Board acts on SASCOC findings following probe into credit card use

Olympic distance runner Adriaan Wildschutt and national champion Glenrose Xaba will lead the SA men's and women's senior teams at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships to be held in Tallahassee, Florida on 10 January 2026.

Athletics South Africa's 12 committees, including four ad hoc committees, have been appointed for the period between 2025-2029.

Maxime Chaumeton ran the race of his life on Sunday, producing one of the best road running performances ever achieved by a South African when he shattered the national men's 10km road running record.

Some of Athletics South Africa's smaller provinces delivered in spectacular fashion on Saturday, with Anele Matsoso and Ithuteng Khiba winning the men's and women's races at the ASA Junior Cross Country Trials hosted at the Rob Ferreira High School in White River, Mpumalanga.

Bennet Seloyi and Karabo Mailula emerged triumphant on Friday, winning the men's and women's 10km races at the ASA Cross Country Trials, which was incorporated into the USSA Cross Country Championships at Tshwane University of Technology.

Elite distance runners from across South Africa will converge on Tshwane and Whiteriver on Friday and Saturday for the ASA Cross Country Trials, to compete for spots in the national team for the 2026 World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida in January.

On a tough day at the office for the Team South Africa, Tshepo Tshite and Zeney van der Walt were the only athletes to progress beyond the qualifying rounds of their events at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.

National champion Gift Leotlela again produced the best performance by a South African athlete on Day 2 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, taking fifth place in the men's 100m final on Sunday.

After breaking the African record in the first-round heats, the national mixed 4x400m relay team went on to finish sixth in the final on Day 1 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) confirms the withdrawal of sprinter Bayanda Walaza from the National Team for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, scheduled from 13–21 September.

The momentum continued to build ahead of the World Athletics Championships, with the second group of South African athletes departing on Monday for the global showpiece starting in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday 13 September.