Athletics Kenya has unveiled a team of 53 athletes for the 2010 Commonwealth Games after a low-key selection process at Nairobi's Nyayo National Stadium bereft of most star runners who were handed byes for the October 3 to 14 events in India.
Kenya's reigning African champion, David Rudisha, lowered his own world record in the men's 800 metres for the second time in a week to 1 minute 41.01 seconds at the IAAF World Challenge meet in Rieti, Italy today.
In celebration of exactly a year to the IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011 to be held from 27 August to 4 September 2011, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) launched its much-anticipated ticket sales to the public in downtown Daegu today.
The World 800m champion Caster Semenya has been included in the South African squad of 147 athletes for the 19th Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi, India from October 3-14 2010.
The African champion, David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya today set a new 800 metres World Record with a stunning time of 1 minute and 41.09 seconds at the 69th International Stadium Festival (ISTAF) meeting inside the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
The team to represent AFRICA at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup which will be held in Split, Croatia from September 4 to 5, 2010 have now been named.
African stars, Blessing Okagbare, Augustine Choge, Oscar Pistorius and Milcah Chemos shoned brightly on the second day of the Aviva London Grand Prix – Samsung Diamond League at Crystal Palace today.
It's only three days until the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.
This Saturday, some 3,600 talented young athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 from around the world will be eagerly awaiting the start of the opening ceremony of the first ever edition of the Youth Olympic Games.
Two world-class runners from Kenya, Wilson Kipsang and Wilfred Kigen, are the first signings for this year’s Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, which will be staged on October 31st.
The IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup holds in Split, Croatia from the 4th to 5th September 2010.
The International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in conjuction with other partners such as IPC and UK Sports is set to implement the Kids' Athletics Programme in Jordan, Mozambique and Nigeria in the year 2010 / 2011.
It’s Kenya Vs Ethiopia in the 5,000m at the Aviva London Grand Prix - Samsung Diamond League meeting at the Crystal Palace track in London next weekend.
Many African champions came up from the five-day African Athletics Championships in Nairobi to score significant victories at the DN Galan - Samsung Diamond League event in Stockholm, Sweden today.
Kenya overtook Nigeria and South Africa to win the medals table on the last day of competition as the 17th CAA Safaricom African Athletics Championships concluded last night at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.