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Nigerian reigning 100m champion Adeseye Ogunlewe, popular music star Olamide Adedeji (Olamide YBNL) and media celebrity Jimi Disu have all signed on for the 6 February, 2016 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.
Liquid Sports Ghana announces the first ever annual Ghana athletics award dubbed, the ‘Liquid Sports Ghana Athlete of the Year’ to honour and give recognition to deserving athletes.
Senegalese Papa Massata Diack, the son of former IAAF President Lamine Diack, and two Russian athletics officials have been banned from the sport for life by the IAAF Ethics Commission.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Commission has announce the appointment of South African Justice Catherine O’Regan to the Commission.
Nigerian athletes participating in the 2016 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon seek to lower the national record and qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has commended the efforts of the Lagos State government for bringing back the Lagos City Marathon.
Twenty-five elite runners from the High Altitude Athletics Club of Jos in Plateau State have signed up to participate in the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on February 6, 2016.
Ethiopians Tamirat Tola and Netsanet Gudeta took the honours to hand Ethiopia a first double victory at the 41st Boclassic New Year’s Eve Race in Bolzano in northern Italy on Thursday.
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 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.
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.
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 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).
Former IAAF President Lamine Diack, from Senegal, has been provisionally suspended as an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Olympic Committee Ethics Commission has recommended the provisional suspension of former IAAF President, Mr Lamine Diack, as Honorary Member of the IOC.
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.
Former Botswana sprinter Obakeng Ngwigwa has been appointed as the Technical Director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).
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.
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.
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.
Peres Jepchirchir’s rise continues as the young Kenyan star smashes the event record to win in 1:07:17 at the 5th Mattoni Usti nad Labem Half Marathon on Saturday.
World leading runs by top Africans Faith Kipyegon, Habiba Ghribi and Yomif Kejelcha were the highlights of the 39th AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday.
African and Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare – Ighoteguonor to headline a 47-member Nigerian athletics team seeking to restore pride at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo after their medal-less performance at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
Kenyan national athletics team arrived in Brazzaville, Congo for the 11th African Games 2015 with the major objective of winning the overall title.
Kenya topped the overall medals table with 7 golds, 6 silvers and 3 bronze medals at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China on Sunday.
Nigeria’s hope for a medal at the 2015 IAAF World Championship in Beijing, China fades after Blessing Okagbare came last in the women’s 100m on Monday.
Kenya dominated the men’s 3000m steeplechase on Day 3 of the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China, with Ezekiel Kemboi leading the podium sweep.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) President, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, has been elected as one of the four vice presidents of the International Association of Athletics Associations (IAAF).
Eritrean Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the first gold medal of the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships on a very hot and sunny morning in Beijing on Saturday.
Nigeria’s Uhunoma Naomi Osazuwa on course to break her national Heptathlon record at the ongoing IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
Uhunoma Naomi Osazuwa sets new national record of 6,106 points to secure victory in Heptathlon; Seye Ogunlewe, Patience George and Tega Odele upset favourites on Day 2 of the 2015 Nigerian Championships in Warri on Friday.
Tosin Oke, Gloria Asumnu and Chinazom Amadi provided the highlights on the first day of the 2015 Nigerian Athletics Championships at the Warri Township stadium in Delta-State on Thursday.
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