David Isaacson Sports reporter

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

Zizi Kodwa names new Boxing SA board with familiar faces to end fiasco

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Sport minister Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday named the Boxing South Africa board, ending a hiatus of five months during which ...

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Perfect Pillay earns silver to secure Wayde’s first medal in eight years

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Lythe Pillay delivered a brilliant final leg run to earn South Africa the men’s 4x400m silver at World Relays in ...

Wayde van Niekerk and co win Olympic 4x400m spot at World Relays

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Wayde van Niekerk and his star-studded South African 4x400m team booked their ticket to the Paris Olympics when they ...

SA fencer qualifies for Paris Olympics

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Fencer Harry Saner has won a spot at the Paris Olympics, earning his ticket at a qualifier in Algiers on Saturday.

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

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

Women’s revolution of swimming is complete with Tatjana at the helm

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Tatjana Smith has spearheaded a revolution of women’s swimming in South Africa, underlining her class with magnificent ...

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

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

Tatjana Smith reclaims top spot in 200m breaststroke world rankings

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

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

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

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

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