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Ghana Athletics nominated for 2024 member federations award
Almayew named as a finalist for 2024 Women’s Rising Star Award
Qualification system published for World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25
Three Africans named as finalists for World Athlete of the Year awards 2024
Debela scores big win, Jebet continues marathon win streak in windy Istanbul
- OPINION
20 Years of AthleticsAfrica – a vicennial celebration of African Athletics voices
Happy New Year Africa: Welcome to 2024 – our 20th anniversary year
Youth engagement and mobilisation at the core for Dakar 2026
Africa Day 2022: ANOCA calls for peace and unity in Africa, and beyond
World Athletics to celebrate Kids’ Athletics Day on 7 May
- MULTIMEDIA
Video: Hawi Feysa smashes course record with 2:17:25 in Frankfurt
In Pictures: Day 5 World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24
In Pictures: Day 4 World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24
In Pictures: Day 3 World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24
In Pictures: Day 2 World Athletics U20 Championships, Lima 24
Anti-Doping
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) responds to a Reuters story of 7 August 2024 exposing a scheme whereby the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) allowed athletes...
Features and Reports
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei finally secured Olympic gold in the men’s 10,000m event, breaking a 16-year-old Olympic record after a fierce competition with Ethiopian top...
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency will have its Athlete Engagement and Major Event Anti-Doping Legacy (MEAL) Programme teams on site for the Games.
Features and Reports
Robert Chemosin made a fitting statement with regards to this year’s motto of the Vienna City Marathon - Theatre of Emotions - when he...
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has extended the compliance period by Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) with the World Anti-Doping Code by five weeks.
Liveblogs
Live coverage of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships – Cardiff 2016 from the Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales – Saturday March 26, 2016
Features and Reports
The most sought-after title in women’s road running, the SPAR Grand Prix, is 10 years old this year, and is celebrating by looking to...
Liveblogs
Live coverage of the 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships - Portland 2016 at the Oregon Convention Centre in Portland, Oregon – March 17-20, 2016.
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says it “has viewed, and is dismayed” by the latest allegations concerning Russia which surfaced in yesterday’s television documentary...
Features and Reports
IAAF President Sebastian Coe has set out his road map for athletics to restore trust, confidence and deliver a vision for attracting more young...
Features and Reports
Fresh from receiving her AIMS World Record Award for 2015, Kenya's Florence Kiplagat talks about more world records ahead of the 2015 Airtel Delhi...
Anti-Doping
The IAAF issues strong-worded response to allegations that the body tolerated rampant blood doping in Athletics and defends Paula Radcliffe's blood data claims as...
Anti-Doping
WADA strengthens Anti-Doping worldwide, toughens compliance and regulation for all signatories, declares Six signatories including RUSADA Non-Compliant with immediate effect.
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspends the accreditation of the Moscow Antidoping Centre with immediate effect following the release yesterday of the WADA Independent...
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) approved List of Prohibited Substances and Methods 2016 has been published in English. The List will come into force...
Anti-Doping
The net is closing in on doping cheats, writes the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie in a new Op-Ed this week.
Features and Reports
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge considers mental sharpness is the crucial factor as the Berlin champion turns his attention to Olympic Marathon in Rio 2016, writes...
Liveblogs
Live coverage of the 11th African Games 2015 (formerly known as the All-Africa Games) at the complex Stade de Kintele in Brazzaville, Congo –...
Anti-Doping
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) statement regarding UK media reports and appeal from Paula Radcliffe to WADA to help ‘clear her name’ from doping.
Liveblogs
Live coverage of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics at the iconic Birds Nest, Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China - August 22-30,...
Interviews
With two weeks to the end of his 16-year tenure in office as IAAF President, Lamine Diack opens up on his career journey and...
Anti-Doping
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that leaked athletics database does not originate from its Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS).
Anti-Doping
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has categorically denied the allegations by ARD and The Sunday Times of doping cover up labelling the...
Life & Style
Blessing Okagbare outlines her goals in new Nike women profile - to break 10.7 seconds in the 100m, 22.0 seconds in the 200m, and...
Life & Style
After winning two medals at the 2015 Africa Youth Championship in Mauritius, Nomatter Kapfudzaruwa has her sights firmly on next month's IAAF World Youth...
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published a new Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report. With nearly 2,000 Sanctions, the 2013 Report is the most comprehensive...
Features and Reports
Can Patrick Terer keep his second promise to the organisers of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on Sunday May 3? Last year the Kenyan promised...
Features and Reports
After celebrating his biggest triumph at the 2015 Vienna City Marathon, Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma targets a Vienna return and qualification for Rio 2016 Olympics.
Special Reports
In a letter to all Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC Ethics Commission has communicated the indemnity policy for all IOC...
Features and Reports
Diane Nukuri of Burundi credits Iten training debut with her third place success in Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon, writes Andy Edwards.
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) calls on the anti-doping community to optimize implementation and practice of enhanced Code in view of a clean sport...
Anti-Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that the potential of its Special Anti-Doping Research Fund – a partnership with governments of the world...
Life & Style
Olympics 800m silver medallist, Nijel Amos from Botswana, celebrated his 21st birthday in an all-white glitz and glamour gig with friends and family on...
Liveblogs
Follow our live updates, photos and videos from the CAA / 12th African Junior Athletics Championships 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - #AddisAbaba2015
Interviews
Former Nigerian 100m champion and 2003 All-Africa Games champion Deji Aliu has taken on coaching role, and set his focus on grooming the next...
Interviews
University of Benin athletics coach Kayode Yahaya tutored Ese Brume to Commonwealth Games & African Championships long jump gold medals in 2014.
Interviews
Two-time All-Africa Games high jump champion, Doreen Amata-Igbokwe vows to defend her crown in 2015 when the Games is held in Brazzaville, the Republic...
Interviews
As 2014 winds down, AthleticsAfrica editor, Yomi Omogbeja, caught up with Ghanaian sprinter Flings Owusu-Agyapong for a quick-fire chat. Her 2015 goal is to...
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