Kenya swept men’s 3000m steeplechase, Chinwe Okoro gave Nigeria Discus gold, and Cornel fredericks, Hellen Obiri and Botswana duo of Isaac Makwala and Nijel Amos won on day 3 at Marrakech 2014 – the 19th African Athletics Championships.
The 2nd day of the 19th Africa senior championships, Monday 11 August, confirmed the new supremacy of Nigeria’s and Ivory Coast’s sprinters on the continent.
Nguse Amlosom of Eritrea made history by winning his country’s medal at the African Senior Athletics Championships with the men’s 10,000m gold medal on the 1st day of competition in Marrakech.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) on Thursday signed a protocol agreement (d’un protocole d’accord) with the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on the establishment of a high performance training centre (HPC) at the University of Port-Harcourt.
Follow AthleticsAfrica.Com Live Coverage of the 19th African Senior Athletics Championships in Marrakech, Morocco – August 10-14, 2014.
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of African athletes competing at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland – July 27 to August 2, 2014
Series of mixed-zone audio interviews with top African athletes at the just concluded 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland – August 2014.
Commonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare, will lead the Nigerian team comprising of 30 athletes to the 2014 African championships in Marrakech, Morroco.
Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Nigeria Athletics team in Glasgow and said the development bodes well for the country’s chances at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
South Africa’s new crop of talented athletes delivered on the promise they possess as they contributed three of the four medals in the track and field at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
The recently-concluded IAAF World Junior Championships (Oregon 2014) in Eugene led to a huge increase in the IAAF website’s usage when compared to the previous edition two years ago in Barcelona.
Kenyans Joyce Chepkirui, Florence Kiplagat and Emily Chebet blew the field away for a clean sweep of the women’s 10,000m medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Photo Gallery – Some of the incredible images as the Queen’s Baton Relay made its way across 18 African Commonwealth nations and territories in Africa
Blessing Okagbare smashes the Commonwealth Games 100m record to give Nigeria her first Athletics gold medal of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Monday.
Athletics South Africa’s selection committee has been asked to reassess the final team for the African Championships, less than two weeks before the continental event in Marrakesh.
Kenyan Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku won the men’s 5,000m gold and compatriot Flomena Cheyech Daniel took the women’s marathon gold on day 1 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of African athletes competing at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA –July 22-27, 2014
Alemitu Haroye led an Ethiopian one-two and outsprinted her team-mate Alemitu Hawi in the final stretch to win the women’s 5000m at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Oregon.
Kenyan Margaret Nyairera wins the women’s 800m in a personal best time of 2:00.49 at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene – Oregon 2014.
Ethiopia’s world youth 3000m champion Yomif Kejelcha led for most of the last kilometre to win the men’s 5000m in 13:25.19 at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Alfred Kipketer restored Kenya’s dominance in the 800m with an impressive 1:43.95, the second-fastest time in the history of the IAAF World Junior Championships.
Follow #AthleticsAfrica Live Coverage from the 20th Commonwealth Games Athletics competition at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland – July 27-August 3, 2014.
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Watch the video interview of Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo after setting a new Ugandan women’s 800m record of 1:58.63 at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday.
African athletes storm to three national records, a World Junior Record and various world-leading times on a record-breaking night at the 2014 Meeting Herculis – IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on Friday.
Video highlights of Day 2 Sainsburys Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on July 12, 2014. Duration of video: 2:59 mins.
Watch the video highlights of the Day 1 – Sainsburys Glasgow Grand Prix – the 9th leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings – in Glasgow, Scotland on July 11, 2014. Duration of video: 3:00 minutes.
David Rudisha lived up to his promise at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix on Saturday with a commanding 800m performance to equal the time his Kenyan compatriot Asbel Kiprop ran in Paris last week.
With a total of 1546 athletes entered from 175 IAAF member federations, Oregon 2014 is set to be one of the biggest ever editions of the IAAF World Junior Championships.
Botswana’s budding 400m runner Pako Seribe tells AthleticsAfrica’s Tunde Eludini, in this exclusive interview, about his progression from the youth ranks to seniors, challenges and prospects for the future.
Watch the video highlights of the 2014 Meeting Areva – the 8th leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings – in Paris, France on July 5, 2014. Duration of video: 3:01 minutes.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala smashed the African men’s 400m record at the 35th Résisprint international athletics meeting in the Stade de la Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland on Sunday.
South-African 400m Hurdler, Cornel Fredericks, continued his steady rise in the global rankings with another solid performance at the 2014 Meeting Areva – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.
Egypt’s Abdelrahman El Sayed bounced back to win the men’s Javelin; Blessing Okagbare, Asbel Kiprop, Hiwott Ayalew, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi shine at the Meeting Areva 2014 – IAAF Diamond League in Paris.
The full Official Results of the Meeting Areva 2014 – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris, France on Saturday, July 5, 2014.