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Nestlé is to become the main sponsor of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Kids’ Athletics programme, one of the world’s biggest youth sports development programmes, for the next five years starting this month.

The IAAF, which commercialises the title sponsorship rights of the Samsung Diamond League, is delighted to confirm that Samsung have triggered a contractual option to continue as Title Sponsor for the 2012 season.

Ethiopia has lifted an Olympics ban imposed on 35 athletes,including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, following a training row at the weekend.

Schools and colleges across the UK are encouraged to start planning how they are going to celebrate the athletes and cultures of the world on London 2012 World Sport Day, presented by Lloyds TSB, on Monday 25 June 2012.

The London Media Centre (LMC), for non-accredited media to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, will be sponsored by Visa Europe.

The anti-doping laboratory which will operate during the London 2012 Games has today been unveiled by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG).

The IAAF is offering all athletics fans around the world the unique chance to take part in an online contest to determine the official poster of the IAAF World Athletics Day.

Athletics Kenya has named a provisional marathon team of 12 runners, six women and six men for the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London in a quest to win back-to-back gold medal.

Former world record holder & barefoot running sensation Zola Budd received her Newsmaker of the Year trophy on Friday, 28 years after she had been selected to get the award by the Johannesburg Press Club.

The Athletics Namibia’s 2012 year plan will kick off this weekend with the conclusion of the third and final leg of the Bank Windhoek Grand Prix series.

The annual Athletics Course and Training Camp organised by Quinton Steele Botes, which started on Monday at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium, Namibia has drawn a record 357 participants.

With the imminent handover of the Olympic Park to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the park is expected to host a number of pre-Games events for elite athletes, schools and members of the public next month.

To mark the 200 days-to-go countdown, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed new Games-time names for selected venues and spectator areas in the Olympic Park.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) kicked off its centenary celebrations last week in Monaco with the unveiling of a dedicated section of the IAAF website.

Seven Nigerian athletes reached the Olympic qualifying standards set by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), in 2011 to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics.

A member of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Dr. Gloria Obajimi, has described the death of Sunday Olanrewaju Bada as a monumental loss to the nation.

Fourth victory for Kenya's Edwin Soi at Bozen/Bolzano’s New Year’s Eve Run ahead of compatriot Wilson Kiprop with Ethiopian Imane Merga third and World Champion Vivian Cheruiyot repeats last year’s victory.

The 37th edition of Bozen/Bolzano's New Year's Eve Run for the first time with three reigning world champions - title holders Imane Merga and Vivian Cheruiyot, half marathon world champion Wilson Kiprop.

Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10K time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo.

The mountain kingdom of Swaziland this past weekend played host to the 2011 Confederation of African Athletics Southern Region (CAA SR) Half Marathon where former Namibian sports woman of the year, Beata Naigambo, victoriously crossed the finish line as champion in the senior women’s category.