Kalalei and Badane triumph in Athens
Kenya’s Samuel Kalalei gives himself early Birthday present while Bedatu Hirpa Badane of Ethiopia takes the top women’s honours at the 35th Athens Marathon.
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Kenya’s Samuel Kalalei gives himself early Birthday present while Bedatu Hirpa Badane of Ethiopia takes the top women’s honours at the 35th Athens Marathon.
Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany are officially the top marathon runners of 2017 after the duo were announced as the winners of the AIMS Best Marathon Runner (BMR) Awards at the Gala in Athens on Friday.
Distance running legend Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan long distance star Florence Kiplagat have been signed up to compete in the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Geoffrey Kirui are candidates for the 2017 Men’s BMR Awards, Mary Keitany of Kenya and Rose Chelimo of Bahrain are contenders for the Women’s award.
World Youth High Jump champion, Breyton Poole, delivered another fine performance in Cape Town, equalling the national record in his age group, on Saturday.
Elroy Gelant and Kesa Molotsane were the star performers in Mbombela, earning the national men’s and women’s titles respectively, at the 2017 ASA 10km Championships on Saturday.
The 13th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon could be the most spectacular yet in the Indian city with race promoters Procam International having signed up 2017 world champions Geoffrey Kirui and Almaz Ayana for the race on 19 November.
Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata Tola and Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot swept the top prizes at the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
Kenya’s reigning Olympic 5000m Champion, Vivian Cheruiyot, is ready to run fast in Sunday’s Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in the German city.
The ASA Senior Championships, traditionally held in April, has been brought forward to 15-17 March in Tshwane for the 2018 edition because of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia in April.
Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei took one second off her own world record to win the 2017 Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Half Marathon in 1:04:51 on Sunday.
Natalie le Roux and 93-year-old Cecily Rootenberg broke new grounds with national and world records, respectively, at the 2017 ASA National 50km and Interprovincial Race Walking Championships at Pacaltsdop, George on Saturday 21 October.
World Cross-Country legend Paul Tergat has been elected unopposed as the President of the Kenya’s National Olympic Committee (NOCK) to replace Kipchoge Keino, who left after 18 years at the helm.
Lebogang Shange smashed his South African record in the 10km Walk in 39:48 on Monday, at the Around Taihu Multi-day International Race Walking Competition in Wuxi, China.
Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge wins dramatic race at the 2017 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in a world leading time of 2:03:32 after coming from behind on Sunday.
Olympic Champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, winner of the 5,000m gold in Rio 2016, will run the second marathon of her road running career in Frankfurt on October 29, 2017.
The refugee team of five athletes from Africa taking part in Ashgabat 2017 has been named and will compete in the Indoor Athletics track events.
Ethiopian-born Fate Tola returns to the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29 to improve her 2016 second place finish, but will have her former Ethiopian compatriot Abebech Afework and American Sara Hall to contend with.
Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei becomes the first woman to smash through the 30-minute barrier to break the world 10km record in 29:43 at the 2017 Birell Prague Grand Prix.
Kenyan duo of Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang to take on Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, an Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) event and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on September 24
Glenrose Xaba stole the show on Saturday, blasting around the course to bag a memorable double at the ASA Cross Country Championships at North West University’s Pukke Sports Fields in Potchefstroom.
Caster Semenya on Sunday sets a new world best time over the women’s 600m distance at the penultimate leg of the IAAF World Challenge series in Berlin, Germany.
Luvo Manyonga and Caster Semenya added the 2017 IAAF Diamond League series crowns to the world titles they recently won in London on Thursday evening.
Rising Botswana’s 400m star Baboloki Thebe said missing out on the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Finals after sustaining a grade two rectus femoris tear was a serious setback in his athletics career.
Ethiopians Habitam Alemu and Dawit Seyaum won the women’s 800m and 1500m respectively at the 2017 Muller Grand Prix, the 12th IAAF Diamond League meeting, in Birmingham on Sunday 20 August.
Kenya is set to launch a bid to host the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2023 after successfully staging two other global IAAF competitions in the last 10 years.
Caster Semenya wins the women’s 800m gold in 1:55.16, setting a national record and catapulting South Africa to the third position on the medal standings, on final day of the London 2017 IAAF World Championships.
Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri produced an astonishing last lap to claim her first ever major world outdoor title in the women 5000m at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris ended Britain’s Mohammed Farah’s dominance of the men’s 5000m and 10,000m at major championships in grand style at the IAAF World Championships on Saturday night.
World 400m record-holder, Wayde van Niekerk, says he is building his own “image and brand” and doesn’t want to be tagged as the successor to track and field greats Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has thrown out the appeal for disqualification of Ugandan athlete Ronald Musagala during the men’s 1500m heats.
Kenya’s Eunice Jepkoech Sum, the 2013 World Champion in the women’s 800m, has dropped out of the ongoing IAAF World Championships, London 2017.
Botswana’s star athlete Isaac Makwala has been declared medically fit to compete in the men’s 200m at the IAAF World Championships in London tonight.
The 2013 World 3000m Steeplechase champion, Milcah Chemos, is hopeful that the Kenyan women will reign supreme in the water jump and barrier event at the ongoing IAAF World Championships in London.
The IAAF defends the decision of its Medical Delegate to withdraw Botswana’s star athlete Isaac Makwala from the Ongoing IAAF World Championships in London.
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk flaunted his superb form on Tuesday night, taking the first step in his attempt at a historic double at the IAAF World Championships, London 2017.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won a tight and dramatic women’s 1500m final on Monday evening, taking gold in 4:02.59 ahead of American Jenny Simpson and South Africa’s Caster Semenya.
Long jump stars Luvo Manyonga and Ruswahl Samaai delivered in style on Saturday evening, earning two medals for the South African team during a spectacular session of Track and Field action on the second day of the IAAF World Championships in London.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala, one of the medal favourites in both the men’s 200m and 400m at the IAAF World Championships in London has been struck down with a stomach bug.
Seven South African athletes will be in action on Friday night, with the national team expected to open their campaign in style on Day 1 of the IAAF World Championships in London.
The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) have announced a 40-member team that will represent the country at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, UK from 4-13 August.
Athletics Tanzania (AT) have selected eight track and field athletes to represent the country at the 2017 IAAF World Championship in London, UK from 4-13 August.
Commonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and NCAA 100m hurdles champion Tobiloba Amusan will lead the Nigerian team comprising of 12 athletes to the IAAF World Championships London 2017 from August 4 to 13.
IOC award exclusive broadcast rights to DStv SuperSport, Econet Media and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) for the Olympic Winter and Summer Games 2018-2024 in Africa.
Kenya’s former World marathon record-holder, Wilson Kipsang, is hungry for success on his return to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 24
Olympic and World champion David Rudisha will lead a strong 49-member Team Kenya to defend his men’s 800m title at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London next month.
Team South Africa has announced its final 24-member team for the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, taking place from 4-13 August, 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Stratford.
Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Gusau was on Friday sworn in as the president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) after his election on June 13, 2017 was upheld, and the bye-elections ordered by the Appeals Committee was cancelled.
Caster Semenya broke her own South African record, taking a superb victory in the Women’s 800m race at the 11th leg of the IAAF Diamond League series in Monaco on Friday.
Kelechi Nwanaga breaks 15-year-old Nigerian Javelin record with 58.15m; Blessing Okagbare and Ogho-Oghene Egwero anchor 4x100m teams to victory at 2017 Warri Relays & CAA Grand Prix in Ozoro.
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