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Kenya will take part in the World Mountain Running Championships (WMRC 2014) for the first time on Sunday September 14 in Casette di Massa, Tuscany – Italy.
Continue readingKenyan Leonard Komon will face a strong men’s elite field, from Kenya and Ethiopia, in his bid to reduce the course record at the 2014 Marathon Eindhoven on October 12.
Continue readingOscar Pistorius was negligent when he fired four shots into a toilet cubicle that killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Judge Thokozile Masipa said on Thursday.
Continue readingKenya’s Mary Keitany set a new course record (1:05:39) to win the women’s race of 2014 Bupa Great North Run half marathon in South Shields on Sunday.
Continue readingSouth African Godfrey Khotso Mokoena won the men’s long jump in a season’s best of 8.19m to crown a spectacular season with the diamond trophy at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday.
Continue readingAlgeria’s Taoufik Makhloufi held Kenya’s Silas Kiplagat to win, in 3:31.78, the men’s 1500m Diamond Race in Brussels on Friday, but it was the Kenyan who won the diamond trophy.
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Kenya’s Mercy Cherono withstood the challenge from 2014 world indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba to win the women’s 3000m Diamond Race (8:28.95) in Brussels on Friday.
Continue readingKenya’s Jairus Kipchoge Birech pulled out his first run under eight minutes to secure the men’s 3000m steeplechase Diamond Race title with 7:58.41 in Brussels on Friday.
Continue readingSouth Africa’s Cornel Fredericks will seek to add another major medal to his already impressive 2014 collection at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco
Continue readingTeam Africa’s best chances of success at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech are expected to come in the track events, and their line-up boasts seven athletes who currently top the world list in their respective events.
Continue readingNigerian athletes dominate the selection list to represent Africa at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco next month, with African 200m champion Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast omitted.
Continue readingHe’s not back to his best shape yet, but Kenya’s World 800m record-holder, David Rudisha, is still ready to shine at the Weltklasse Zürich 2014 – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
Continue readingAfter claiming her first Spar Women’s 10km race victory since 2008, in Durban, South Africa on Sunday, Lebogang Phalula said she had to make a comeback to restore her reputation.
Continue readingKenya’s Mercy Cherono set a new Diamond League record and world-lead time of 9:11.49 to win the women’s two miles at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday.
Continue readingSouth Africa’s middle-distance runner Andre Olivier set the fastest ever time by a South African athlete over the unofficial 600m distance at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday.
Continue readingEthiopia’s Muktar Edris won the men’s 5000m in a world season’s best of 12:54.83 at the 2014 DN Galan IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Thursday.
Continue readingNigerian sprinter Gloria Asumnu has been selected as one of the inductees into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2014 to be held on Thursday November 13, 2014.
Continue readingKenyan Leonard Komon, the 10km and 15km world record-holder on the roads, will make his marathon debut at the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven on October 12.
Continue readingEthiopia’s Atsedu Tsegay and Philemon Limo of Kenya will race each other at the Mattoni Usti nad Labem Half Marathon in the Czech Republic on September 14, 2014.
Continue readingKenyan Geoffrey Mutai will take on newcomer and compatriot Geoffrey Ronoh at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in Prague on September 6, 2014.
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