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South African Caster Semenya produced another peerless display of middle-distance running to set a meeting record and world lead of 1:55.92 in the women’s 800m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday
Continue readingA Kenyan double as the reigning World Half Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and Agnes Tirop win both titles at the TCS World 10K in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday.
Continue readingNigeria’s leading commercial bank, Zenith Bank Plc has been announced as the official sponsor of the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championship Asaba 2018.
Continue readingA strong women’s field, with elite runners from across the globe, has been assembled to challenge Ethiopia’s IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018 winner Netsanet Gudeta at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May.
Continue readingKenya’s Alex Korio, the defending TCS World 10K champion, will return to Bengaluru and take on his compatriot and IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 winner Geoffrey Kamworor at this year’s race on Sunday 27 May.
Continue readingKenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor and Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta, both reigning IAAF World Half Marathon champions from Valencia 2018, will head the men’s and women’s elite fields at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May, race promoters Procam International have announced.
Continue readingMorocco’s Boys and Girls medley relay teams close the Athletics competition in style, smashing the championships records on the fourth and final day of Gymnasiade 2018 – World School Summer Games – in Marrakech on Monday.
Continue readingConfederation of African Athletics (CAA) inspectors signed off from their two-day visit to Asaba, Delta-State by praising the city’s level of preparedness to host the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships in August.
Continue readingBotswana’s Bernard Olesite destroys the field on his way to claim the Boys 400m gold, and Morocco’s dominance of distance events continues on Day 2 of Athletics competition at the 17th Gymnasiade in Marrakech on Saturday.
Continue readingMorocco swept the distance events, claiming both gold and silver medals in the boys and girls 3000m, on the opening day of Athletics competition at Gymnasiade 2018 taking place in Marrakech on Friday 4 May.
Continue readingDelegates from the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) arrive in Nigeria for an inspection tour of the facilities to host the 21st African Senior Championships in Asaba this August.
Continue readingCIV’s World silver medallist Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Team Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba and Mutaz Barshim were impressive as eight world leads and five meeting records were set at Doha’s opening of 2018 IAAF Diamond League season.
Continue readingCaster Semenya and Carina Horn produced historic performances, smashing their South African records, at the opening leg of the 2018 IAAF Diamond League series in Doha, Qatar on Friday.
Continue readingAthletics South Africa will challenge the new hyperandrogenism regulations issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the classification of female athletes and will proceed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if necessary.
Continue readingTop officials of the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) will arrive in Asaba, Delta state of Nigeria this weekend to inspect and evaluate the facilities being put in place to host the 21st African Senior Athletics Championships.
Continue readingThe journey of a thousand miles starts with a step and that big step to make the newly introduced Tunisia Women Run an internationally acclaimed race was taken in Sousse on Sunday, April 22, 2018.
Continue readingMore than 3000 youth athletes from 53 countries are expected at the first ever International Youth Multi-Sport event to be held in Africa from 2-9 May, 2018 in Morocco.
Continue readingNational records tumbled on Saturday, with the host nation producing another dominant all-round performance on the second and final day of the CAA Southern Region U20 Youth and U18 Junior Championships at Boksburg Athletics Stadium, in Johannesburg.
Continue readingWorld Youth 400m Hurdles champion Sokwakhana Zazini wrapped up an impressive all-round performance by the South African team on Friday, winning 38 of 39 finals on the opening day of the CAA Southern Region U18 Youth & U20 Junior Championships in Johannesburg.
Continue readingAthletics South Africa responds to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) for events from 400m to the mile.
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