David Isaacson Sports reporter

David Isaacson is a sports reporter for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE.

Sport

Wayde van Niekerk returns to his first love in winning style at SA champs

Wayde van Niekerk returned to his first love, the 200m, for the first time in nearly two years on Friday morning, ...

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Akani Simbine on track to run SA's first sub-10 100m below 1,000m

Akani Simbine showed good form as he won his 100m heat at the national championships in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday ...

Boxing Mecca

Kodwa welcomes judgment that KO’d boxing promoters in high court case

Sport minister Zizi Kodwa on Wednesday welcomed the high court judgment that obliterated his legal opponents, the ...

Sport

Tatjana Smith shines in 100m final then says she was nursing injury

Tatjana Smith hammered two world-class 100m breaststroke times in Gqeberha on Friday night and then disclosed she had ...

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Pieter Coetzé claims national title No 4 as he takes another backstroke treble

Pieter Coetzé lit up an otherwise low-key fourth day at the national championships in Gqeberha on Thursday as he won ...

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Pieter Coetzé delivers Olympic qualifying time in morning heats

Pieter Coetzé delivered the only Olympic qualifying time at the national championships in Gqeberha on Thursday morning ...

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Tatjana Smith reclaims top spot in 200m breaststroke world rankings

Tatjana Smith stormed to the top of the world as she produced the second-best 200m breaststroke swim of her career at ...

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Tatjana sounds warning to Olympic rivals with 200m breaststroke blitz

Tatjana Smith sounded a stern warning to her Olympic rivals on Wednesday as she cruised to her fastest time in South ...

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Night of the young guns as Pieter Coetzé, Aimee Canny win freestyle

Pieter Coetzé fended off Chad le Clos and Guy Brooks to win the 100m freestyle title at the South African championships ...

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Tough Tuesday for women as they chase SA records to get to Olympics

The women have it tough at the national Olympic trials in Gqeberha on Tuesday, needing to break national records in the ...