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Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor opened her 2018 season on a record breaking one, shattering Mary Onyali’s 22-year old 200m African Record of 22.07, with a new mark of 22.04 (+0.5) at the Wes Kittley Invitational in Abilene, Texas, on Saturday 24 March.
Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta Kebede smashes the women’s-only race world record in the half marathon today, clocking 1:06:11 at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018.
South African middle distance star, Caster Semenya, gave the 34-year-old SA 1500m record a good scare at the third and final Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting in Paarl when she crossed the line in 4:02.50 on Thursday, 22 March.
Defending champion Nancy Kiprop, from Kenya, returns to the Vienna City Marathon on 22 April, 2018 in one of the strongest women’s fields ever assembled for Austria’s number one road running event.
World champions Caster Semenya, Luvo Manyonga, and fast rising junior Zeney Van der Walt impress on the third day of 2018 ASA Senior T&F and Combined Events Championships, held at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane on Saturday.
The 2017 African U20 champion Clarence Munyai clocked a stunning time of 19.69 (-0.5 m/s) to win his men’s 200m semi-final at the 2018 ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Tshwane, South Africa on Friday 16 March.
Three national records fell on an action-packed opening day of the ASA Senior Championships, with sprinters keeping fans on the edge of their seats at Tuks Stadium, Tshwane on Thursday.
Fireworks are expected across a variety of disciplines at the 2018 ASA Senior Track & Field and Combined Events Championships at the Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane, South Africa from 15-17 March.
Anaso Jobodwana edged out World 100m Champion Justin Gatlin in the men’s 150m, and Caster Semenya smashed the South African 1000m record at the second Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting held at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday.
World 100m champion, Justin Gatlin (USA) and 2015 World Championship 200m bronze medalist, Anaso Jobodwana will face off for the third time in their careers at the2nd Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday.
South Africa’s Caster Semenya will face the Ugandan challenge of Winnie Nanyondo and Halimah Nakaayi in the seldom run 1000m at the second Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala has sets his sights on breaking the 31-second barrier at the second Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting at the University of Pretoria’s Tuks Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday, 8 March.
Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera won his country’s fourth gold medal of the championships in just his fourth ever indoor race, kicking hard in the latter stages of a highly tactical 1500m to deny Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski and Morocco’s 2012 champion Abdelaati Iguider.
Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha successfully defended his 3000m title with a powerful display of front running over the final kilometre of a tactical final on the final day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.
Burundi’s defending champion Francine Niyonsaba set a world-leading 1:58.31 to take the 800m title following a titanic tussle with the USA’s 2016 silver medallist Ajee’ Wilson on the final day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018.
World outdoor champion Luvo Manyonga won South Africa’s first medal, a Silver in the men’s Long Jump, on Day 2 of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, UK.
Murielle Ahoure blasted out of her blocks to lead compatriot Marie-Josee Ta Lou to an Ivory Coast 1-2 in a historic gun-to-tape victory in the women’s 60m at the IAAF world indoor championships on Friday.
South Africa’s former World bronze Medallist, Anaso Jobodwana, led the night’s top performers in the opening leg of the inaugural Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort, Johannesburg on Thursday.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba stormed to her fourth successive world indoor title, and third successive in the women’s 3000m at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham last night.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) together with local sports marketing agency, Stillwater Sports, have announced Liquid Telecom as the title sponsor of the Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series.
A star studded line up will be presented at the first Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Meeting at the Ruimsig stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday, 1 March 2018.
Botswana’s Baboloki Thebe hopes of competing at the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series meeting in South Africa are up in smoke due to injury.
Nigeria women’s 4x400m relay squad will be the sole African team to compete in the relay events at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 next week.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday announced a team of 37 athletes (20 female and 17 male) for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia from 4-15 April.
World long jump bronze medallist, Ruswahl Samaai will open his 2018 season at the second Athletix Grand Prix Meeting on 8 March at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane.
Athletics South Africa have announced a team of seven athletes for the IAAF World Indoor Championships – Birmingham 2018 from 1-4 March.
Genzebe Dibaba headlines the Ethiopian team to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, UK, and will compete in the women’s 1500m and 3000m from 1-4 March.
Uganda’s Ronald Musagala has been added to a stellar line up of international stars competing at the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series and will run in the 1500m and 3000m.
Kenya’s 2015 World Javelin throw champion and 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist, Julius Yego, has been added to the growing list of global superstars for the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series meetings in South Africa.
The 2012 World Indoor 3000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri, will lead a seven-member Kenyan team to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1-4 March in Birmingham, UK.
Patience Okon-George and Emmanuel Bamidele were the stellar performers at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Commonwealth Games 2018 Trials in Abuja 14-16 February.
Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer and Ruti Aga, to headline the Ethiopian team to the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia on 24 March.
Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected a strong team with a good blend of youth and experience for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Kenyan trials held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.
Top marathon runners from over 30 nations are expected on the starting line for the 4th edition of The Carthage Race 2018 International Marathon on Sunday, 25 February in Tunisia.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) in conjunction with Stillwater Sports have unveiled PUMA South Africa as the official footwear and apparel partner of the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series.