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Top Stories and all the latest athletics news and information from the sub-continents and regions of Africa.
Blessing Okagbare returned after a year’s absence to reclaim the women’s 100m title in 11.02 seconds on day 1 of the All-Nigeria Championships in Sapele, Delta State.
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Athletics Kenya (AK) have withdrawn from the doping appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) involving suspended Kenyan athlete Rita Jeptoo amid concerns about fair trial.
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South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius must serve at least three more years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14 2013.
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Over 50 Nigerian athletes based in Europe and the United States of America have arrived in the country ahead of this week’s All-Nigeria Athletics Championships in Sapele, Delta State.
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Athletics Kenya (AK) have announced a strong team of 50 athletes to represent the East African nation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from 12-21 August.
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Athletics South Africa (ASA) have announced the final team to the IAAF World U20 Championships to be held on 19-26 July 2016 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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Confederation of African Athletics president Hamad Kalkaba Malboum praised the Athletics South Africa for the successful hosting of the 20th African Senior Athletics Championships in Durban.
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Reigning African Games champion, Alice Aprot spearheaded a Kenyan sweep in the women’s 10,000 metres with a new Championship record at the 20th African Senior Athletics Championships in Durban on Saturday.
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Host South Africa got the party started with two gold medals on day one of the 20th CAA African Senior Championships – Durban 2016 at the Kings Park Athletics Stadium in Durban.
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Athletics South Africa president, Aleck Skhosana, said the country is looking forward to welcoming the world to a true African experience at the Durban 2016 African Senior Championships – 22-26 June.
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South African champion Alyssa Conley stormed to a new lifetime best in the women’s 200m at the European Permit Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland on Tuesday.
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Athletics South Africa (ASA) welcomes timely thumbs-up from Confederation of African Athletics on the on-going preparations for the CAA 20th African Senior Championships to be held in Durban.
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Kenya will be sending her largest ever African championships team to the 20th edition of the African Senior Athletics Championships in Durban, South Africa.
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Federation Senegalaise d’Athletisme will be represented by 14 athletes at the 20th CAA African Senior Athletics Championships in Durban, South Africa next week.
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Wayde van Niekerk will lead a strong South African team of 96 athletes to the 20th CAA African Senior Athletics Championships in Durban, South Africa next week.
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World 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa has moved up to third on the all-time 300m list after clocking 31.03 for victory at the JN Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday night.
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Côte d’Ivoire’s Murielle Ahoure sets a new African 100m record with a blistering run of 10.78 (1.6m/s) at the Star Athletics Pro Meet at the Montverde Academy in Florida on Saturday.
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Isah Salihu was the star athlete at the third leg of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League series in Sagamu, Ogun State on Tuesday.
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The first four IAAF Diamond League meetings of 2016 have now been held, meaning every Diamond Race discipline has been contested at least once.
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Ruth Chebet and Hyvin Kiyeng missed the existing record by only one second in Eugene, but have another chance at at BAUHAUS-galan – Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium.
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