Haile Gebrselassie to open the London Marathon Expo
Distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie will open the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Expo at London Dockland’s Excel Exhibition Centre at 11am on Wednesday April 9, 2014.
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Distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie will open the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon Expo at London Dockland’s Excel Exhibition Centre at 11am on Wednesday April 9, 2014.
African top marathon runners are ready to break Mohammed (Mo) Farah’s challenge, and the course record, at the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday, April 13.
Nigerian youth coach Rauf Abass has commenced plans to contest his life ban by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Athletics-Africa.com has learnt.
Reigning Olympic 800 metres champion and world record holder David Rudisha, from Kenya, will return to IAAF Diamond League action at the Doha 2014 meeting on Friday May 9th.
Ethiopia’s three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele notched up another impressive milestone in an already glittering career by winning the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris (Paris Marathon) on Sunday on his marathon debut.
Kenyan Joyce Chepkirui fulfilled the expectations and clocked a world-class time of 66:19 to win the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon on Saturday.
Kenyan Leonard Komon wins the 34th Vattenfall Berlin Half Marathon, on his debut at the distance, with a world-class time of 59:14 edging out compatriot Abraham Cheroben in a sprint finish on Sunday.
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Gladys Cherono led Kenyan men’s and women’s race victories at the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen on Saturday.
More than 750 athletes are expected to compete at the first edition of the IAAF World Relays, which will be held on May 24-25, 2014 in Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas.
A total prize purse of US$245,000 will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the IAAF/Al-Bank World Half Marathon Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday 29 March 2014.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has announced the National Stadium, Abuja as the venue to kick off the 2014 Golden League series and the creation of a new ‘Athletics Twilight Meetings’ series.
Uganda team to the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships 2014 in Copenhagen on Sunday will be led by double Commonwealth Games champion Moses Ndiema Kipsiro.
Only four messages out of 1,709 between murder-accused Oscar Pistorius and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp could show an argument, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday.
Kampala University student Winnie Nanyondo led Uganda to an individual podium sweep and team dominance at the just ended 19th World University Cross Country championships at the Entebbe Golf Course on Saturday.
South African sports broadcaster Supersport and Botswana Television (BTV) have acquired the television rights to broadcast the 2014 Africa Youth Games (AYG) in Gaborone, Botswana.
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has appointed Chris Essilfie as its new Chef de Mission for the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 – August 3, 2014.
The President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack has again reiterated his plan to step down from the post in 2015.
The congress of the African chapter of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), which started in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, has attracted a record attendance by not less than 21 countries.
Oscar Pistorius plans to sell the upmarket $460,000 Silver Woods Country Estate home in Pretoria, where he shot dead his girlfriend last year, to cover the legal fees for his murder trial.
Sally Kipyego sets a new course record (1:08:31) and Geoffrey Mutai clocked 1:00:50 ahead of Mo Farah (1:01:08) to win the women’s and men’s races respectively at the 2014 New York City Half Marathon.
Kenyan athletes swept the podium and clean team honours at the 3rd Africa Cross Country Championships at the Kololo Golf Course in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday.
Senegalese Tafsir Malick Ndiaye has been appointed into the IAAF Ethics Commission by IAAF Council for a four year term, following the approval by the IAAF Congress last year of the IAAF Code of Ethics which came into force on January 01, 2014.
The first police officer on the scene of Reeva Steenkamp’s killing destroyed the notes he made at the time, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Friday.
Five-time winner, Zersenay Tadese from Eritrea, vying for an unprecedented sixth individual gold medal at the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen – 15 days to go.
IAAF and its broadcasting partners EBU and Dentsu confirm Sopot 2014 were broadcast in over 200 countries worldwide with extensive coverage in Africa with Free-to-Air broadcasts in 19 territories as well as widespread Pay-TV coverage across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kenya will bid for the 2017 IAAF World Youth Championships in Nairobi, Athletics Kenya (AK) President Isaiah Kiplagat announced on Monday.
Moses Kipsiro, will lead the senior men’s team to the 3rd Africa Cross Country Championships at Kololo Memorial grounds in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday March 16, 2014.
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba crowned a spectacular winter season with victory in the women’s 3000m clocking 8:55.04 ahead of Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri at the World Indoors Championships in Sopot, Poland on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Mohammed Aman won back to back World Indoor 800m gold medal on Sunday at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland after overtaking two Polish athletes in the final…
Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman won his tiny East African country’s first ever gold medal in a global athletics competition when he sped to victory in 3:37.52. More than 20 years have…
The IAAF World Indoor Championships 2014 starts tomorrow in the Polish city of Sopot and will run till Sunday March 9th. Here are some of the top African athletes to…
A total of US$2,464,000 is on offer from the IAAF as prize money at this weekend’s IAAF World Indoor Championships, in Sopot, Poland – March 7-9, 2014. Over 600 competitors…
The Queen’s Baton Relay tour visited all 18 African Commonwealth nations and territories some time ago, beginning in Aberdeen – Aberdeen, Sierra Leone that is! This was an exciting start,…
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba smashed another world Indoor record, her third in 2 weeks, this time the two-mile record at the British Indoor Grand Prix meeting in Birmingham on Saturday. ,…
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is expecting a huge turn-out of Nigerian athletes at its maiden competition of 2014, the Over-Distance Races and Distance Relays, today at the Ijebu-Ode Stadium…
The marathon event at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland will start and finish in Glasgow Green covering a route that will take in iconic Glasgow landmarks and give…
Paralympic 400m champion, Oscar Pistorius, has reached an out-of-court settlement with a woman who laid an assault charge against him after a party at his home after a four-year long legal…
German-based Ethiopian, Eleni Gebrehiwot, defended her title at the ING Euro Cross Country meeting in the Luxembourg town of Diekirch on Sunday. Gebrehiwot, 31, won the 2014 Diekirch Euro Cross comfortably clocking a…
With one month to go to the IAAF World Indoor Championships Sopot 2014, Sopot is optimistic of world records performances. The athletics world has been treated to two world indoor…
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba broke the world indoor 3000m record with a stunning 8:16.60 run at the Stockholm’s XL Galan, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting in Sweden on Thursday. Coming only…
Former Nigerian athlete Ambrose Monye and co accused Andre Gouws have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Chanelle Henning in South Africa. The sentence for Henning’s murder was…
British Athletics and Sainsbury has confirmed that the London leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting will now take place at the Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on July…
The board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) presented to the media American Eric Campbell as the high performance director in Abuja on Tuesday. AFN President, also used the occasion…
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the women’s 1500m World Indoor Record at the IAAF Indoor track and field meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany on Saturday. Dibaba, the reigning World Indoor world champion,…
Athletics South Africa’s suspension has been lifted, the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) said on Wednesday. Sascoc said the decision “would give our athletes the opportunity to represent…
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) will hold the 2014 AFN All-Comers Over-distance and Distance Relays at the Gateway Stadium in Sagamu, Ogun-State on the weekend of February 14-15, 2014. According…
A combination of the biggest pot of prize money and most pancake-flat course among the major marathons means that extraordinary results can be expected in Dubai. The has maintained that…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights in Sub-Saharan Africa to Infront Sports & Media AG and SuperSport International for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014…
The deadline for the submission of bids and letters of guarantee to host the 3rd and 4th editions of the African Youth Games, scheduled for 2017 and 2021 respectively, is…
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) recently organised a seminar for Chefs de Mission of various delegations that will take part in the 2nd Youth Olympic Games…
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