Simbine sprints to 60m bronze at 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing
South African Akani Simbine secured a bronze medal in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, marking his first individual global medal.
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South African Akani Simbine secured a bronze medal in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, marking his first individual global medal.
Bayanda Walaza and emerging hurdles talent Tumi Ramokgopa starred, as sprinting prodigies set new South African U20 records at the ASA Grand Prix 2 event at UJ Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.
World Athletics congratulates Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry on her election as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Prefontaine Classic is set to dedicate the women’s 800m to Maria Mutola (Mozambique). Henceforth, the event will be named the “Mutola 800m”.
A strong women’s field headed by Workenesh Edesa of Ethiopia will line up at the 2025 Haspa Marathon Hamburg on 27th April.
Eleven individual defending champions and 20 medallists from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are among the entries for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Tapiwanashe Makarawu (Kentucky) equalled the Zimbabwean record to win the men’s 200m title in 20.13 ahead of compatriot Makanakaishe Charamba (Auburn), who finished second in 20.16, at the 2025 NCAA D1 Indoor Championships in Virginia.
Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge is set for a new chapter in his incomparable marathon journey as he heads to compete at the TCS Sydney Marathon on Sunday 31 August 2025.
Kenyan trio of Justus Kangogo, Douglas Chebii and Stanley Kurgat head the men’s elite field at the 2025 Vienna City Marathon on 6th April.
The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) has submitted a bid to host the 2026 World Athletics Relays, coinciding with Botswana’s 60th year of independence.
Leandri Holtzhausen produced an impressive heave of 67.95m to win the women’s hammer throw and the national women’s 4x400m relay team broke the nine-year-old SA record over four laps.
The World Athletics Road Running Championships 2025 will no longer be held in San Diego in September, World Athletics announced.
Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 as winners of the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour.
Nigerian Ezekiel Nathaniel lowers his African record to 44.74 to win the 400m title at the 2025 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday 1 March.
Kenyans Harrison Muchira Wanjiru and Lydia Naliaka Wamalwa emerged victorious at the 2025 ECOWAS Abuja International Half-marathon in the Nigerian capital city on Saturday 1 March.
The Vienna City Marathon on 6th April will see Vibian Chepkirui vying for her third straight win. The 30-year-old Kenyan has shown exceptional prowess in the Austrian capital, with victories in 2021 and 2022.
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo breaks the world half marathon record in 56:42 at the 2025 eDreams Mitja Marató Barcelona by Brooks, a World Athletics Gold Label road race, on Sunday.
World 10,000m and half marathon silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo and Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech secured senior titles at the 2025 Kenyan Cross-Country Championships on Saturday.
Prudence Sekgodiso smashes her SA indoor national record again, this time, clocking 1:59.88 to win the women’s 800m at the INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe – a World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Germany on Friday.
Athletics programme for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games to include the mile and mixed 4x400m relay event.
Sports heavyweights indicate readiness to volunteer at the 2025 Abuja ECOWAS Marathon as registration starts in Nigeria.
Ethio Telecom sponsors the 42nd Janmeda International Cross Country Championship, strengthening the role of African telecom in sports.
World indoor 1500m champion Freweyni Hailu dominated the women’s 3000m at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, running 8:24.17, one of the fastest times in history.
The CAA African Athletics U18/U20 Championships will now be held in Oran, Algeria from July 14 to 18, 2025.
Prudence Sekgodiso smashes the South African women’s short track 800m national record with 2:02.30 at the 2025 World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Belgrade, Serbia.
Auburn University’s track and field freshman Brenda Jepchirchir (Kenya) has been designated as the Southeastern Conference’s women’s Freshman of the Week, with Mississippi State’s Adekalu Fakorede (Nigeria) taking the men’s crown.
Nigerian Samuel Ogazi achieved eighth place with a time of 34.11 secs in the 300m race while compatriot Adekalu Fakorede secured seventh in the 200m final, clocking 21.16 at the Orange and Purple Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina on Saturday.
Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye and Kenya’s Isaia Lasoi are leading contenders to follow a quartet of stars who have set world records in the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon 2025.
The official motto of WCH Tokyo 25, ‘Every second, SUGOI’, carries a powerful message – one that aspires to make the Japanese word ‘SUGOI’ a global expression of awe and inspiration.
World Athletics Continental Tour unveils 2025 Gold calendar featuring 13 elite meetings with the Botswana Continental Tour in Gaborone on April 12 and Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi set for May 31.
Berhane Tesfay of Eritrea clocked 2:11:44 to win his first international full marathon title, while Kenya’s Joyce Chepkemoi ran 2:24:56 to complete the 42.195km distance at the 2025 Tata Mumbai Marathon.
Renowned runner Eliud Kipchoge, widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner in history, is returning to the TCS London Marathon in 2025.
Debutant Bute Gemechu clinches victory, whilst Bedatu Hirpa delivers an unexpected win over favourite Dera Dida as Ethiopians dominate the 2025 Dubai Marathon on Sunday.
Beatrice Chebet, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, ended her year triumphantly by setting a new 5km road race world record at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on new year’s eve.
The ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon 2025 has been scheduled to take place on Saturday 1 March in the Nigerian capital city.
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was one of the stars of the Paris Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win two individual gold medals, but earlier in the season she hit the headlines after smashing the world 10,000m record in Eugene.
Ethiopia’s Chala Ketama Regasa won the men’s race in 2:06:16, while Kenya’s Catherine Reline Amanang’ole triumphed in the women’s race with 2:20:34 at the 2024 ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo announced as the overall World Athlete, and Male track athlete of the Year, while Ethiopians Tamirat Tola and Sembo Almayew carted away other awards at the 2024 World Athletics Awards ceremony in Monaco.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe wins the 2024 Valencia Marathon in a world leading time of 2:02:05 while Ethiopia’s Megertu Alemu was victorious in the women’s category with a time of 2:16:49.
Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa will return to the scene of one of his most memorable victories when he joins the elite field of world-class athletes at the 24th Dubai Marathon on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Kenyan government set up Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and enhance safeguarding in sports committee with athletics legend Catherine Ndereba among the members.
Tobiloba Amusan claimed the national 100m hurdles title (12.57) at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earned three all-American honours, and secured second place in the event at the 2016 NCAAs during her two-year stint (2016-17) with the UTEP Miners.
Tata Communications, the official broadcaster, and HBS are set to showcase the World Athletics Ultimate Championship to viewers worldwide, as the complete roster of events is revealed.
The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has been nominated by World Athletics for the Member Federations Award ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew is the only African athlete in the top three and stands a great chance to win the award.
Guangzhou will welcome the world’s best sprinters on 10-11 May 2025 as countries compete for relay places at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
African stars Letsile Tebogo (Botswana), Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya), and Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) are among the finalists announced for 2024 World Athletics Athlete of the Year awards.
Ethiopian Dejene Debela prevails while Kenyan-born Bahraini Ruth Jebet continues marathon win streak at the 2024 Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Marathon on Sunday.
Somalia-born Abdi Nageeye becomes first athlete from the Netherlands to win the TCS New York City Marathon while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui captures her first-ever Abbott World Marathon Majors title on Sunday.
The qualification system is based on a dual pathway, with 50% of athletes qualifying through entry standards and the remaining 50% qualifying through top lists.
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