European Court of Human Rights upholds South African athlete Semenya's case on female testosterone levels

11 july 2023 - 11:29:59
Strasbourg, France (PANA) - The European Court of Human Rights has by 4-3 majority decision ruled that the rights of South [...] Full text...

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South African Archbishop Tutu addresses athlete's racing ban

11 march 2021 - 13:35:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu has thrown his support for world champion athlete Caster Semenya who [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Semenya to appeal testosterone ruling

26 february 2021 - 13:30:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya has confirmed that she will appeal to the [...] Full text...

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South African athlete Semenya barred from competing at world championships

31 july 2019 - 07:56:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Swiss judge has overturned a temporary suspension of the IAAF’s new testosterone regulations, effectively [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s Semenya cleared to race in Rabat

14 june 2019 - 20:20:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)   -   Organisers of the IAAF Diamond League in Rabat on Friday back-tracked from their decision [...] Full text...

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Caster Semenya, 800m Olympic champion, wins 2000m race in France

12 june 2019 - 23:48:59
Brussels, Belgium (PANA)   -   The 800m World Athletics Champion, South African Caster Semenya, won Tuesday in France, the race over [...] Full text...

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South African Caster Semenya, 800m World Champion, is free to participate in events - Court

04 june 2019 - 18:10:19
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled that the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) rule discriminating against hyper-androgenic [...] Full text...

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South Africa - Athletics body to challenge Semenya ban

02 june 2019 - 08:56:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)  -  Athletics South Africa (ASA) has confirmed that it has lodged an appeal to Switzerland's [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Semenya to compete at top California race

21 may 2019 - 09:13:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Tuesday confirmed that she will race the [...] Full text...

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South Africa Athletics body to challenge Caster Semenya ruling

13 may 2019 - 10:59:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Athletics South Africa (ASA) on Monday confirmed that it will appeal the court decision forcing Olympic [...] Full text...

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South Africa Olympic champion Semenya loses IAAF legal battle

01 may 2019 - 11:29:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her appeal against rules designed [...] Full text...

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UN supports SA Olympic champion in gender probe

22 march 2019 - 10:46:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a resolution tabled by South [...] Full text...

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IAAF extends 2020 Tokoyo Olympics qualifying period

12 march 2019 - 13:28:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has extended by two months the 2020 Tokyo Olympic [...] Full text...

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Dream team to represent Olympic champion Semenya at IAAF tribunal

20 february 2019 - 11:29:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the eyes of the international athletics community firmly focused on the Court for [...] Full text...

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Semenya slams IAAF for confidentiality breach

18 february 2019 - 14:04:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Monday expressed her disappointment at a press [...] Full text...

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South Africa backs Semenya in landmark classification case

15 february 2019 - 13:12:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has thrown its weight behind track star Caster Semenya after [...] Full text...

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Semenya, Chepkoech shortlisted for IAAF Awards

22 october 2018 - 13:55:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa's 800 multi-Olympic champion, Caster Semenya, and reigning 3000m steepechase World Champion, Beatrice Chepkoech of [...] Full text...

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21st African Senior Athletics Championship starts in Nigeria

01 august 2018 - 10:38:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 21st Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Senior Athletics Championship started on Wednesday with the opening [...] Full text...

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IAAF denies locking women out of athletics

18 july 2018 - 10:02:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has not and will never try to prevent women [...] Full text...

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IAAF chief defends new female classification regulations

27 june 2018 - 16:04:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - IAAF President Sebastian Coe made it clear that no individual athlete has been targeted in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Semenya appeals new IAAF female classification regulations

20 june 2018 - 19:51:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The world athletics governing body, IAAF, said Wednesday that it has been informed by the Court [...] Full text...

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IAAF accused of targeting African women

30 april 2018 - 07:23:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Parliament has condemned the “discriminatory regulations” passed by the International Association [...] Full text...

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South Africa accuses IAAF of targeting Semenya in new female athlete classification

26 april 2018 - 16:45:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) on Thursday voiced its disappointment [...] Full text...

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IAAF introduces new eligibility regulations for female classification

26 april 2018 - 11:21:18
Monaco, Monaco (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has issued new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification which [...] Full text...

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South Africa's triumphant Commonwealth squad returns home

16 april 2018 - 09:09:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s successful Commonwealth Games squad has received a heroes’ welcome at OR Tambo [...] Full text...

