South African 400m hurdler Louis J van Zyl smashed Llewellyn Herbert's 11-year-old record at the second Yellow Pages meeting at the LC de Villiers Stadium, University of Pretoria last night.
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced a comprehensive testing programme which will form a key part of its preparations for the Games next year with athletics leading the way.
Ethiopian distance legend, Haile Gebrselassie, will not start in the Tokyo Marathon this Sunday after the World's marathon record-holder fell on a rock during a training and bruised his knee.
Ethiopians Abeba Aregawi and Meseret Defar led other Africans Abubaker Kaki, Richard Kiplagat and Ruddy Zang-Milama to victories at the Ericsson Globe Stockholm Indoor Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday.
Results of Yellow Pages Invitation Series I athletics in Potchefstroom, South Africa on Saturday February 19, 2011.
South Africa's 10,000m and XC Champion Steven Mokoka and the Phalula twins are to spearhead the SA contingent to both the African Cross Country Championships in Cape Town on March 6 and the World Championships in Spain on March 20.
The Ugandan Athletics Federation (UAF) has named a team of 31 athletes, including former world champion Dorcus Inzikuru, to prepare for the World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría, Spain on 20 March 2011.
The Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected the team to represent Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría, Spain on 20 March 2011.
A record setting performance from Bukola Abogunloko, Elvis Ukale and Abiola Onakoya were the highlights at the 1st Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) All Comers meet at the Shagamu Township Stadium last weekend.
African runners stormed to World leading times at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday with Abubaker Kaki in the men’s 1000m, Augustine Choge in men's 1500m, Abeba Aregawi in the women's and a superb women’s 3000m from Sentayehu Ejigu.
Kenya's Mary Jepkosgei Keitany today set a new women's Half Marathon world record with a time of One hour, five minutes and 50 seconds (65:50) at the 5th Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon in the United Arab Emirates.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced the complete sports competition schedule, including ticket prices, for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Track and Field athletes are to run fewer rounds after the IAAF revamped and revolutionised competition timetables for Daegu 2011 World Championships & London 2012 Olympics.
UK Sport has today released details of their most exciting calendar of international sporting events to date for this crucial year of final preparations for British sports and athletes ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Kenyan Mercy Njoroge, the 2010 Commonwealth silver medallist repeated her Stuttgart win in the women's 3000m with a world-leading 8:42.75 at the 27th BW-Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany yesterday.
Kenya's Ismael Kombich clocked a world leading mark of 3:34.13 in the 1500m whilst his compatriots Paul Kipsiele Koech and Isaiah Koech set a new World Best performance in the 2000m Steeplechase (5:13.77) and in the 3000m (7:37.50, WJR) respectively in Gent, Belgium on Sunday.
Gabon's Zang-Milama (60m, 7.17secs), Kenyans Richard Kiplagat (800m, 1:46:99) & Nixon Chepseba (1500m, 3:34:98 PB &WL) all shine at the 2011 Meeting IAAF du Pas-de-Calais in Liévin on Tuesday.
The Journal Of Africa Sports Research Network (JASRN) accepts research based articles in the field of Sports Behavioural, Physical-Physiological Sciences, Recreation and Management.
The articles could include clinical experimental, quasi-experimental researches, Case studies and in-depth reviews that contribute to knowledge and the literature in sports.
JASRN is published twice a year. The Editorial Board is currently receiving articles for review.
NOTES TO AUTHORS
Contributors are to note the following guidelines.
Manuscripts MUST be typed with one and the half spacing on one side of the A4 paper
BeyondWater seeks Kenyan athletes to join a small team of Australian athletes to run from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro and to participate for five (5) days in the Kili Challenge in September 2011.