Africa’s athletics star, who was also once a champion, believes he has a big chance of winning gold at this year’s Olympics

Suspect: Russia’s Mariya Savinova wins the 800m at the 2012 Olympics.

Doping: Russia is definitely not alone

Calls for an independent global drug-testing agency are growing as it becomes clear many nations’ procedures fall well below expected standards.