Wayde van niekerk
Wayde van Niekerk and Akani Simbine shine at Swiss event
Competing at a European Tour Bronze meeting, Van Niekerk won his first international race since earning his second 400m world title in August 2017.
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Wayde van Niekerk wants to make more history after two-year nightmare
Van Niekerk, also a two-time world champion, damaged knee ligaments in October 2017 while playing in a celebrity touch rugby match that preceded a South Africa-New Zealand rugby Test in Cape Town.
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#EWNSPORTINGMOMENTS: How Wayde van Niekerk shook the world
Reflecting on that magical day of his 2016 Olympic final, the champion and world record holder tells EWN what it took to reach that goal.
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Wayde van Niekerk heads up Running World Cup
SportsTalk's Buhle Madulini chats to Wayde van Niekerk about the Vitality Running World Cup and what made him the athlete he is today.
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'Jogging' Van Niekerk claims another victory on comeback trail
The 27-year-old South African clocked 47.42 seconds when finishing first in a Free State provincial championships 400m race in Bloemfontein this weekend.
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Van Niekerk wins first race this year on comeback trail
The 27-year-old South African finished first in a 100m race on grass in a hand-timed 10.20 seconds at an unofficial university meet.
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Van Niekerk rules out World Championship defence
The Olympic champion suffered the injury while playing a charity touch rugby game in October 2017 and has not raced internationally since.
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Olympic 400m champ Van Niekerk suffers another injury setback
The Olympic gold medalist suffered a freak knee injury during a celebrity touch rugby match in 2017.
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Sho Madjozi, Caster Semenya among South Africans on 'Forbes' 30 Under 30 list
South Africans in each of the categories include the likes of recent BET Award winner, Sho Madjozi, Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk, Boity Thulo, Trevor Stuurman, Thando Thabethe, Springbok, Siya Kolisi and more.
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Semenya gets Wayde van Niekerk's backing in battle with IAAF
The double 800 metres Olympic gold medallist is waiting for the outcome of her appeal to the CAS to halt the introduction of new regulations by IAAF.
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Wayde van Niekerk pulls out of national champs
The world champion 400m runner was due to make his return in the 400m heats on Thursday afternoon.
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Wayde van Niekerk on track to recovery
Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk describes his recovery process after a knee injury which left him unable to compete in 2018.
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Wayde van Niekerk talks Caster Semenya vs IAAF
Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk describes fellow Olympian Caster Semenya as a 'super strong' representative for female athletes and say that her fight with the IAAF will only make her stronger.
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Wayde van Niekerk regrets celebrity touch rugby match
Olympic champion and 400m world record holder Wayde van Niekerk has admitted that he regrets playing in the celebrity touch rugby match that left him with a series knee injury in 2017.
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Edwin Moses: 'Two years for Wayde van Niekerk to return to his best'
Former 400m hurdles world record holder Edwin Moses says it could take 400m world record holder Wayde van Niekerk at least two years to get back to his best form after undergoing knee surgery just under a year ago.
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Injured Van Niekerk misses out on SA Commonwealth Games slot
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee announced a strong South African squad for the Commonwealth Games in Australia from 4-15 April 2018.
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Cash for SA's IAAF medal-winning athletes
Athletics South Africa will pay a total of R710,000 to athletes who won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2017 IAAF World Championships held in London in August.
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Anna Botha named best coach in the world
Botha, who coaches 400m world champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk, was given the prestigious Coaching Achievement Award.
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Wayde van Niekerk nominated for IAAF World Athlete of the Year award
Wayde van Niekerk is the holder of the 400m World Record, when he ran a time of 43.03, smashing American Michael Johnson’s 17 year old record at the Rio Olympics in August 2016.
