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Ecuadorian Olympic sprinter Alex Quinonez was shot dead in the port city of Guayaquil, authorities announced, sparking an outpouring of grief in a country struggling to contain a surge in violence.

The winner of the 2021 Cape Town Marathon, Stephen Mokoka, talks about putting the disappointment of the Olympics behind him and claiming his second title in the Mother City.

South Africa's Stephen Mokoka produced another brilliant race to win the Cape Town Marathon, while Lydia Simiyu of Kenya won the women's title.

Elite and social runners are set to mingle at the Run Your City road running series that begins with the Durban 10km city race on 31 October and moves to Cape Town on 21 November.

Kenyan police said Thursday they had arrested the husband of record-breaking runner Agnes Tirop after she was found stabbed to death in her home this week.

Kenyan double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion Agnes Tirop was found dead Wednesday with stab wounds to her stomach in a suspected homicide, athletics officials said.

Benson Kipruto and Diana Kipyogei completed a Kenyan clean sweep in the men's and women's races at the 125th Boston Marathon on Monday, timing late bursts to perfection to win their first major titles.

The 2022 Comrades Marathon will take place on Sunday, 22 August, organisers confirmed.

A tearful Hein Venter hailed well-known athlete Xolani Luvuno, an amputee, as an "absolute angel who touched so many lives" after posting on social media late on Monday that he died.

Athletics coach Alberto Salazar will serve the entirety of his four-year ban for doping offences after losing an appeal against suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, British media reports said Wednesday.

Team GB's silver medal in the men's 4x100 metres relay at the Tokyo Olympics is almost certain to be stripped.

Unusually for an athlete in her mid-20s, Francine Niyonsaba has been forced to recalibrate from an outstanding multiple medal-winning 800m runner to adopting the 5 000m as her new event.

Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa hailed teen star Ntando Mahlangu on picking up his second Paralympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

SA bronze medallist Sheryl James finished her Tokyo Paralympics campaign with a fifth-place finish and she says there "are no words to describe" her Games debut.

South Africa para-athlete Sheryl James won bronze in the women's 400m T37 final on Tuesday at the Olympic Stadium.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated South Africa's Paralympic stars Anrune Weyers, Ntando Mahlangu and Louzanne Coetzee in Tokyo.

South Africa's Louzanne Coetzee produced a stunning performance to win a Paralympic silver medal in the women's T11 1 500m a race

South African Paralympic duo Anrune Weyers and Ntando Mahlangu were deservedly rewarded for their golden success at the Tokyo Games.

South Africans rejoiced when para-athletes Anrune Weyers and Ntando Mahlangu captured gold for the country at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Paralympic gold medalists Ntando Mahlangu and Anrune Weyers had different but equally enriching reasons to celebrate their successes in Tokyo on Saturday.