Nigerian Olympian Enefiok ‘Enee’ Udo-Obong and AISTS course-mates joined the IOC President Thomas Bach to kick-off the 2nd edition of the Olympic Capital Run before Bach hosted the Olympic Day celebrations at the IOC headquarters today.
Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, will lead the Nigerian athletics team to the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month and the Africa Athletics Championships, in Marrakech.
New Nigerian athletics champions, Mark Jelks, Tosin Oke and Nicole Denby, have all set medal targets for themselves at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland next month.
Day 3 Results at 68th All Nigerian Athletics Championships in Calabar, with a shock win for Sade Abugan over Regina George in women’s 400m, and Isah Salihu in the men’s 400m.
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of athletes competing at the 68th All Nigerian Athletics Championships in Calabar, Cross Rivers State of Nigeria –June 19-21, 2014.
Full Day 2 Results at the 68th All-Nigerian Athletics Championships in Calabar, with impressive wins for Mark Jelks (10.23) and Tosin Oke (17.21m) in the Men’s 100m and Triple Jump respectively.
Full results Day 1 at the 68th All-Nigerian Athletics Championships in Calabar, with a championships record time of 11.06 secs for Blessing Okagbare in the women’s 100m.
Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s Technical Director, Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama, spoke to AthleticsAfrica about the gains of Warri Relays/CAA Grand Prix and other issues in Nigerian athletics.
Isaac ‘Izak’ Makwala lowered the Botswana national record for the men’s 400m to 44.83 seconds at the 53rd Golden Spike athletics meeting in Ostrava on June 17.
Winnie Nanyondo of Uganda scores a surprise victory to win the women’s 800m in her first international competition in 1:59.27, misses national record by 0.19 seconds, at the 53rd Golden Spike athletics meeting in Ostrava.
South Africa sprint prodigy Wayde van Niekerk breaks the 15-year-old South African men’s 400m record at the 2014 adidas Grand Prix, IAAF Diamond League in New York on Saturday June 14, 2014.
Watch the video highlights of the 2014 adidas Grand Prix – the sixth leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings – in New York, USA on June 14, 2014. Duration of video: 3:01.
Watch the video highlights of the 2014 ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF Diamond League meeting – in Oslo, Norway on June 11, 2014. Duration of video: 3:01.
Nigerian athletes Nicole Denby and Amaechi Cristian Cuevas Morton were among the winners at the 4th Warri Relays/Golden League meet held at the Warri Township Stadium, Warri, Delta State on Friday.
Glasgow 2014 organisers on Monday June 9 outlined changes to the provision of Wi-Fi access for accredited media at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) on Sunday congratulated Aleck Skhosana on his appointment as the new president of Athletics South Africa (ASA).
Watch the video highlights of the Golden Gala 2014 meet – the 4th leg of the IAAF Diamond League meetings at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on June 5, 2014.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, put her patchy outdoor season form behind her with a strong performance to win the women’s 5000 metres at the IAAF Diamond League – Golden Gala meeting in Rome on Thursday.
South Africa’s Bongmusa Mthembu claimed his maiden Comrades Marathon title after clinching the 2014 ‘down run’ title by a comfortable margin, while Eleanor Greenwood won a dramatic women’s race in Durban on Sunday.
Watch the video highlights of the 40th Prefontaine Classic, the 3rd leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon – USA on May 31, 2014.
Johan Cronje lowers the 27-year-old South African record in the men’s mile to 3:50.70 on Saturday night at the 40th Prefontaine Classics – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon.
World indoor champion Ayanleh Souleiman sets a new Djibouti mile record with a world leading time of 3:47.32 at the 40th Prefontaine Classic – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.
Kenya’s quartet of Collins Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Magut and Asbel Kiprop sets a new World record of 14:22.22 in the Men’s 4x1500m at IAAF World Relays in Nassau.
Post Race video interview with the World record-breaking Kenyan women’s 15 Laps race winners at the 2014 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas. Duration of Video: 1:50 mins.
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of African athletes competing at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas – May 24-25, 2014
Kenya wins the first gold medal at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau with an emphatic victory in the men’s 4x800m final, crossing the line in 7:08.40 and taking the US$50,000 first place prize money.
Kenyan women’s 4x1500m quartet of Mercy Cherono, Faith Kipyegon, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri smashed the 4x1500m World Record at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas on Saturday.
Follow #AthleticsAfrica Live Coverage from the inaugural edition of the IAAF World Relays on May 24-25, 2014 at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, The Bahamas.
Watch the video highlights of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China on May 18, 2014. Duration of Video: 3:00 mins.
Photo Gallery: African athletes at the first leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League series of athletics meetings, held at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha on May 9, 2014.
Photo Gallery: African winners at 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon including Kenyans Wilson Kipsang, Edna Kiplagat and Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba.
South Africa’s Andre Olivier wins the men’s 800m in 1:44.88; Morocco’s Rababe Arafi takes 1500m win in PB 4:02.71; Kenyans Paul Kipsiele Koech and Purity Kirui dominate the Steeplechase at Beijing’s IAAF World Challenge meeting.
Athletics fans in sub-Saharan Africa will be able to watch the inaugural IAAF World Relays, this weekend in Nassau, The Bahamas Live on the internet and also on SuperSport.
A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on May 24-25, 2014.
Four specialists will evaluate murder-accused Oscar Pistorius to determine his state of mind and criminal responsibility after being admitted as an outpatient at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital.