David Isaacson Sports reporter

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

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

Sport

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

Sport

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

Sport

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

Sport

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

Sport

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

New surname, same Tatjana as Olympic star starts on winning note

Sport

Tatjana Smith, as the recently married Schoenmaker wants to be known, showed an impressive dash of speed as she won the ...

Tatjana Schoenmaker off to a speedy start at national Olympic trials

Sport

Tatjana Schoenmaker swam a career best time in the 50m breaststroke heats to set the pace in this non-Olympic event on ...

Victorious Prudence targets Caster's SA records, starting with the 1,500m

Sport

Rising middle-distance star Prudence Sekgodiso won the 800m at the Athletics South Africa grand prix meet in Pretoria ...

Shot put star Kyle Blignaut is waiting for new Italian style to pay dividends

Sport

Kyle Blignaut won his first competition back in South Africa on Thursday, having relocated to Italy late last year ...

Promoters go to court to have professional boxing shut down

Sport

Promoters are asking the courts to shut down boxing in the country, arguing that it is being run illegally. But the ...