Video: Highlights of the World Athletics Awards 2024
WATCH – Extended highlights of the World Athletics Awards 2024 ceremony in Monaco on Sunday 1 December.
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WATCH – Extended highlights of the World Athletics Awards 2024 ceremony in Monaco on Sunday 1 December.
WATCH – Letsile Tebogo of Botswana receiving recognition as the men’s track athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
WATCH – Ethiopian Hawi Feysa wins the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a superb course record of 2:17:25 while 22 year-old Kenyan debutant Benard Biwott takes the men’s race with 2:05:54 in Frankfurt.
Glasgow 2026 will take place from July 23 to August 2, featuring a 10-sport programme across four venues within an eight-mile corridor, with more than 500,000 tickets made available for spectators.
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum was elected as president of CASOL during the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Kenya’s Amos Serem shocked Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali to win his first men’s 3000m Steeplechase Diamond League title at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme – Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels.
The reigning Olympic 200m champion, who has been in excellent form since the end of Paris 2024, said in Brussels that he’s prepared to run in any weather conditions.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo cruises to a 9.87 (+0.3) win over a packed men’s 100m field at the Golden Gala Diamond League meeting in Rome.
Photo Gallery of Day Five action at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24 / 27-31 August 2024.
Photo Gallery of Day Four action at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24 / 27-31 August 2024.
Photo Gallery of Day Three action at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24 / 27-31 August 2024.
Photo Gallery of Day Two action at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24 / 27-31 August 2024.
Photo Gallery of Day One action at the World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24 / 27-31 August 2024.
On 28 August, the eyes of the world will be on the French capital as the Opening Ceremony begins.
Yay! It’s our 20th anniversary today. Two-decades of dedication, passion and commitment to the promotion, upliftment and development of African Athletics.
Kenya will be represented by a strong team of 45 athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 1-11 August.
Commonwealth Games champions Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume are among the 35 athletes named on the Nigerian team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 1-11 August.
The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) dismissed the appeal for sanction sought by World Athletics and WADA against Nigerian athlete Tobiloba Amusan.
Photo Gallery of the 23rd African Athletics Senior Championships, Douala 24 – 21-26 June 2024.
Accra, Ghana has been selected as host of the 24th African Athletics Senior Championships in 2026.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) selects Madagascar to host the CAA African Athletics U18/U20 Championships in 2025.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe express delight at the quality of proposals by countries bidding to host the upcoming African Athletics Championships in 2025 and 2026.
Photo Gallery of the Athletics competition at the African Games, Accra 2023 – 18-22 March 2024.
World record-holder Tobi Amusan from Nigeria wins her third consecutive 100m hurdles title at the African Games in Accra 2023
Kenya’s world 3000m steeplechase record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech demonstrated her dominance in her specialty event to win the gold at the African Games Accra 2023.
Chidi Okezie shocked the field, including African champion Muzala Samukonga, to win the men’s 400m title in 45.06 at the African Games Accra 2023.
WATCH – Team Nigeria quartet clocked 3:13.26 to set a new African Record in Mixed 4x400m Relays at the African Games Accra 2023.
Nigerian quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Patience Okon-George, Sikiru Adeyemi and Omolara Ogunmakinju storm to an African record of 3:13.26 in Accra.
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and coach, Gervais Hakizimana, tragically killed in Kenyan road accident on Sunday.
This year marks our two decades of excellence, amplifying the voices of African Athletes and bringing you the latest track and field news and information from the heart of Africa.
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet breaks the women’s world 5km record with 14:13 at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.
All the latest news, action highlights and behind the scene gists about African athletes at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 – from 19-27 August, 2023.
Cybrian Kotut, the defending champion and course record holder, will return to the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on 23rd April.
Botswana star Letsile Tebogo smashes his world U20 100m record, clocking 9.91 (0.8m/s) to retain his title, at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
The reigning African champion Chioma Onyekwere becomes the first Nigerian woman to win Commonwealth Games gold in the Discus Throw event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Tuesday.