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- NEWS
Tebogo and Hassan named 2024 World Athletes of the Year
Sawe sets world lead on marathon debut, Megertu wins in Valencia
Dubai Marathon 2025 – Lelisa Desisa targets winning return in Dubai
Kenya unveils GBV and safeguarding in sports committee to protect athletes
Tobi Amusan inducted into UTEP’s Hall of Fame – Class of 2024
- 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: Highlights of the World Athletics Awards 2024
Video: Letsile Tebogo wins Men’s Track Athlete of the Year – World Athletics Awards 2024
Video: Tamirat Tola is Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year – World Athletics Awards 2024
Video: Almayew and Furlani named Rising Stars – World Athletics Awards 2024
Video: Hawi Feysa smashes course record with 2:17:25 in Frankfurt
Editor's Note
This year marks our two decades of excellence, amplifying the voices of African Athletes and bringing you the latest track and field news and...
Olympic Movement
The YOG Dakar 2026 will take place from 31 October to 13 November 2026, bringing together the world’s best young athletes to compete.
Olympic Movement
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) will today (25 May 2022) celebrate Africa Day, with a call for peace and unity.
Olympic Movement
As part of Kids' Athletics Day, World Athletics is encouraging Member Federations, clubs, schools and other related organisations to explore the new Kids' Athletics resources and...
Editor's Note
Happy new year and welcome to 2018 – the Commonwealth Games year. From all of us at AthleticsAfrica.com, we wish you a happy, healthy,...
Blogs & Comment
Liberian sprinter Phobay Kutu-Akoi narrates to us exclusively on AthleticsAfrica.com her neglect by the Liberian Athletics Federation and her 48-hours of hell en-route to...
Editor's Note
Do you want to help mould the future of African Athletics? if yes, then join the conversation and help shape the direction of track...
Editor's Note
Hello everyone! Happy New Year and an African welcome to 2016 - the Olympic and Paralympic year - from all of us here at...
Blogs & Comment
Lucy Mutisya is backing Kenyan javelin sensation, Julius Yego, to surprise many at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China from August 22-30, 2015.
Blogs & Comment
Nigeria and African fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, wishes new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and new Delta-State governor Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi well on their inauguration...
Blogs & Comment
Carvin Nkanata rise to prominence proves one thing: If taken seriously and supported by AK, Kenya can enjoy greater success in sprinting, writes Lucy...
Blogs & Comment
Will Athletics Kenya be able to uphold the suspension of the two athletes' agents, Federico Rosa of Rosa Associati and Gerard Van Dee Veen...
Olympic Movement
IOC President calls for sport to be included in UN Sustainable Development Goals during speech at UN headquarters on Wednesday April 15, 2015.
Olympic Movement
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announces that the IOC will launch a free, online education service aimed specifically at Olympians, other elite...
Olympic Movement
In furtherance of it's Olympic Agenda 2020 to protect clean athletes, the IOC launches whistle-blower hotline for competition manipulation and other ethical issues that...
Editor's Note
AthleticsAfrica.com team wishes you every happiness this holiday season and more prosperity in the New Year. Merry Christmas everyone, see you in 2015.
Editor's Note
Today marks a decade that AthleticsAfrica.Com website went live. 10 years of supporting and promoting Athletics in Africa. Happy Anniversary to us and a...
Editor's Note
The emergence of Kemi Adekoya in Bahraini colours at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar last Friday shows there's no end in sight...
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AthleticsAfrica.com supports the first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP 2014) taking place worldwide today, April 6, 2014.
Editor's Note
Hello everyone, Welcome to 2014. As this is my first Editor’s note for this year, Let me begin by wishing you all, our dear...
Editor's Note
A few days ago, our good friend Roberto Mandje brought to our attention on his blog his mentee, Abreham Anderson from Ethiopia. Now Roberto is a...
Editor's Note
Against the backdrop of [link id=”299″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Wilson Kipsang”]’s historic and sensational world record run at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday was a...
Blogs & Comment
It’s that time again!! The World Championships are here once more and this time in Moscow, Russia. After the excitement of the last world...
Blogs & Comment
The 67th CRS/AFN All Nigeria Athletics Championships have come and gone but the memories will surely linger on, writes Babatunde Eludini. While old guns...
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