Deji Aliu takes on coaching role, to groom future stars
Former Nigerian 100m champion and 2003 All-Africa Games champion Deji Aliu has taken on coaching role, and set his focus on grooming the next generation of track and field stars for Nigeria
Former Nigerian 100m champion and 2003 All-Africa Games champion Deji Aliu has taken on coaching role, and set his focus on grooming the next generation of track and field stars for Nigeria
University of Benin athletics coach Kayode Yahaya tutored Ese Brume to Commonwealth Games & African Championships long jump gold medals in 2014.
Two-time All-Africa Games high jump champion, Doreen Amata-Igbokwe vows to defend her crown in 2015 when the Games is held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo.
As 2014 winds down, AthleticsAfrica editor, Yomi Omogbeja, caught up with Ghanaian sprinter Flings Owusu-Agyapong for a quick-fire chat. Her 2015 goal is to make a real impact at the World championships.
AthleticsAfrica.com team wishes you every happiness this holiday season and more prosperity in the New Year. Merry Christmas everyone, see you in 2015.
Following the recent news that the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature finals during the morning sessions of the athletics programme, the IAAF has published the full timetable.
Athletics Kenya (AK) has announced a two-year ban on two marathoners Viola Chelangat Kimetto and Joyce Jemutai Kiplimo for failed doping tests, and are investigating six other athletes.
Devoted to developing women’s sport, Meriem Cherni Mizouni – a pioneer of women’s and girls’ sport in Tunisia, has been awarded the 2014 IOC Women and Sport World Trophy.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approves the launch of a digital Olympic TV Channel, despite concerns raised by former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks, at the 127th IOC Session in Monaco.
Former world record-holder Patrick Makau from Kenya returned to winning ways with victory at the 68th Fukuoka International Marathon in Fukuoka, Japan on Sunday.
IOC President Thomas Bach called for safeguarding the Olympic values, increased participation and reach of sports, and promotion of the educational and health values of sport for all.
Leading Olympians and representatives of the global sporting movement have added their voices in support of Olympic Agenda 2020 as the 127th IOC Session gets underway in Monaco.
Seychellois sprinter Joanne Loutoy and high jumper Lissa Labiche have been awarded the Rio 2016 Olympic Solidarity Scholarship by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
A model way athletics facilities – long jump runway – for children is funded in the UK, and a good idea that African athletics federations can copy to promote healthy lifestyles and bring the local community together.
A cross-section of top African athletes at the 2014 IAAF World Athletics Gala in Monaco on Friday November 21st.
Ethiopian multiple indoor world record-holder, Genzebe Dibaba, is eyeing the women’s 5000m title at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
Moroccan distance running legend, Hicham El Guerrouj, said it would take another decade before an African federation can realistically bid for IAAF World Championships.
Watch the re-run of the Live streaming of the 2014 World Athletics Gala from the Chapiteau de Fontvielle in Monaco – courtesy of the International Association of Athletics Federations – IAAF.
World marathon record-holder, Dennis Kimetto, from Kenya was inspired by listening to athletics commentary on radio, and he thought athletics was the way to escape poverty.
Commonwealth and African 800m champion Nijel Amos said the Glasgow 2014 men’s 800m final, where he out-kicked Kenya’s David Rudisha for the gold medal, was the hardest race of his life.
The South Sudan has been granted provisional membership of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) by the IAAF Council.
For the first time at an Olympic Games since 1988, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature finals during the morning sessions of the athletics programme.
The IAAF Council has approved the entry standards for the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, and a new qualification system has been introduced.
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) website for the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, holding from August 22-30 next year in China, is now open.
Nairobi, Kenya to host the IAAF World Youth Championships in 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council announced at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco on Tuesday.
Kampala, Uganda to host the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the IAAF Council announced at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco on Tuesday.
Doha, Qatar won the right, over Barcelona (ESP) and Eugene (USA), to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council announced at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco on Tuesday.
Commonwealth and African sprint queen Blessing Okagbare voted the Nigerian Sportswoman of the Year at the Nigerian Sports Awards 2014, which was held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj, 40, becomes the youngest man to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame barely a decade after he ran his last international race.
The men’s course record is not the only sign of upward trend in Athens as the organisers celebrate a successful culmination to the 32nd edition of the Authentic Marathon on Sunday, writes Andy Edwards.
Kenyan Felix Kandie broke the ten year-old course record of Olympic Champion Stefano Baldini with 2:10:37 at the 2014 Athens Marathon in Greece on Sunday.
Kenya’s Hillary Kipkorir Kemboi and Ethiopia’s Genet Yalew claimed the men’s and women’s titles at the 2014 Obudu International Mountain Race in Cross Rivers State, Nigeria on Saturday.
Exclusive photos as Commonwealth and African women’s sprints champion, Blessing Okagbare, weds heartthrob – three-time capped Super Eagles and former Heartland FC of Owerri soccer player – Igho Jude Otegheri, in Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria this weekend.
Commonwealth and African sprints champion Blessing Okagbare has been joined in holy matrimony to former Super Eagles and Heartland FC of Owerri player, Igho Otegheri, at the St. Patricks Catholic Church in Sapele.
Barcelona, Eugene and Doha are waiting to see who will host the 2019 IAAF World Championships after the IAAF Evaluation Commission concluded visits to the three candidates on Friday.
Kenyans Mary Keitany and Wilson Kipsang surged to a clean sweep of the men’s and women’s titles at the 2014 New York City marathon on Sunday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday welcomed the historic recognition by the United Nations (UN) of the autonomy of the IOC and sport.
Hezekiel Sepeng paid tribute to former world 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi during the memorial service held at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday.
Kenyan Mark Kiptoo took the men’s race with 2:06:49 and Ethiopian Aberu Kebede clocked a fine 2:22:21 in the women’s race at the 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
Tributes continue to pour in for South African 2009 world 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi who died in a car accident on Friday Oct 24 at the age of 34.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has conferred the IAAF Bronze label status on the Okpekpe 10km Road Race held annually in Edo State, Nigeria.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to aid Kenya create a new anti-doping body after a report concluded the country has no effective drug testing programme.
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at the Pretoria High Court in South Africa.
Kenyan-born, Dutch multiple World champion in distance running, Lornah Kiplagat, on Friday launched her own apparel line ‘Lornah’ for active women in Amsterdam.
Kenya’s Dennis Kipruto Kimetto and Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba have made the final three-person shortlist for the 2014 IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award.
Barefoot runner Diana-Lebo Phalula is the new Spar Grand Prix champion after finishing the five Women’s 10km Challenge races with a total of 110 points.
Four South Africa track and field stars, Khotso Mokoena, Cornel Fredericks, Sunette Viljoen, Wayde van Niekerk, have been nominated for the 2014 South African Sports Awards.
Nigerian-born Qatari sprint champion, Femi Seun Ogunode, says the decision to leave his fatherland and move to Qatar was a calculated risk and he’s so glad it all worked out in the end.
Kenyan Joyce Chepkirui won the 2014 ASICS Grand 10 Berlin in a photo finish 31:02, edging out compatriot Emily Chebet in the 10km race on Sunday
The Phalula twins, Lebogang and Diana-Lebo, had much to celebrate after the Johannesburg leg of the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at the Wanderers Club on Sunday.
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