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SASCOC have named a 169-member team, including 13 athletes and 8 para-athletes, to represent South Africa at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia between 4-15 April.
Continue readingUsain Bolt inspired exceptional performances from high school athletes competing in the PUMA School of Speed athletics meet at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday 29 January 2018
Continue readingEthiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Roza Dereje smashed the course records to take the men’s and women’s titles at the 2018 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, the world’s richest marathon on Friday.
Continue readingKenya’s Hellen Onsando Obiri, the world 5000m champion, was the highlight performer at the 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Thursday.
Continue readingKenya’s Mary Keitany will make an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s world record at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 22 April.
Continue readingKenya’s Nobert Kigen faces a litmus test to stamp his authority on other top runners in the field at the 2018 Napoli City Half Marathon in Naples on February 4.
Continue readingJamaican World athletics icon, Usain Bolt, will be at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday 29 January as part of a development programme sponsored by PUMA.
Continue readingEthiopian distance running queen, Tirunesh Dibaba, is the first major name confirmed for the elite women’s race at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon.
Continue readingThe City of Francistown will host the second edition of the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) Super night track and field series at the Francistown stadium on Saturday.
Continue readingIt was a double triumph for the Ethiopian runners as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena took the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, winning in 2:09:34 and 2:25:49 respectively on Sunday.
Continue readingEthiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele confirmed he will join Mo Farah and Eliud Kipchoge on the start line for the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on 22 April.
Continue readingNcincilili Titi blasted past the South African Indoor record for the men’s 200m, with 20.45, on the second day of the Clemson Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina on Saturday 20 January.
Continue readingAthletics South Africa has expressed joy at the turning of the sod for the Mbulaheni Mulaudzi Stadium at Mudulini village in Makhado, Limpopo province on Friday.
Continue readingThabang Mosiako and Kesa Molotsane edged out the national men’s and women’s champions on Saturday, charging to victory in their respective categories at the ASA Cross Country Trials at the University of Free State in Mangaung.
Continue readingSouth Africa’s golden girl, Caster Semenya, has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Woman of the Year award to be held in Monaco on 27 February 2018.
Continue readingNigerian women’s bobsleigh and skeleton team will make a historic appearance at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea next month with foundation built on years of training on the track.
Continue readingDefending women’s champion Bornes Kitur from Kenya returns while Ethiopian Solomon Deksisa heads men’s field to the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018 on Sunday 21 January.
Continue readingThe 2nd leg of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League meeting, which was originally scheduled to hold in Lagos from 26-27 January 2018, has been moved to the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Continue readingEthiopian multiple world champion Kenenisa Bekele dominated the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K 2017, breaking away from his rivals just after 18 km before coming home in 1:13:48 on Sunday 17 December.
Continue readingEthiopian multiple world champion and world record-holder Kenenisa Bekele will be looking to add to his list of accolades at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
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