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Akani Simbine South Africa
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South Africa finish without a medal at World Athletics Championships

Akani Simbine
Sport

BREAKING: Disaster strikes South Africa’s 4x100m relay quartet

Akani Simbine
Sport

Akani Simbine: ‘I’m fuelled with fire for 2024 Paris Olympics’

Akani Simbine South Africa
Sport

South Africa finish without a medal at World Athletics Championships

Akani Simbine
Sport

BREAKING: Disaster strikes South Africa’s 4x100m relay quartet

Akani Simbine
Sport

Akani Simbine: ‘I’m fuelled with fire for 2024 Paris Olympics’

Akani Simbine South Africa
Sport

WATCH: Akani Simbine’s heartbreaking 100m disqualification

By Garrin Lambley21-08-2023 17:00

Akani Simbine’s medal hopes were dashed in the semi-finals of the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.

Akani Simbine Team SA
Sport

Akani Simbine sensationally DISQUALIFIED from 100m in Budapest

By Garrin Lambley20-08-2023 18:47

SA’s Akani Simbine was sensationally disqualified from the semi-finals of the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday.

Akani Simbine Team SA
Sport

Akani Simbine beaten in Diamond League 100m in Rabat – WATCH

By AFP29-05-2023 20:15

Reigning world champion Fred Kerley won the 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat with Akani Simbine taking second place.

South Africa’s Akani Simbine was well beaten into second place in the final of the men’s 100m at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Sport

WATCH: Simbine bags silver, ‘happy’ with result

By Craig Lewis04-08-2022 07:39

Look back at the thrilling race as Akani Simbine captured silver in the men’s 100m final at the Commonwealth Games.

Akani Simbine
Sport

BREAKING: Commonwealth Games result: Akani Simbine takes silver in 100m

By Garrin Lambley03-08-2022 22:46

South Africa’s Akani Simbine was well beaten into second place in the final of the men’s 100m at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Akani Simbine Team SA
Sport

Breaking Commonwealth Games news: Team SA rocked by Covid-19 outbreak

By Garrin Lambley02-08-2022 11:33

Team SA’s track-and-field athletes have been hit by a number of withdrawals which has affected the schedule.

Wayde van Niekerk
Sport

Wayde van Niekerk shines on Day 3 of World Athletics Championships [watch]

By Garrin Lambley18-07-2022 09:15

World record-holder Wayde van Niekerk has made a confident return to the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Akani Simbine
Sport

Team SA struggles on Day 2 at World Athletics Championships: Akani Simbine misses medal

By Garrin Lambley17-07-2022 12:05

South Africa’s Akani Simbine finished fifth in the men’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.

Akani Simbine at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Photo: Akani Simbine/Twitter
Sport

Akani Simbine again finishes fifth in World Champs!

By Ernest Makhaya17-07-2022 11:54

Akani Simbine missed out on gold as he again finished fifth in the men’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene on Sunday.

Ferdinand Omanyala
Sport

Africa’s fastest man OUT of World Championships over visa delay

By AFP14-07-2022 10:12

Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala said he will miss the World Athletics Championships in the USA because of a delay in securing a visa.

ASA Senior Championships
Sport

TOO FUNNY! Comical scenes in ASA Championships men’s hurdles – WATCH

By Garrin Lambley22-04-2022 08:40

Day 1 of the ASA Championships in Cape Town had thrills and spills aplenty – and the most EMBARRASSING race you may ever see!

Akani Simbine
Sport

WATCH: Akani Simbine sprints to 100m SA national title

By Garrin Lambley21-04-2022 17:43

Akani Simbine has sprinted his way to the men’s 100m title on Day 1 of the ASA Senior Track and Field Championship at Green Point Stadium.

Tatjana Schoenmaker Commonwealth Games
Sport

SA stars excited as Commonwealth Games countdown hits 100 days

By Garrin Lambley21-04-2022 08:44

Two of Team SA’s stars have expressed their excitement as the countdown to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham reached 100 days to go.

Ferdinand Omanyala
Sport

Kenyan ‘beast’ out-sprints Akani Simbine to show who’s boss in Germiston

By Garrin Lambley14-04-2022 16:31

Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala won an early-season battle against Akani Simbine in a contest between Africa’s fastest men.

Akani Simbine
Sport

Diamond League 2022 to feature 13 meets, final in Zurich

By AFP25-11-2021 13:15

The 2022 Diamond League will be held in 14 cities across four different continents in 2022, organisers have announced.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Did Team SA’s last Tokyo Olympics medal chance just go up in smoke?

By Garrin Lambley05-08-2021 09:11

It’s been a tough Tokyo Olympics for Team South Africa with a number of medal hopefuls falling by the wayside.

Shaun Maswanganyi
Tokyo Olympics

Disaster as SA 4x100m relay quartet bomb out after baton blunder

By Garrin Lambley05-08-2021 07:35

South Africa’s men’s 4x100m relay squad, touted as medal contenders, exited the Tokyo Olympics in the cruellest possible manner when there was a baton mishap at the first changeover.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Breaking: Akani Simbine fails to win medal in 100m final

By Garrin Lambley01-08-2021 14:57

South Africa’s Akani Simbine has finished outside the medals in fourth place in the final of the men’s 100m final.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Time confirmed for Akani Simbine’s 100m final

By Garrin Lambley01-08-2021 12:52

South Africa will have ONE finalist in the men’s 100m final later on Sunday.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Akani Simbine scrapes into 100 metre final on time

By James Richardson01-08-2021 12:47

Akani Simbine missed out on the automatic qualifying spot but his time of 9.90 was good enough to see him through to the final.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Akani Simbine SA’s lone 100m finalist

By Garrin Lambley01-08-2021 12:44

South Africa will have ONE finalist in the men’s 100m final later on Sunday.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Start times for men’s 100m semi-finals and final – 1 August 2021

By Garrin Lambley31-07-2021 22:23

South Africa’s trio of men’s 100m entrants have all reached the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Akani Simbine and compatriots through to 100-metre semi-finals

By James Richardson31-07-2021 14:07

The men’s 100-metre sprint heats at the Tokyo Olympics were hit by controversy but it wouldn’t stop Akani Simbine from progressing.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Akani Simbine: I want to be the fastest man in the world

By Garrin Lambley31-07-2021 11:29

Akani Simbine is right where he wants to be. That is, in Lane 4 in his heat later on Saturday as he starts his build-up to be crowned the fastest man on earth on Sunday.

Akani Simbine
Tokyo Olympics

Akani Simbine beaten in latest pre-Tokyo Olympics sprint

By Garrin Lambley10-07-2021 11:25

South African star sprinter Akani Simbine finished second in the men’s 100m at the World Athletics Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday.

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