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The Millennium Marathon, the first ever international long distance race to be held in Ghana, on September 6, 2015 has been approved by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).
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Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Geoffrey Ronoh are set to renew their rivalry, while Mary Keitany makes her RunCzech debut at the 2015 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon on June 20.
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More than $11,000 USD is on offer at the 2015 Econet Wireless Victoria Falls Marathon taking place in the Zimbabwean scenic resort town on Sunday 28 June, 2015.
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Ghana’s Lydia Mato sets her sights on the national 1500m record after breaking 23-year-old national 3000m with a personal best time of 9:31.97 about two weeks ago.
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Lydia Mato continues to dominate all races she competed in from 1500m to 10000m, and the latest Ghana Athletics Association rankings for Ghanaian athletes.
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11 World leads, Five Meeting and Four Diamond League Records Fall at the opening meeting of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday night.
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Kenyans Stephen Sambu and Betsy Saina emerged victorious at the 2015 Morrisons Great Manchester Run; Stephen Mokoka smashed 35-year-old South African record.
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Ghana’s home-based athletes got their national circuit season underway at the 2015 Interplast Ghana / Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) National Circuit Championships at the Sunyani Secondary School (SUSEC) grass track on Saturday.
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Ethiopian long distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie has announced his final decision to retire from competitive running.
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Ethiopian and Kenyan women will battle for supremacy over the 3000m Steeplechase at the Doha 2015 meeting taking place at the Qatar Sports Club on Friday May 15.
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Nigeria wins the women’s 4x200m gold in dramatic fashion while Kenya settles for silver in the women’s distance medley on the first day of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015.
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Reigning world champions Asbel Kiprop and Mohammed Aman will clash with Nijel Amos in a scintillating 800m contest on the Qatar Sports Club track at the Doha 2015 meeting on Friday May 15.
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Kenyan Geoffrey Ronoh, one of 2014 marathon’s rising star, is the man to beat in the absence of Patrick Terer at the 2015 Volkswagen Prague Marathon on Sunday May 3.
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Here’s the list of African athletes competing for their countries – Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya and Botswana – at the 2nd IAAF/BTC World Relays 2015 in Nassau, The Bahamas this weekend.
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A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the 2nd IAAF/BTC World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas on May 2-3, 2015
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The Ugandan Athletics coach, Peter Wemali, who was arrested for allegedly defiling and raping three female national runners, was said to have infected the athletes with the HIV virus, court heard on Thursday.
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Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge outsprinted defending champion Wilson Kipsang to win the closest men’s race at the Virgin Money London Marathon for eight years.
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Ethiopian Tigist Tufa tore up the prediction book to win the 35th edition of the Virgin Money London Marathon over more fancied Kenyan rivals in London on Sunday.
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Kenya’s world marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto was on Friday honoured with an official Guinness World Records certificate ahead of his much-anticipated debut at the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday.
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The 2015 Warri Relays/CAA Grand Prix has been rescheduled to July 24, 2015 at the Warri Township stadium in Delta-State, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has confirmed.
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