Video: Tamirat Tola is Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year – World Athletics Awards 2024
WATCH – Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola receiving recognition as the out of stadium athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
Yomog Meje
Yomog Meje is a former Nigerian junior athlete and the Associate editor at Athletics Africa.
Video: Almayew and Furlani named Rising Stars – World Athletics Awards 2024
WATCH – Ethiopian Sembo Almayew and Italian Mattia Furlani receiving recognition as the Rising Stars of the year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
Join WADA for Play True Day on 11 April 2025
This annual digital campaign, Play True Day, unites the global anti-doping community in raising awareness of the importance of clean sport.
Kejelcha breaks world half marathon record with 57:30 in Valencia
Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha lowers the previous mark of 57:31 – recorded three years ago in Lisbon by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda – by just one second at the 2024 Valencia Half Marathon.
Yehualaw smashes course record for victory at 2024 Amsterdam Marathon
Ethiopian dominance as Yalemzerf Yehualaw breaks the course record in 2:16:52 whilst Tsegaye Getachew reclaims the men’s title with 2:05:38 at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon 2024 on Sunday.
Kenyans triumph at tRUNsylvania 10K – Brasov Running Festival 2024
Kenya’s Daniel Kinyanjui and Loice Chemnung are victorious in the Brasov Running Festival 2024’s tRUNsylvania 10K on Sunday.
Hailu, Nawowuna head star-studded tRUNsylvania 10K 2024 women’s field
Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu and Kenya’s Grace Loibach Nawowuna to head the 2024 tRUNsylvania 10K women’s field.
Beatrice Chebet clocks 5000m world lead in Zurich – Diamond League 2024
Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion Beatrice Chebet set a world-leading 14:09.52 meeting record at the 2024 Weltklasse Zurich, the penultimate Wanda Diamond League event of the season.
Fayisa, Berhe and Serem triumph on final day in Lima – 2024 World U20
Abdisa Fayisa wins men’s 1500m final and Saron Berhe takes the women’s gold for Ethiopia, whilst Kenyan Edmund Serem tops the steeplechase with world U20 lead of 8:15.28 on the final day of the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Cheruiyot and Ingebrigtsen face off on the track in Lausanne
Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot and Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen to contest the men’s 1500m at the 49th Athletissima: The 2024 edition of the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on 22 August.
World Athletics introduces prize money for Olympic gold medallists
World Athletics set to become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympic Games, starting at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Azimeraw and Abraham triumph in Barcelona
Degitu Azimeraw and Tadesse Abraham emerged victorious at the Zurich Marató Barcelona – a World Athletics Gold Label road race.
Kenyans Mkungo and Cheptoo celebrate biggest career wins in Istanbul
Hopes for records were ruined by the weather conditions as Panuel Mkungo clocked 2:10:35 while Beatrice Cheptoo crossed the line on Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square after 2:27:09.
Kenyans Muia and Cherotich triumph in Munich
Bernard Muia and Catherine Cherotich take eventful races in Munich as the 2023 GENERALI MUNICH MARATHON produced a Kenyan double triumph on Sunday.
Eliud Kipchoge set to run the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023
The renowned Kenyan athlete, aged 38, will be competing in the prestigious road race for the sixth time.
After Vienna course record Mailu vows to help Kenyan talents
Samwel Mailu promises to support Kenyan talents after breaking the course record in Vienna.
Chepngetich returns for another fast race in Istanbul
Kenyans Ruth Chepngetich and Rodgers Kwemoi, both course record holders, will return for the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon on April 30.
Kiplimo maintains Uganda domination of 10,000m at Commonwealth Games
Jacob Kiplimo clinches the gold medal in the men’s 10,000m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in a new Commonwealth Games record of 27:09.19, to maintain Uganda’s domination of the event in the absence of world champion Joshua Cheptegei.
Olympic champion El Bakkali grabs world steeplechase gold for Morocco in Oregon
Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali, the Olympic champion, is now the world champion after storming to world 3000m steeplechase gold in 8:25.13 at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
Eliud Kipchoge returns to Berlin Marathon in September 2022
Kenyan superstar Eliud Kipchoge will return to the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 25 September 2022, four years after his spectacular world record there.
Kenya names strong squad for CAA African Championships Maurice 2022
Team Kenya to Maurice 2022 CAA African Senior Athletics Championships will take part in track and field events, and in the men and women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay races.
Belihu, Edris and Obiri eye fast times in Bengaluru, gold in Oregon
When five of the world leading distance runners gathered ahead of TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022 on Sunday, one common question for them was: “How fast do you think you will run on Sunday?”
Guye Adola and Tsegaye Mekonnen to run in Hamburg
Ethiopians Tsegaye Mekonnen and Guye Adola are among the top runners for the 2022 Haspa Marathon Hamburg on April 24.
Yalemzerf Yehualaw to run debut marathon in Hamburg
World record holder Yalemzerf Yehualaw from Ethiopia will run her debut marathon race at the 2022 Haspa Marathon Hamburg on April 24th.
Joyciline Jepkosgei breaks Sifan Hassan’s course record in Berlin
Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei breaks Sifan Hassan’s course record while Felix Kipkoech runs world lead at the 2021 GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON.
In Pictures: Nigerian athletes protest exclusion at Tokyo Olympic village
Nigerian athletes protest the decision of Athletics Integrity Unit to exclude their teammates from competing at the Tokyo Olympics due to uncompleted Out of Competition Tests (OCTs).
Letesenbet Gidey breaks world 10,000m record in Hengelo
Letesenbet Gidey improved Sifan Hassan’s mark by five seconds to win the Ethiopian Trials in 29:01.03 on Tuesday.
World leads by Christina Clemons and Malaika Mihambo in Berlin
With clean sheets after two of the three ISTAF meetings sprinter CIV’s Arthur Gue Cisse and long jumper Malaika Mihambo are in pole positions to win the ISTAF-Trophy.
Bekele set to lead Ethiopian charge for world class times in Berlin
Distance running great Kenenisa Bekele will lead the Ethiopian charge for world class times at the 46th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday September 29, 2019.
Provisional entry list for IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018
The IAAF has released the provisional entry list for the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018, which will take place from 8-9 September in the Městský Stadium in Ostrava Vítkovice, Czech Republic.
Asaba 2018: Kwesé Free Sports to provide live coverage of Africa Championships
Kwesé Sports will provide live coverage of events at the 21st African Senior Athletics Championship, Asaba 2018 from 1 – 5 August, on their 24-hour sports TV station, Kwesé Free Sports.
Korikwiang shakes off injury to make Kenyan team to Asaba 2018
Two-time World Military Games champion Pauline Korikwiang of Kenya returned from poor form and a long term injury layoff in style to make the Kenyan team to the 2018 CAA African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria from 1-5 August.
Kamworor and Gudeta head TCS World 10K Bengaluru elite field
Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor and Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta, both reigning IAAF World Half Marathon champions from Valencia 2018, will head the men’s and women’s elite fields at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May, race promoters Procam International have announced.
Over 3000 youths set for Gymnasiade 2018 in Morocco
More than 3000 youth athletes from 53 countries are expected at the first ever International Youth Multi-Sport event to be held in Africa from 2-9 May, 2018 in Morocco.
WADA celebrates ‘Play True Day’ 2018 during RADO conference
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) celebrated ‘Play True Day’ along with athletes, National and Regional Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs and RADOs), sporting federations and others around the world on Tuesday.