Top Stories and all the latest athletics news and information from the sub-continents and regions of Africa.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo announced as the overall World Athlete, and Male track athlete of the Year, while Ethiopians Tamirat Tola and Sembo Almayew carted away other awards at the 2024 World Athletics Awards ceremony in Monaco.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe wins the 2024 Valencia Marathon in a world leading time of 2:02:05 while Ethiopia’s Megertu Alemu was victorious in the women’s category with a time of 2:16:49.
Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa will return to the scene of one of his most memorable victories when he joins the elite field of world-class athletes at the 24th Dubai Marathon on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Kenyan government set up Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and enhance safeguarding in sports committee with athletics legend Catherine Ndereba among the members.
Tobiloba Amusan claimed the national 100m hurdles title (12.57) at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earned three all-American honours, and secured second place in the event at the 2016 NCAAs during her two-year stint (2016-17) with the UTEP Miners.
Tata Communications, the official broadcaster, and HBS are set to showcase the World Athletics Ultimate Championship to viewers worldwide, as the complete roster of events is revealed.
The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has been nominated by World Athletics for the Member Federations Award ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew is the only African athlete in the top three and stands a great chance to win the award.
Guangzhou will welcome the world’s best sprinters on 10-11 May 2025 as countries compete for relay places at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
African stars Letsile Tebogo (Botswana), Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya), and Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) are among the finalists announced for 2024 World Athletics Athlete of the Year awards.
Ethiopian Dejene Debela prevails while Kenyan-born Bahraini Ruth Jebet continues marathon win streak at the 2024 Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Marathon on Sunday.
Somalia-born Abdi Nageeye becomes first athlete from the Netherlands to win the TCS New York City Marathon while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui captures her first-ever Abbott World Marathon Majors title on Sunday.
The qualification system is based on a dual pathway, with 50% of athletes qualifying through entry standards and the remaining 50% qualifying through top lists.
Abebe Negewo of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Kenneth Kipkemoi head a strong elite field with personal bests of under 2:05 while Kenyan Sharon Cherop and Ethiopia’s Sintayehu Lewetegn are the fastest women on the start list at the 2024 Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Marathon on Sunday.
The upcoming World Athletics Indoor Tour begins on 2 January in Tallinn, Estonia, and ends on 13 March in Uppsala, Sweden.
Ethiopian women continue to dominate the all-time list in the marathon with 17 of their compatriots among the 30 fastest runners ever.
World Athletics confirm list of five nominees for Women’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year and five nominees for Men’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year 2024.
Ethiopian Hawi Feysa wins the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a superb course record, finishing in 2:17:25, and Kenyan debutant Benard Biwott wins the men’s race.
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.
Magdalyne Masai, her sister Linet Masai, and Jake Robertson, Magdalyne’s husband who has a marathon PB of 2:08:26, will give it their all over 42.195 km.
Yeshi Chekole, Hawi Feysa and Magdalyne Masai all have as their goal, breaking the course record of 2:19:10 at the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
Kenyan Elisha Rotich (PB of 2:04:21) and Ethiopian Yeshi Chekole (PB of 2:21:17) lead the elite field of the 2024 Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday 27 October.
Glasgow 2026 will take place from July 23 to August 2, featuring a 10-sport programme across four venues within an eight-mile corridor, with more than 500,000 tickets made available for spectators.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and Kenyans Beatrice Chebet, Faith Kipyegon, and Emmanuel Wanyonyi have been nominated for the 2024 World Athletics male and female Track Athlete of the Year Awards.
The vote to determine the Track Athlete of the Year finalists is now open on World Athletics social media platforms, closing on 27 October 2024.
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.
Hamad Kalkaba Malboum was elected as president of CASOL during the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Kenyan’s Ruth Chepngetich and John Korir dominate the fields to emerge victorious at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday.
Kenyan debutant Nehemiah Kipyegon and Ethiopian newcomer Asmare Assefa are crowned winners at the 38th edition of the GENERALI MUNICH MARATHON.
Cosmas Birech and Shamilah Kipsiror are heading the start list at the 38th edition of the GENERALI MUNICH MARATHON on Sunday October 13th.
Ethiopia’s Abebe Negewo and Kenneth Kipkemoi of Kenya lead the elite men’s start list at the 46th Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Marathon on 3rd November.
Ethiopians Tigist Abayechew and Yeshi Chekole are the two fastest entrants on the start list for the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 27.
The calendar and the allocation of disciplines for the 2025 Wanda Diamond League season have now been published
The Prefontaine Classic returns to Hayward Field at the University of Oregon on Saturday, July 5, 2025 for the 50th edition of the meet.
After Tigst Assefa improved the course record to 2:15:37 in 2022 and pulverised the world record with 2:11:53 in Berlin last year, her training partner Tigist Ketema took the crown in 2024.