Udo-Obong positive of a glam and organized Lagos City Marathon in 2016
Olympic relay gold medalist, Enefiok Udo-Obong, believes the 2016 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will not only be well organized, but that it will also be glamorous.
Olympic relay gold medalist, Enefiok Udo-Obong, believes the 2016 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will not only be well organized, but that it will also be glamorous.
Some of the world’s top marathoners as well as the IAAF President, Lord Sebastian Coe are expected to participate at the maiden edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon scheduled for February 6, 2016.
The IAAF received Letters of Interests from seven Member Federations interested in hosting the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships and the IAAF World U20 Championships.
The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the maiden edition of the Access Bank Lagos International Marathon was unveiled on Tuesday in Lagos, Nigeria.
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail on the provision he surrenders his passport and wears an electronic tag while he awaits sentencing for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
IAAF Ethics Commission provisionally suspends Isaiah Kiplagat, David Okeyo and Joseph Kinyua from any IAAF or Athletics Kenya position “in the interests of the integrity of the sport”
Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese and Kenya’s Cynthia Limo came out on top after thrilling battles over the last kilometre for both the men’s and women’s titles at the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday.
Fresh from receiving her AIMS World Record Award for 2015, Kenya’s Florence Kiplagat talks about more world records ahead of the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday November 29.
The IAAF issues strong-worded response to allegations that the body tolerated rampant blood doping in Athletics and defends Paula Radcliffe’s blood data claims as based on “gross misinterpretation of raw and incomplete data.”
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba was named the female IAAF World Athlete of the Year for 2015 while compatriot Almaz Ayana won the Adidas golden shoe award on Thursday 26 November.
Kenyan steeplechaser Ezekiel Kemboi is one of the six new members of the IAAF Athletes’ Commission appointed by the IAAF Council on Thursday November 26.
More athletes from across the world are expected to take part in the 4th Sfax Marathon International Olive Trees race which has been listed among the Certified Marathon Courses in 2015.
Athletes under the aegis of Professional Athletes’ Association of Kenya (PAAK) protested at AK office, demand Isaiah Kiplagat and David Okeyo step aside for full investigations into corruption allegations against them.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) believes its officials are targeted negatively in the fight against doping that is bedeviling track and field discipline at the moment.
Kenenisa Bekele, one of the world’s greatest ever distance runners, is the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Event Ambassador and will attend the race on Sunday 29 November.
WADA strengthens Anti-Doping worldwide, toughens compliance and regulation for all signatories, declares Six signatories including RUSADA Non-Compliant with immediate effect.
World record holders Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) and Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) head the elite entry list for the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday 29 November.
Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks has been named in the IAAF Inspection Team, and IAAF list the verification criteria to determine the qualification for membership of the IAAF by the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF).
Athletics Kenya vice president and IAAF Council member David Okeyo has reiterated that the Nike sponsorship deal was above board and executed with integrity.
Athletics Kenya (AK) have denied doping cover-ups and bribery claims made by Coach Paul Kibet Simbolei – the alleged whistleblower who accused senior officials of receiving money from athletes in exchange for lenient doping bans.
The Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has provisionally suspended the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) as an IAAF Member with immediate effect.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has released entry standard for athletes seeking to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has resigned as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Video Interview with Ethiopian Sisay Lemma Kasaye and Kenyan Micah Kogo at the 2015 Frankfurt Marathon (Also In HD)
Watch the post-competition interview with Nigeria’s Naomi Uhunoma Osazuwa – the 2015 All African Games Heptathlon Gold Medallist. (Also In HD)
Following the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) report on Russia’s doping violations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it could strip medals from the alleged cheats, but said there was “no reason” to doubt the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics tests.
Former IAAF President Lamine Diack, from Senegal, has been provisionally suspended as an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspends the accreditation of the Moscow Antidoping Centre with immediate effect following the release yesterday of the WADA Independent Commission Report.
Watch the Video of the WADA Independent Commission Report into Doping in Athletics Press Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday November 9, 2015.
The International Olympic Committee Ethics Commission has recommended the provisional suspension of former IAAF President, Mr Lamine Diack, as Honorary Member of the IOC.
The IAAF President, Sebastian Coe, is seeking approval from his fellow IAAF Council Members to consider sanctions, which could include provisional and full suspension and the removal of future IAAF events, against the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF).
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has welcomed the thorough Report into widespread doping allegations issued by the WADA Independent Commission which accused Russian Athletics of cover-up.
Africans Eliud Kipchoge and Mare Dibaba were acclaimed as the male and female winners of the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award for 2015 at the AIMS Best Marathon Award Gala held in Athens on the evening of 6 November.
The IAAF Council make a significant amendment to the statutes of the IAAF Code of Ethics with immediate effect to aid transparency of the IAAF Ethics Commission.
In coordination with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), the IAAF has cancelled this year’s IAF World Athletics Gala which was due to take place in Monaco on Saturday 28 November.
Former Botswana sprinter Obakeng Ngwigwa has been appointed as the Technical Director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).
The Richard Pound-chaired World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s Independent Commission (IC) to publish Report on findings of investigation into allegations of widespread doping in sport on Nov 9.
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) approved List of Prohibited Substances and Methods 2016 has been published in English. The List will come into force on 1 January 2016.
Olympic silver medallists Francis Obikwelu and Gloria Alozie have promised to help produce new track and field champions that will surpass the marks they made for Nigeria and their adopted countries.
The net is closing in on doping cheats, writes the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie in a new Op-Ed this week.
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge considers mental sharpness is the crucial factor as the Berlin champion turns his attention to Olympic Marathon in Rio 2016, writes Andy Edwards.
A Kenyan double as Eliud Kipchoge runs world leading time of 2:04:00 while Gladys Cherono breaks the 2:20 barrier with 2:19:25 at the 42nd edition of the BMW Berlin-Marathon on Sunday.
IOC President Thomas Bach calls sport a ‘natural partner’ for the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during speech to the United Nations in New York on Saturday.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) President, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, has said that Kenya’s recent table-topping performance at the IAAF World Championship is a victory for the whole of the African continent.
Kenyan 4x400m men’s relay team brought proceedings to a close with a stunning championships record on the final day of Athletics action at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Thursday.
Alice Aprot shatters the women’s 10000m championship record to take a surprise gold for Kenya on day Four of Athletics action at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Tuesday.
Kenya’s Grace Wanjiru smashed the women’s 20km race walking championship record, Nigeria bagged three gold medals, Botswana’s Isaac Makwala and Zambia’s Kabange Mupopo dominate 400m on day 3 at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Tuesday.
Three championships records fell and one equalled on an extraordinary day of athletics at the 11th African Games (formerly All Africa Games) in Brazzaville, Congo on Monday.
Kenyan women swept the podium in the 5000m, Cameroon’s Mbumi Nkouindjin dominates Triple jump, and South African Russell Tucker claimed a surprise gold in men’s Discus on the first day of athletics at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Sunday.
Live coverage of the 11th African Games 2015 (formerly known as the All-Africa Games) at the complex Stade de Kintele in Brazzaville, Congo – September 13-17, 2015
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