On Signs Samuel Tefera to its roster of African athletes
Swiss sportswear brand On announces Samuel Tefera’s addition to its roster. The Ethiopian won the 1500m World Indoor Championships in 2018 at 18 years old.
Swiss sportswear brand On announces Samuel Tefera’s addition to its roster. The Ethiopian won the 1500m World Indoor Championships in 2018 at 18 years old.
The middle-distance race will feature the current world record holders in the women’s 5,000m and 10,000m, both of which were set at The Prefontaine Classic.
Forty-five medallists from the 2024 Olympics and 2023 World Athletics Championships will compete at the Jetour Doha Meeting, the third Diamond League series on Friday.
A further 30 teams have qualified for relay events at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 following the final day of action at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
Eight teams have qualified for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 in five events contested on day one of competition at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe reinforced the importance of a “historic” edition of the World Athletics Relays, speaking on the eve of an event that sees the mixed 4x100m make its global debut.
World Athletics and its Member Federations, athletics clubs, schools and people across the globe have celebrated Kids’ Athletics Day on Wednesday with the Relay Around the World Challenge.
Swiss sportswear brand On announce the signing of World Indoor 3000m Champion Freweyni Hailu from Ethiopia to its growing team of world-class athletes.
Samuel Fitwi’s strongest rival could be Joshua Kithuku of Kenya as he hope to break records at Sunday’s Gutenberg Half Marathon Mainz.
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record at the 45th edition of the London Marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:15:50.
Athletes entered for the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 have, between them, amassed 34 medals from the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
The 20th edition of the Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Half Marathon will be staged on Sunday, four days after an earthquake hit the metropolis.
2022 World hurdles champion Oluwatobiloba Amusan is among the key names announced for Team Nigeria to the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 next month.
World Athletics has officially designated Japan Airlines (JAL) as a supplier for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World records achieved by Beatrice Chebet, Mondo Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Toshikazu Yamanishi have been ratified by World Athletics.
The organising committee of the Dubai Marathon opens registration for the 25th edition of the iconic race, set to take place on February 1, 2026.
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei, who broke Paula Radcliffe’s world record with 2:14:04 in Chicago 2019, has joined the elite field of the Haspa Marathon Hamburg 2025.
Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has been a great ambassador of Kenyan athletics, flying the country’s flag high around the world over the years.
South African Adriaan Wildschutt sets a new national 10km record, stopping the clock at 27:28, at the Absa Run Your City event in Gqeberha on Sunday.
Find out where and how to watch and follow the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold – FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Africa
The Relay Around the World Challenge 2025 aims to be biggest Kids’ Athletics activation to date with target of 500,000 kids participating across the globe.
Ethiopia’s Haftamu Abadi and Kenya’s Betty Chepkemoi are the surprise winners, scoring huge personal bests in near-freezing conditions, at the 42nd Vienna City Marathon on Sunday.
The 2025 Wanda Diamond League continues to take shape as the world’s biggest track and field stars plot their route to the series final in Zurich on August 27-28.
Grand Slam Track, founded by the four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson, releases official Kingston start lists with lane assignments.
Grand Slam Track, founded by the four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson, is set to be broadcast across 189 countries and territories worldwide.
The collaboration between WADA and WAoS will develop new education and training programmes to enhance the learning and development opportunities within the global anti-doping and sport community.
The reigning World Athlete of the Year to lead Relay Around the World Challenge ahead of Kids’ Athletics Day 2025.
Rodrigue Kwizera of Burundi and Nadia Battocletti of Italy topped the 2024-2025 World Athletics Cross Country Tour rankings.
The succession of legendary Paul Tergat as president of National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) gathers pace as Francis Mutuku formally enters the race for the top position.
After the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, Guangzhou will host the World Athletics Relays in May and then the World Athletics Championships will take place in Tokyo in September.
Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia set a new championship record of 3:54.86 to claim the 1500m gold ahead of compatriot Diribe Welteji at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu wins the second world indoor title of her career, and her third world indoor medal across as many disciplines, at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 on Saturday.
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.
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.
Ethiopian Tesfaye Deriba (2:04:13) and Kenyan Sharon Chelimo (2:19:33) set new course records at the 46th Zurich Marató Barcelona on Sunday.
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.
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.
Five-time World Cross-Country champion, Paul Tergat, calls on African Athletics officials to bolster the Continental Cross-Country Championships.
Athletics programme for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games to include the mile and mixed 4x400m relay event.
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.
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