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South African athlete Semenya nominated for top sports award

29 january 2018 - 10:20:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Olympic and world 800-metre champion Caster Semenya has been confirmed as South Africa's only [...] Full text...

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Monaco: IAAF announces nominees for World Athlete of the Year 2017

02 october 2017 - 20:46:10
Monte Carlo, Monaco (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Monday announced the nominees for the World [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kiyeng, Manangoi excel in Doha Diamond League

06 may 2017 - 14:43:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan athletes, Hyvin Kiyeng and Elijah Manangoi, were among the Kenyan athletes who excelled in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Semenya gives thanks after Olympic victory in Rio

21 august 2016 - 12:39:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s golden girl Caster Semenya on Sunday took to social media to thank [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Women group condemns criticism on South African intersex athlete

14 august 2016 - 15:12:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress women's wing, the Women’s League (ANCWL) on Sunday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA athlete could get 2012 Olympic gold medal

10 november 2015 - 14:59:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African athlete Caster Semenya could be crowned 2011 world champion and 2012 [...] Full text...

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South Africa: 2 legal bodies address Sudanese death sentence, Malawi polls

27 may 2014 - 15:35:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two South African legal bodies on Tuesday addressed two major African issues – the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Local, international recipients of South Africa’s National Orders announced

17 april 2014 - 07:56:55
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Anti-apartheid activists Letla Mphahlele and Indres Naidoo, author Zakes Mda and sports personalities Jomo Sono, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA lawyers address homosexuality issue in Africa

27 january 2014 - 10:20:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The General Council of the Bar of South Africa (GCB) on Monday said that [...] Full text...

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South African Olympic heroes return home

14 august 2012 - 11:27:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's representatives at the just-concluded 2012 London Olympics returned home on Saturday morning, [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Ethiopia, Kenya, SA win medals on penultimate day

12 august 2012 - 09:52:14
London, Great Britain (PANA) - Runners from Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa all won medals on Saturday, the penultimate day [...] Full text...

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Former SA athletics boss banned

18 february 2011 - 12:47:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former Athletics South Africa (ASA) president Leonard Chuene was Friday banned from all sport [...] Full text...

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African Athletics: Algeria's Bouras strikes 800m gold

01 august 2010 - 17:36:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Silence engulfed Nairobi's Nyayo National Stadium as fan s watched in disbelief as Zahra Bouras of [...] Full text...

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Gender-row South African world champ, Semenya, returns to athletics

14 january 2010 - 07:48:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- World women's 800-metre champion, Caster Semeny a of South Africa, caught up in a [...] Full text...

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Athletics SA chief suspended over Semenya saga

05 november 2009 - 14:40:00
Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- In the latest twist to the South African run ner Caster Semenya saga, the country's [...] Full text...

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SA sports body to probe handling of Semenya saga

21 september 2009 - 07:29:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African Sports Confederation and Olym pic Committee (SASCOC) is to probe the [...] Full text...

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Calls for South Africa's athletics chief to be fired over Semenya

20 september 2009 - 13:18:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- After he admitted having lied to the nation on runner Caster Semenya's gender tests, [...] Full text...

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Semenya goes into hiding, as row divides South Africa

12 september 2009 - 09:32:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The controversy over top South African athlete Caster Semenya continues to divide the country, [...] Full text...

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Outrage over Semenya gender test at IAAF continues in S/Africa

24 august 2009 - 13:08:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA ) on Monday said the decision to subject [...] Full text...

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Nigerian opposition party seeks investigation into over aged U-17 team

23 august 2009 - 09:24:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) â" Nigeria's opposition Acti-on Congress (AC) on Sunday ca lled for an urgent investigation into the report [...] Full text...

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IAAF Championships: Jamaica loses top medals table position

22 august 2009 - 11:49:00
Berlin- Germany (PANA) -- For the first since the World Athletics Championships b egan on 15 August in Berlin, Germany, [...] Full text...

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IAAF under fire over gender test on S/African athletics champion

20 august 2009 - 15:39:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) came under fire in South Africa on Thursday [...] Full text...

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South Africa picks first medal at World Athletics Championships

20 august 2009 - 12:16:00
Berlin- Germany (PANA) -- South Africa's Caster Semenya won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres Wednesday to push [...] Full text...

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