Experienced road star Jacob Motsoeneng braved a stiff challenge from former Olympic marathon champion Josiah Thugwane to set his New Balance Wanderers team on its way to victory in the Absa Relay ...

IT HAS been done before, so it is possible. But can it be repeated? Can South Africa win Olympic gold in the men’s marathon? The immediate and honest answer would be no – and with good reason, too.

More than anything, Josiah Thugwane just wants to get back to his running. For the last eight years, the tiny janitor has run the highveld prairies around his home at the Koornfontein coal mine with a ...

Josia Thugwane, SA’s first black Olympic gold medallist, was a surprise winner at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, winning the men’s marathon and capturing the attention of a nation. Josia Thugwane ...

Mbombela — Mpumalanga Culture, Sport and Recreation MEC Sibongile Manana has congratulated the three local citizens who were bestowed with the Order of the Ikhamanga on Freedom Day. The National ...

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Olympic silver medalist Eric Wainaina of Kenya won the Nagano (Japan) Olympic memorial marathon, beating 1996 Olympic champion Josiah Thugwane of South Africa. Wainaina was timed in 2 hours 12 minutes ...

Olympic silver medalist Eric Wainaina won the Nagano Olympic memorial marathon Sunday, beating Josiah Thugwane of South Africa. Madina Biktagirova of Russia was first among the women for the second ...

Kenyan Eric Wainaina won a one-on-one battle against Josiah Thugwane of South Africa to win the men's race at Japan's Nagano Olympic memorial marathon on Sunday. The 29-year-old Wainaina, the bronze ...

Sydney Olympic silver medalist Eric Wainaina of Kenya outpaced South Africa's Josiah Thugwane of South Africa on Sunday to win the Nagano Olympic memorial marathon. Wainaina, who is based in Japan, ...