Doha to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships
Doha, Qatar won the right, over Barcelona (ESP) and Eugene (USA), to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council announced at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco on Tuesday.
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Doha, Qatar won the right, over Barcelona (ESP) and Eugene (USA), to host the 2019 IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council announced at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco on Tuesday.
Commonwealth and African sprint queen Blessing Okagbare voted the Nigerian Sportswoman of the Year at the Nigerian Sports Awards 2014, which was held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj, 40, becomes the youngest man to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame barely a decade after he ran his last international race.
Kenyan Felix Kandie broke the ten year-old course record of Olympic Champion Stefano Baldini with 2:10:37 at the 2014 Athens Marathon in Greece on Sunday.
Kenya’s Hillary Kipkorir Kemboi and Ethiopia’s Genet Yalew claimed the men’s and women’s titles at the 2014 Obudu International Mountain Race in Cross Rivers State, Nigeria on Saturday.
Barcelona, Eugene and Doha are waiting to see who will host the 2019 IAAF World Championships after the IAAF Evaluation Commission concluded visits to the three candidates on Friday.
Kenyans Mary Keitany and Wilson Kipsang surged to a clean sweep of the men’s and women’s titles at the 2014 New York City marathon on Sunday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday welcomed the historic recognition by the United Nations (UN) of the autonomy of the IOC and sport.
Hezekiel Sepeng paid tribute to former world 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi during the memorial service held at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday.
Kenyan Mark Kiptoo took the men’s race with 2:06:49 and Ethiopian Aberu Kebede clocked a fine 2:22:21 in the women’s race at the 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
Tributes continue to pour in for South African 2009 world 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi who died in a car accident on Friday Oct 24 at the age of 34.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has conferred the IAAF Bronze label status on the Okpekpe 10km Road Race held annually in Edo State, Nigeria.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to aid Kenya create a new anti-doping body after a report concluded the country has no effective drug testing programme.
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at the Pretoria High Court in South Africa.
Kenyan-born, Dutch multiple World champion in distance running, Lornah Kiplagat, on Friday launched her own apparel line ‘Lornah’ for active women in Amsterdam.
Kenya’s Dennis Kipruto Kimetto and Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba have made the final three-person shortlist for the 2014 IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award.
Barefoot runner Diana-Lebo Phalula is the new Spar Grand Prix champion after finishing the five Women’s 10km Challenge races with a total of 110 points.
Four South Africa track and field stars, Khotso Mokoena, Cornel Fredericks, Sunette Viljoen, Wayde van Niekerk, have been nominated for the 2014 South African Sports Awards.
Nigerian-born Qatari sprint champion, Femi Seun Ogunode, says the decision to leave his fatherland and move to Qatar was a calculated risk and he’s so glad it all worked out in the end.
Kenyan Joyce Chepkirui won the 2014 ASICS Grand 10 Berlin in a photo finish 31:02, edging out compatriot Emily Chebet in the 10km race on Sunday
The Phalula twins, Lebogang and Diana-Lebo, had much to celebrate after the Johannesburg leg of the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge at the Wanderers Club on Sunday.
Ethiopia Tilahun Regassa won the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven in 2:06:21 ahead of Kenyans Jonathan Maiyo (2:06:47) and Alfers Lagat (2:07:10) on Sunday
Kenyan Leonard Komon is inspired by Dennis Kimetto’s 2:02:57 world record at the Berlin Marathon as he makes his marathon debut at the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven on Sunday.
Defending champion Vincent Kipruto from Kenya will return to the BMW Frankfurt Marathon, to face Ethiopians Tsegaye Mekonnen and Getu Feleke, on October 26.
Defending women’s champion Priscah Jeptoo and 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon runner-up Stanley Biwott, both from Kenya, have withdrawn from the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon.
Four Africans, Nijel Amos, Genzebe Dibaba, Jairus Birech and Dennis Kimetto, have been shortlisted by the IAAF for the 2014 World Athlete of the Year Award.
Kenyan Dennis Kimetto broke the marathon world record with 2:02:57 on the streets of Berlin while Tirfi Tsegaye’s patience is rewarded with women’s world lead at the 2014 BMW Berlin Marathon.
Ethiopian duo of Tirfi Tsegaye and Feyse Tadese, together with American Shalane Flanagan, hope to break the 2:20 barrier for the marathon when the 41st edition of the BMW Berlin-Marathon gets underway on Sunday September 28.
Kenyan Sharon Cherop will challenge Ethiopian Aberu Kebede for top prize at the 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon, which celebrates its 33rd edition on October 26
Tsegaye Mekonnen and Getu Feleke chase rare Ethiopian victory at the 2014 BMW Frankfurt Marathon on October 26. Their compatriot, Aberu Kebede headlines the women’s race.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed sadness at the death of Alpha Ibrahim Diallo, an IOC Honorary Member in Guinea.
A stunning men’s 4x400m relay win ended a fantastic competition for Team Africa but was not enough to wrestle the title from Europe on Day 2 of the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech on Sunday.
Kenyan Eunice Sum, South African Cornel Fredericks, Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba and Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti gave Africa her first victories on Day 1 of the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech.
African 400m champion and record-holder Isaac Makwala is confident Africa can win its fifth Continental crown when the IAAF Continental Cup gets underway tomorrow in Marrakech, Morocco.
Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has been found him guilty of culpable homicide for negligently causing the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 and will be sentenced on Oct 13.
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.
Kenyan 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.
Oscar Pistorius was negligent when he fired four shots into a toilet cubicle that killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Judge Thokozile Masipa said on Thursday.
Top athletes from all the four (4) sub continents will compete for nearly $3 million in prize money on offer at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup this weekend in Marrakech, Morocco.
Kenya’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.
South 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.
Algeria’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.
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.
Kenya’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.
South 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
Team 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.
Nigerian 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.
He’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.
After 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.
Kenya’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.
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