Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected a strong team with a good blend of youth and experience for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Kenyan trials held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.
Top marathon runners from over 30 nations are expected on the starting line for the 4th edition of The Carthage Race 2018 International Marathon on Sunday, 25 February in Tunisia.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) in conjunction with Stillwater Sports have unveiled PUMA South Africa as the official footwear and apparel partner of the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series.
A 10-member national team has been named by Athletics South Africa for the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain on 24 March, 2018.
South Africa’s double Olympic and triple World Champion, Caster Semenya will compete in the women’s 1000m, a rarely run event on the track, at the Tuks Stadium in Tshwane – the second of three Athletix Grand Prix Meetings – on Thursday, 8 March 2018.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has unveiled a nine-member South African team for the 2018 CAA Southern Region Cross Country Championships in Vacoas, Mauritius on February 24.
World champion Luvo Manyonga betters his own SA indoor record in long jump, Dominique Scott-Efurd, Derrick Mokaleng and Carina Horn also smashed South African indoor records over the weekend.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala has been invited to compete at the maiden Athletix Grand Prix Series at the Ruimsig Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 March, 2018.
World 100m champion Justin Gatlin has joined the list of world-class athletes who will compete at the inaugural Athletix Grand Prix Series meetings in South Africa next month.
South African long jumper, Luvo Manyonga, kicked off his 2018 season with a national record performance, of 8.32m, at the Meeting Paris Indoor on Wednesday evening.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approves plans to target African National Olympic Committees (NOCs) as potential host cities of the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022.
South African sprinter Anaso Jobodwana will run the men’s 200m at the first Athletix Grand Prix Series meeting billed to hold at the Ruimsig Stadium, Johannesburg on Thursday, 1 March 2018.
“The New Norm”, an ambitious set of 118 reforms that reimagines how the Olympic Games are delivered, was presented to the membership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)at its 132nd Session.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, the World 10,000m silver medallist, is the first big name announced to compete at the inaugural Athletix Grand Prix Series 2018 in South Africa next month.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) have unveiled a 20-member national team for the CAA African Cross Country Championships to be held in Chlef, Algeria on 17 March 2018.
Dominique Scott-Efurd set a new indoor record and Desmond Mokgobu broke new ground in the marathon, as South African athletes begin their busy 2018 season around the world.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba clocked a world-leading time (3:57.45) to win the women’s 1,500m at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, the first meeting of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, in Germany on Saturday.
South African Akani Simbine will start his 2018 season at the second of the three Athletix Grand Prix Meetings at the Bestmed Tuks Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday, 8 March 2018.
The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships – Birmingham 2018 – is on course to become one of the biggest ever edition of the IAAF’s second largest competition.
SASCOC have named a 169-member team, including 13 athletes and 8 para-athletes, to represent South Africa at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia between 4-15 April.
Usain Bolt inspired exceptional performances from high school athletes competing in the PUMA School of Speed athletics meet at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday 29 January 2018
The 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, a series of the six finest indoor meetings on the planet, kicks off one week from today with the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe on Saturday 3 February.
Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Roza Dereje smashed the course records to take the men’s and women’s titles at the 2018 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, the world’s richest marathon on Friday.
Kenya’s Hellen Onsando Obiri, the world 5000m champion, was the highlight performer at the 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Thursday.
Kenya’s Mary Keitany will make an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s world record at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 22 April.
Kenya’s Nobert Kigen faces a litmus test to stamp his authority on other top runners in the field at the 2018 Napoli City Half Marathon in Naples on February 4.
Jamaican World athletics icon, Usain Bolt, will be at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday 29 January as part of a development programme sponsored by PUMA.
Ethiopian distance running queen, Tirunesh Dibaba, is the first major name confirmed for the elite women’s race at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon.
The City of Francistown will host the second edition of the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) Super night track and field series at the Francistown stadium on Saturday.
It was a double triumph for the Ethiopian runners as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena took the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, winning in 2:09:34 and 2:25:49 respectively on Sunday.
Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele confirmed he will join Mo Farah and Eliud Kipchoge on the start line for the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on 22 April.
Ncincilili Titi blasted past the South African Indoor record for the men’s 200m, with 20.45, on the second day of the Clemson Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina on Saturday 20 January.
Athletics South Africa has expressed joy at the turning of the sod for the Mbulaheni Mulaudzi Stadium at Mudulini village in Makhado, Limpopo province on Friday.
Thabang Mosiako and Kesa Molotsane edged out the national men’s and women’s champions on Saturday, charging to victory in their respective categories at the ASA Cross Country Trials at the University of Free State in Mangaung.
London 2017 IAAF World championships silver medallist Christian Coleman stunned the athletics world on Friday when he sped to a 6.37 world record over 60m at the Clemson Invitational in South Carolina