Ethiopian multiple world champion Kenenisa Bekele dominated the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K 2017, breaking away from his rivals just after 18 km before coming home in 1:13:48 on Sunday 17 December.
Ethiopian multiple world champion and world record-holder Kenenisa Bekele will be looking to add to his list of accolades at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has launched the ASA Athletix Grand Prix Series in which a total prize incentive of R1 365 000.00 (US$ 110,000) will be offered to athletes to produce outstanding performances in 2018.
Nkosikhona Mhlakwana from Howick in KwaZulu-Natal and Asefa Chelitu of Ethiopia, are the champions of the 2017 Heroes Marathon.
Nanjing is awarded 2020 World Indoor Championships on the second and final day of the 212th IAAF Council Meeting, chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe, held at Le Meridien hotel, Monaco.
Gdynia and Minsk to host 2020 World Athletics Series events – highlights of the first day of the 212th IAAF Council Meeting, chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe, was held today at Le Meridien hotel, Monaco.
Ethiopian duo of Assefa Hunde and Ayelech Negussie has won the inaugural Sangai Run International Half Marathon that took place in the Indian state of Manipur on November 19
South Africa based Namibian sprint coach Anna Botha received the prestigious Coaching Achievement Award at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Friday.
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Ethiopia’s Berhanu Legese and Almaz Ayana triumph in 59:46 and 1:07:11 at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2017, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday 19 November.
Kenya’s Samuel Kalalei gives himself early Birthday present while Bedatu Hirpa Badane of Ethiopia takes the top women’s honours at the 35th Athens Marathon.
Watch the 2017 AIMS Best Marathon Runner (BMR) Awards as Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany are announced winners of the AIMS Best Marathon Runner (BMR) Awards at a Gala in Athens.
Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany are officially the top marathon runners of 2017 after the duo were announced as the winners of the AIMS Best Marathon Runner (BMR) Awards at the Gala in Athens on Friday.
Distance running legend Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan long distance star Florence Kiplagat have been signed up to compete in the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Geoffrey Kirui are candidates for the 2017 Men’s BMR Awards, Mary Keitany of Kenya and Rose Chelimo of Bahrain are contenders for the Women’s award.
World Youth High Jump champion, Breyton Poole, delivered another fine performance in Cape Town, equalling the national record in his age group, on Saturday.
Elroy Gelant and Kesa Molotsane were the star performers in Mbombela, earning the national men’s and women’s titles respectively, at the 2017 ASA 10km Championships on Saturday.
The 13th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon could be the most spectacular yet in the Indian city with race promoters Procam International having signed up 2017 world champions Geoffrey Kirui and Almaz Ayana for the race on 19 November.
Ethiopian Shura Kitata Tola and Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot took the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon.
Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata Tola and Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot swept the top prizes at the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
Kenya’s reigning Olympic 5000m Champion, Vivian Cheruiyot, is ready to run fast in Sunday’s Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in the German city.
The ASA Senior Championships, traditionally held in April, has been brought forward to 15-17 March in Tshwane for the 2018 edition because of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia in April.
Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei took one second off her own world record to win the 2017 Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Half Marathon in 1:04:51 on Sunday.
Natalie le Roux and 93-year-old Cecily Rootenberg broke new grounds with national and world records, respectively, at the 2017 ASA National 50km and Interprovincial Race Walking Championships at Pacaltsdop, George on Saturday 21 October.
World Cross-Country legend Paul Tergat has been elected unopposed as the President of the Kenya’s National Olympic Committee (NOCK) to replace Kipchoge Keino, who left after 18 years at the helm.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) President, Aleck Skhosana, reflects on how far the IAAF member federation has come this year and where their vision will take the sport to next season.
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); along with, the 2018 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes.
For runners across Africa, a new half marathon in the state of Manipur, India, is inviting participants to the festival of activities to herald the first Sangai Run on November 19, 2017.
Lebogang Shange smashed his South African record in the 10km Walk in 39:48 on Monday, at the Around Taihu Multi-day International Race Walking Competition in Wuxi, China.
Video highlights of the races of 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon – Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya took a dramatic win in the men’s race at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON.
Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge wins dramatic race at the 2017 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in a world leading time of 2:03:32 after coming from behind on Sunday.
Olympic Champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, winner of the 5,000m gold in Rio 2016, will run the second marathon of her road running career in Frankfurt on October 29, 2017.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launches Olympic Refuge Foundation in its commitment to support refugees around the world.
The refugee team of five athletes from Africa taking part in Ashgabat 2017 has been named and will compete in the Indoor Athletics track events.
Ethiopian-born Fate Tola returns to the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29 to improve her 2016 second place finish, but will have her former Ethiopian compatriot Abebech Afework and American Sara Hall to contend with.