South Africa break two records, top medal table in Guangzhou
South Africa sets two national records and topped the medal standings at the conclusion of the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
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South Africa sets two national records and topped the medal standings at the conclusion of the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
South Africa impress with new national record in women’s 4x400m and world lead in men’s 4x100m on the first day of competition at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Saturday.
Athletics Kenya selected as the winning Member Federation of the Kids’ Athletics Day challenge, receiving the prize of a US$10,000 award to be used to promote and activate Kids’ Athletics in Kenya.
Athletics South Africa announce a 70-member squad for the CAA African U18 and U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria from 16-20 July 2025.
Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, three-time Olympic gold medalist and holder of two world records, will compete at Hayward Field on 5 July seeking her seventh Pre Classic 1500m title.
Swiss sportswear brand On announce the signing of World Indoor 3000m Champion Freweyni Hailu from Ethiopia to its growing team of world-class athletes.
Abeokuta, Nigeria has been named as the new host city for the 3rd CAA African U18/U20 Combined Championships from 16-20 July, 2025.
Evans Mayaka comes from behind while Emmah Ndiwa dominates the field at the inaugural Maratón de Cali (Colombia) on Sunday.
Kenyans set course records at the Gutenberg Mainz Half Marathon on Sunday: Debutant James Kipkurui was surprise winner with 60:50 and Esther Chemtai took the women’s race with 68:52.
Tsige Duguma smashed the Ethiopian record in the 800m with 1:56.64, Berihu Aregawi ran the fastest outdoor 5000m of the year in 12:50.45, and Akani Simbine clocked 9.98 to win the 100m at the Wanda Diamond League in Shanghai/Keqiao on Saturday.
A total of 19 athletes have been included in the South African team for the World Athletics Relays, Guangzhou 25 from 10-11 May 2025.
A total of eight athletes achieved qualifying standards at the 2025 ASA Senior Championships for the Tokyo 25 World Athletics Championships to be held in September, five of which qualified for the first time.
Alex Matata won the Istanbul Half Marathon with 59:40, while Miriam Chebet overtook Sheila Chelangat to win the women’s race in 1:06:07.
Sabastian Sawe dominates elite men’s TCS London Marathon field to keep the crown in Kenyan hands with commanding running reminiscent of Eliud Kipchoge’s prime.
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record at the 45th edition of the London Marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:15:50.
Zakithi Nene, Colette Uys, and Prudence Sekgodiso excelled on the final day of the 2025 ASA Senior Championships at NWU McArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom on Saturday.
Favour Ofili from Nigeria opened her season with a 10.99 (+0.4 m/s) win in the 100m at the 2025 LSU Alumni Gold event in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich became the first athlete to break the 30-minute barrier in a women-only 10-kilometre road race, clocking 29:27 at the Adizero Road To Records event on Saturday.
Sabelo Dhlamini and Zeney Geldenhuys dominated the 400m hurdles finals on Day 2 of the ASA Senior Track and Field Championships + Relays and Multi Events at NWU McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom.
Brigid Kosgei and Amos Kipruto head Hamburg’s strongest ever field, Karoline Grovdal chases famous national record at the 39th Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday.
Gift Leotlela and Joviale Mbisha won the national 100m titles at ASA Senior Track Championships 2025 at NWU Stadium in Potchefstroom.
2022 World hurdles champion Oluwatobiloba Amusan is among the key names announced for Team Nigeria to the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 next month.
Kenya’s John Korir runs the second-fastest winning time in race history (2:04:45), whilst Sharon Lokedi shatters the course record in 2:17:22 to win the 129 Boston Marathon on Monday 21 April, 2025.
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei, who broke Paula Radcliffe’s world record with 2:14:04 in Chicago 2019, has joined the elite field of the Haspa Marathon Hamburg 2025.
More than 12,000 female participants took part in the 15th edition of the Course féminine de la Victoire in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday 13 April.
The requirement for a master’s degree in sports for the position of the head coach of the Ethiopian national team sparks discontent among current coaches
International Sports Day: More than 3,000 women participated in the fourth edition of the “Foulées féminines de la victoire” event held in Médiouna.
Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has been a great ambassador of Kenyan athletics, flying the country’s flag high around the world over the years.
South African Adriaan Wildschutt sets a new national 10km record, stopping the clock at 27:28, at the Absa Run Your City event in Gqeberha on Sunday.
South African Akani Simbine clocked a world-leading 9.90 seconds to surpass Ferdinand Omanyala at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone on Saturday.
Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo impress home supporters at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix, Oratile Nowe and Bassant Hemida set national records at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Gaborone on Saturday.
Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet leads the Athletics nominations at the 2025 Kenyan Sports Awards Gala.
South Africa will be well represented with 36 athletes included in the provisional entry lists for the Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone on Saturday.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana will make his debut at the Jetour Doha Meeting – the third fixture in the 2025 Wanda Diamond League – in the Qatari capital on Friday 16 May.
Athletics Kenya aims to test over 444 athletes in preparation for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 in September.
Vibian Chepkirui aims for history but Rebecca Tanui will challenge her in a battle of Kenyan ladies at the 42nd edition of the Vienna City Marathon on Sunday.
Kenyans Justus Kangogo, Asbel Rutto and Stanley Kurgat will be attacking their personal bests at the 2025 Vienna City Marathon.
The reigning World Athlete of the Year to lead Relay Around the World Challenge ahead of Kids’ Athletics Day 2025.
Rodrigue Kwizera of Burundi and Nadia Battocletti of Italy topped the 2024-2025 World Athletics Cross Country Tour rankings.
Kenyans Justus Kangogo and Vibian Chepkirui, who holds the course record in Vienna, head the start list with personal bests of 2:05:57 and 2:20:59 respectively.
Defending champion Sheila Chelangat will return to defend her title at the 20th edition of the Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Half Marathon on 27th April.
The World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 will see Botswana host a World Athletics Series event for the first time.
Prudence Sekgodiso breaks the South African record to win the women’s 800m gold in 1:58.40 ahead of Ethiopian Nigist Getachew, silver in 1:59.63, at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia set a new championship record of 3:54.86 to claim the 1500m gold ahead of compatriot Diribe Welteji at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu wins the second world indoor title of her career, and her third world indoor medal across as many disciplines, at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 on Saturday.
Andy Diaz Hernandez won the men’s triple jump ahead of Zhu Yaming and world champion Hugues Fabrice Zango at the 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing.
South African Akani Simbine secured a bronze medal in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, marking his first individual global medal.
Bayanda Walaza and emerging hurdles talent Tumi Ramokgopa starred, as sprinting prodigies set new South African U20 records at the ASA Grand Prix 2 event at UJ Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.
World Athletics congratulates Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry on her election as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Prefontaine Classic is set to dedicate the women’s 800m to Maria Mutola (Mozambique). Henceforth, the event will be named the “Mutola 800m”.
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