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The Rwandan athletics coach has said his team is ready for the maiden African U-18 Youth Championships which kicked off in Warri, Nigeria from tomorrow.

IAAF Vice President Sergey Bubka and the Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov headed a joint press conference given by the IAAF and the Local Organising Committee of Moscow 2013 in the Luzhniki Stadium,

David Lekuta Rudisha, the world 800m record-holder and London 2012 Olympic champion, from Kenya is the Athletics Africa's (ATAF) Athlete of the Year - 2012

As the year 2012 draws to a close, more African athletes continued to transfer their allegiances away from the continent. Ethiopian Abeba Aregawi now to represent Sweden.

Up to 95 candidates will contest for various elective posts in Athletics Namibia on Saturday 17th November 2012.

IAAF signs a new broadcasting agreement with China Central Television (CCTV), overseen by Dentsu Inc., the IAAF’s exclusive agency for marketing rights worldwide and for media rights outside Europe and Africa, for a six year period from 2014-2019.

South African Paralympic star, Oscar Pistorius, took part in his first ever US television chat show when he was a guest on the NBC ‘Tonight With Jay Leno’ show on Tuesday.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) will hold a Coaches' Forum/Clinic for all active and practicing coaches in Nigeria from October 18-20, 2012 at the National Institute for Sports (NIS) Multi-Purpose Hall, Surulere in Lagos.

A total prize purse of US$245,000 will be paid by the IAAF for the men's and women's races at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Kavarna, Bulgaria, on Saturday 6 October 2012.

The ‘lightning bolt’ and the ‘mobot’ celebratory acts performed by Usain Bolt and Mo Farah respectively in London 2012 could be located in brand theory.

AthleticsAfrica.Com celebrates 8 years anniversary. Eight years of putting Africa at the forefront of world track and field discussions. Eight years of braving the odds to promote African athletes both at home and in the diaspora.

Shortly after being named in the South Africa's individual men's 400m and 4x400m relay to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Oscar Pistorius, also called the Blade Runner, released a media statement on his website

Some of the African champions and star athletes to watch out for as the 18th African Senior Athletics Championships begin on Tuesday June 26 at the Stade d’Lamite in Port Novo, Benin Republic.

More than sixty-one entries have been received from over 20 countries to participate at this year’s Warri Relay and CAA Athletics Grand Prix holding today, Thursday, June 14, in Warri, Delta State of Nigeria.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) creates the Olympic Athletes’ Hub to bring fans and Olympians closer together at London 2012

A total of US$2,464,000 is on offer from the IAAF as prize money at this weekend's 14th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Istanbul, Turkey (9-11 March).

As usual in an Olympic year which is coming in 2012 many athletes are calculating differently with their planning, EME News looked at the champions from Doha 2010 and Daegu 2011 who are planning to defend their titles in Istanbul next March.