The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirms three athletes have failed tests for a new form of EPO named MIRCERA following re-analysis of samples taken by the IOC in Beijing, although the sport's governing body declined to give any names.
Kenyan Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru wins the men's 2009 Flora London Marathon in a course-record time of 2:05.10 in sunny and still conditions.
160 out of 213 IAAF’s Member Federations will celebrate the IAAF World Athletics Day in the weekend of Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May, 2009, according to the IAAF.org.
London Marathon on Sunday 26th April, 2009
IAAF’s Member Federations will celebrate the IAAF World Athletics Day
p>UK Athletics and Fast Track Agency welcomes you to the IAAF World Athletics Tour - Aviva London Grand Prix - 24-25 July, 2009 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th July, 2009.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced today that Wouter le Roux and Samson Ngoepe both came second in their respective events at the IAAF Grand Prix Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday.
South African Gert Thys has been reinstated to all athletics competitions with immediate effect by the Athletics South Africa.
IAAF Grand Prix in Abuja
Nigerian sprinter Agnes Osazuwa represented Ogun State in the 2009 Nigeria Sports Festival in Kaduna (KADA Games) where she won two gold medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, a silver medal in the Long Jump and a bronze medal in the 100 metres.
In this interview with NEXT on Sunday's Yemi Olus, she spoke of her dreams, training and immediate and remote targets for the London 2012 Olympics.
Despite the initial hiccups and mixed messages portrayed in the media last week, the constitution of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Grand Prix meet in Abuja has finally been sorted and feuding parties resolved to work together.
University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) junior and five-time All-American Blessing Okagbare named the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.
Lagos state will this weekend host an All-Comers athletics meet for local athletes preparing for the next month's IAAF Grand Prix meet in Abuja.
Ex-Olympian and Quarter-miler, Enefiok Udo-Obong was at NEXT and spoke on many issues concerning the sports, his old teammates and so on.
Green Africa Foundation, an initiative which was supported by the IAAF as part of its sustainable development initiatives, wins the IOC award for Sport and the Environment at the World Conference on Sport and Environment in Vancouver, Canada.