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All posts tagged "Rio 2016"
Features and Reports
IOC's new digital-first platform will be available anytime, anywhere and on any device, at the conclusion of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 21...
Botswana
Botswana's wonder kid, Baboloki 'Hurricane' Thebe will take on board the lessons of Bydgoszcz disqualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Nigeria
Nigeria's fastest sprinters Blessing Okagbare and Seye Ogunlewe top the list of Team Nigeria athletes to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
RSA
A 39-member SA athletics team was named for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Thursday after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee...
Kenya
Athletics Kenya (AK) have announced a strong team of 50 athletes to represent the East African nation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from...
Special Reports
Five years ago no one ever thought that Botswana’s athlete Baboloki Thebe will be a house hold name, but remained patient, humble and worked...
Anti-Doping
International Olympic Committee (IOC) says reanalysis of the “A” samples from 23 athletes in five sports and from six NOCs who competed at the...
News
South African Lusapho April took the HAJ Hannover Marathon for the third time after 2011 and 2013, his time of 2:11:27 clinching him a...
RSA
South Africa sprint champion Akani Simbine broke the SA 100 metres record by 100th of a second at the 1st ASA's Night Series meeting...
RSA
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) launches #TeamSARise campaign ahead of Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil this summer.
Nigeria
Doreen Amata improved her Nigerian indoor record to 1.93m at the 22nd Banskobystricka latka High Jump Meeting in the Slovak city of Banska Bystrica...
Nigeria
Nigerian athletes participating in the 2016 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon seek to lower the national record and qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Nigeria
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has released entry standard for athletes seeking to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de...
Features and Reports
After celebrating his biggest triumph at the 2015 Vienna City Marathon, Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma targets a Vienna return and qualification for Rio 2016 Olympics.
World
Following the recent news that the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature finals during the morning sessions of the athletics programme, the IAAF has...
Seychelles
Seychellois sprinter Joanne Loutoy and high jumper Lissa Labiche have been awarded the Rio 2016 Olympic Solidarity Scholarship by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
World
For the first time at an Olympic Games since 1988, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature finals during the morning sessions of the...
Nigeria
Up and coming track star and renaissance man Amechi Egbe is crowd-funding in order to realise his dream to represent Nigeria at the Rio...
Africa
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights in Sub-Saharan Africa to Infront Sports & Media AG and SuperSport International for the...