Jamaican Usain Bolt, the fastest human on the planet, has challenged Athletics Kenya to convince the younger athletes to break from the mould and try out the shorter distances for the country to unearth talents in the sprints events.
Jamaican sprinter and Olympic champion Usain Bolt today launched the Long Run Initiative aimed at supporting global ecotourism projects, which the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says are vital for conserving natural and cultural heritage.
After months of delay and uncertainty, preparations for the 17th African Athletics Championships in Nairobi next summer have finally commenced.
Kenyans Moses Kigen and Irene Jerotich, who also triumphed here in 2006, both set new course records for this year's Standard Chartered Nairobi International marathon to take home the grand prize of 1.75 million Kenyan Shillings each.
Somali-born British distance runner, Mohammed "Mo" Farah, came from behind to score a spectacular victory over South Africa's Stephen Mokoka at the Bupa Great South Run 2009 in Portsmouth on Sunday.
Gilbert Kirwa of Kenya broke both the defending champion and the course record to win the 2009 Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon today, in 2.06.14, a time that puts him in the top 20 all-time at the distance.
Ethiopian Youth Athletics Championships takes place at the Addis Ababa Stadium, Ethiopia from July 15, 2010 - July 18, 2010
The Ethiopian Half Marathon Road Race Championships hold in Sululta, Ethiopia on 15th August , 2010.
The Abebe Bikila International Marathon race, Awassa, Ethiopia, June 13, 2010.
The 39th Ethiopian Athletics Championships, Addis Ababa Stadium, Ethiopia, Apr 28, 2010 - May 1, 2010
Top African mountain running nations have confirmed their participation in the first African mountain running championships to be held next month in Obudu, Cross-River State in Nigeria.
Johannesburg mayor, Councillor Amos Masondo has assured that the 19th edition of the Nedbank Soweto Marathon would not be derailed by the taxi problems experienced in the past.
South Africa's World 800m champion Caster Semenya has debunked newspaper claims that she's not ready to write her first-year university examinations.
The International Amateur Athletics Federations (IAAF) President will visit World 800m champion Caster Semenya in her home in South Africa to explain the implications of her gender test results before the end of the month.
Eritrea's Zersenay Tadese wins the IAAF World Half Marathon title for the fourth successive time in a championship record 59:35 at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK.
There was pre-race drama ahead of tomorrow's IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, with three of the main medal contenders, Mary Keitany, Sammy Kitwara and Dathan Ritzenhein stuck for nearly an hour in the lift of the REP Theatre.
The IAAF has announce that IEC in Sports (IEC) will become the new IAAF media partner for the territories of Europe and Africa for the period 2010-2013.
The provisional entry list for the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October is now available.
The African National Congress has established a task team to support athlete Caster Semenya and her family, it announced in Johannesburg on Monday.
A local strip club in Johannesburg is to pay World 800m champion Caster Semenya R20,000 [2,664 USD] because of a row over the club's 'gender testing' billboard.