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Caster Semenya during the Athletics Gauteng North Championship at University Of Pretoria Tuks Stadium on March 27 2021.Image: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images

Caster Semenya triumphs in 5‚000m but plays down Olympic ambitions

A rejuvenated Caster Semenya retained her national 5‚000m crown in the SA athletics championships in Pretoria on Thursday morning‚ winning in a time that suggested the Tokyo Olympics could be in her grasp. But she insisted the Games was…

SA’s 800m Olympic champion Caster is asking the European Court of Human Rights to strike down the restrictions of testosterone levels in female runners. The department of sport has made R12m available for her appeal.Picture: KEVIN SUTHERLAND / SUNDAY TIMES

Sports department earmarks R12m to help Semenya fight testosterone ruling

MAHLATSE MPHAHLELE and ERNEST MABUZA Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya is appealing to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners. Semenya is not allowed to compete in…

Caster Semenya is pushing ahead with her battle against World Athletics.Image: Charles Platiau/Reuters

Caster Semenya takes her fight to European Court of Human Rights

Caster Semenya is pushing ahead with her battle against World Athletics‚ taking the world government body to the European Court of Human Rights. Her SA lawyer‚ Greg Nott‚ made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday. Semenya’s appeal…

Caster Semenya signs for Janine van Wyk Football Club

Mahlatse Mphahlele South African Football Association (Safa) acting chief executive Russell Paul says the signing of Olympic and world 800-metre champion Caster Semenya by JVW FC will help generate huge interest in women’s football in the…

Readers have their say on Semenya ruling

Given the controversy surrounding the recent ruling against Caster Semenya, the GO! & Express asked our readers over Facebook whether they agreed with the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) decision that women with elevated testosterone…

Why the Caster Semenya ruling is flawed

By now, I’m sure everyone is aware of the ruling against Caster Semenya made by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in her fight against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). For those who that aren’t, here’s…

Sascoc president Gideon Sam speaks during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Olympic House on June 09, 2018 in Johannesburg.Image: Wessel Oosthuizen/Gallo Images

Sascoc insists the continent is backing Caster Semenya in fight against IAAF despite deafening silence

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) president Gideon Sam has dismissed growing perception that the continent has turned its back on Caster Semenya and the Olympic champion is battling the International…

10 experts to testify in support of Semenya at IAAF hearing

No fewer than 10 experts will testify for Caster Semenya in her case challenging the International Association of Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) proposed regulations against athletes with hyperandrogenism. Semenya’s lawyers on Tuesday…

Mzansi unites behind #HandsoffCaster

All eyes are on Caster Semenya and her mammoth battle against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in a landmark case by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland. The IAAF wants Semenya to reduce her…

Caster SemenyaPicture: PEDRO UGARTE / AFP

SA gov fully supports Semenya while IAAF wants to classify her as “biological male”

The South African government is standing firm behind Caster Semenya after a news report claimed that International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) lawyers will argue that the World and Olympic 800m champion should be…

Caster Semenya makes SA sporting history

Caster Semenya’s golden upgrades for the 2012 London Olympics and 2011 world championships have scored her two unique spots in South African sports history. Semenya‚ the 2016 Rio Games 800m champion‚ had finished second in the 800m behind…

Picture: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times

Caster Semenya makes SA sporting history

Caster Semenya’s golden upgrades for the 2012 London Olympics and 2011 world championships have scored her two unique spots in South African sports history. Semenya‚ the 2016 Rio Games 800m champion‚ had finished second in the 800m behind…

Caster Semenya is one of the athletes unfairly targeted by the IAAC, says ProBonoMattersPicture: PEDRO UGARTE / AFP

Organisation launches petition against IAAF’s new rule on female athletes

Johannesburg-based organisation ProBonoMatters has launched an online petition against new rules of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that seek to regulate female testosterone levels. “The petition is also…

Caster Semenya runs her fastest ever time on South African soil in the 800m

Caster Semenya continued to dominate the local scene after running her fastest ever time on South African soil in the 800m at the South African track and field championships at Tuks Stadium on Saturday night. The three-time 800m world…

Semenya rival knew one thing – Caster was coming for her

By David Isaacson Ajee Wilson knew one thing as she raced around the final bend of the women’s 800m in London on Sunday night — Caster Semenya was coming for her. The South African’s kick over the final 200m has been lethal in the two-lap…