In Pictures: Athletissima – Wanda Diamond League Lausanne 25
Gallery: African athletes in action at the 50th Athletissima – Wanda Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday 20 August, 2025.
Gallery: African athletes in action at the 50th Athletissima – Wanda Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday 20 August, 2025.
World Athletics opens the host selection process for the 2028 edition of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.
How to watch African athletes perform at the 50th Athletissima meeting – Wanda Diamond League in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday 20 August 2025.
Gallery: African athletes in action at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial – Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia, Poland, on Saturday 16 August, 2025.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon clocked 8:07.04, the second-fastest time in history, smashing the African 3000m record at the 2025 Wanda Diamond League in Silesia, Poland.
Nigerian athlete Ezekiel Nathaniel set a national record of 47.31 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles at the 2025 Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has named 26 athletes for the CAA Region II Senior Athletics Championships on August 18-19, 2025 in Accra, Ghana.
The 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships awarded to South African city of Cape Town, marking the first time the event will be held in Africa.
The Ultimate Championship launches in Budapest in 2026, when the world’s greatest will settle the debate across three sessions of action from 11-13 September.
Laban Chepkwony shatters David Rudisha’s meeting record in men’s 800m, plus victory for Marie-Josee Ta Lou Smith in 100m at 2025 Istvan Gyulai Memorial meeting in Budapest on Tuesday.
Ethiopians Dejene Megersa and Buze Diriba are among the favourites to win the 2025 Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 26 October.
On strengthens collegiate roster, adding three of NCAA’s most exciting distance runners from Kenya – Doris Lemngole, Marion Jepngetich, and Joy Naukot to its NIL roster.
The 2025 Wanda Diamond League event will kick off with the pole vault competition at the City Event on 19 August, in Ouchy (Lausanne), on the shores of Lake Geneva.
CAA Region II Senior Championships in Accra rescheduled to 18-19 August, 2025 following the deaths of Ghana’s military and political leaders in a helicopter crash.
Olympians Farida Abaroge, Perina Lokure Nakang and Musa Suliman are among the six athletes named on the Athlete Refugee Team (ART) that will represent millions of refugees at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel, a 2025 NCAA Champion and one of the fastest athletes in the world in 400m hurdles, has signed a professional contract with Swiss sportswear brand On.
Zimbabwean sprint sensation Tapiwanashe Makarawu joins Swiss sportswear brand On after a breakout season with the University of Kentucky in 2025.
Gallery: African student-athletes in action during the Athletics competition at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Bochum, Germany from 21-27 July, 2025.
Gallery: African future stars in action at the 3rd CAA Combined African U18/U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria from 16-20 July, 2025.
Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru heads the women’s field of the 51st BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21 September, 2025.
CAA Region II Senior Athletics Championships to hold at the University of Ghana Sports Complex Legon, Ghana from 15-17 August 2025.
Malta announced as host of the 2027 Commonwealth Youth Games, to be held in four main clusters across the islands of Malta and Gozo.
World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes wishing to compete in the female category.
World half marathon champion Sabastian Sawe from Kenya will run the 2025 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21 September.
WADA announces hosts for 2026 Regional Symposiums aimed at preparing for implementation of the 2027 World Anti-Doping Code.
Bayanda Walaza fell short of a third gold medal as South Africa claimed silver in the men’s 4x100m relay at the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum in Sunday.
800m runners Veronica Vancardo (SUI) and Charne Swart Du Plessis (RSA) reunited at the Lohrheidestadion Thursday evening, two years after going viral for helping a distressed fellow athlete at the Chengdu FISU World University Games.
South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza completed his sprint double with a dominant performance to win the men’s 200m final at Rhine Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games in Bochum on Thursday.
South Africa’s Lythe Pillay dominated the Men’s 400m final at Rhine Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games, clocking 44.84 at the Lohrheidestadion in Bochum.
Gallery: African athletes in action at the London Athletics Meet – Wanda Diamond League meeting in London, UK on Saturday 19 July, 2025.
South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza won the men’s 100m final at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU Games in 10.16 secs, followed by Thailand’s Puripol Boonson (10.22) and Japan’s Hiroki Yanagita (10.23).
Following the conclusion of the Kenyan trials, AK have selected a strong team to represent Team Kenya at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Gudaf Tsegay smashed the Ethiopian Mile record, while Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held on to beat a strong men’s 800m field at the sold-out Novuna London Athletics Meet, a Wanda Diamond League meeting in London, on Saturday.
Sally Pearson and Christian Taylor have been announced as World Athletics ambassadors for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
Find out where and how to watch, and follow the 3rd CAA Combined African U18/U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria – 16-20 July, 2025.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) held its 31st Congress in Abeokuta, Nigeria on 14 July 2025, adopting key resolutions to tackle issues undermining African athletics development.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has selected 92 athletes to represent the host nation at the 3rd CAA U18/U20 Combined Championships in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Gallery: African athletes in action at the Herculis EBS – Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday 11 July, 2025.
A 70-strong South African team depart in two groups to Nigeria for the 3rd CAA African U18/U20 Combined Championships in Abeokuta from 16-20 July, 2025.
Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi sets a new world lead, Nelly Chepchirchir maintains her 2025 undefeated record, Yomif Kejelcha dominates the 5000m on a thrilling night at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
How to watch star African athletes Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Letsile Tebogo, Djamel Sedjati, Tshepiso Masalela and Yomif Kejelcha at the Herculis EBS Meeting – Wanda Diamond League in Monaco on Friday 11 July 2025.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Switzerland didn’t give South African Caster Semenya a fair chance to challenge World Athletics regulations requiring hormone treatment to compete in women’s events.
Forty-three countries have confirmed their participation as Abeokuta prepares to host the 3rd CAA African U18/U20 Combined Championships 16 to 20 July, 2025.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) and NCAA 200m silver medallist Makanakaishe Charamba (Zimbabwe) will face off with Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles (USA) at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday July 11, 2025.
Gallery: African athletes in action at the 50th Prefontaine Classic – Wanda Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday 5 July, 2025.
Kenyan Faith Kipyegon set a world record in the women’s 1500m at the 50th Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, finishing in 3:48.68 to best her 3:49.04 mark from 2024.
Kenyan Beatrice Chebet became the first woman in history to break 14 minutes for 5000m, clocking 13:58.06, at the 50th Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday.
World records set earlier this year by Tigist Assefa, Evan Dunfee and Massimo Stano have been ratified by World Athletics.
Gallery: African athletes in action at the Meeting de Paris – Wanda Diamond League in Paris, France on Friday 20 June, 2025.
South African sprinter Karabo Letebele smashes the 100m Games record in 10.25 seconds at the 2025 Göteborg World Youth Games in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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