AthleticsAfrica's Editor, Yomi Omogbeja, has been awarded the SABC-Telkom-Highway Africa New Media Awards 2011 (Individual Category) for the Innovative use of New Media in African Journalism at the prestigious gala dinner and awards ceremony held in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday September 18, 2011.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2012 at its Executive Committee Meeting hosted by the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The 2011 Soweto Marathon holds on Sunday November 6, 2011 in the Gauteng province, South Africa.
Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot will return to the 2011 Chicago Marathon after missing the race since his 2008 triumph due to injury, organisers of the October 9 race said on Wednesday.
The 7th Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race and the 3rd African Mountain Running Championships 2011 is now open for registraion.Obudu Mountain Resort is one of the finest tourist destinations in the world. Deep in the tropical rain forest of Cross River State, Obudu and the Ranch present an enchanting scenery and breathtaking vistas.
Nigeria was the best country in athletics at 2011 All-African Games in Maputo, Mozambique with 38 medals (17 Golds, 11 Silvers and 10 Bronze medals).
Tjipekapora Herunga won her second medal at the All Africa Games on Thursday evening when she finished third in the women's 200m final in a new Namibian record time of 23.50 seconds.
Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius wants to prove before the London Olympics that he can run any leg of a 4x400m relay and should not be held back by concerns his carbon fiber blades would injure other athletes running in a pack.
Tjipekapora Herunga won Namibia's second medal at the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique on Tuesday evening when she came third in the women's 400m final.
Here are the complete Final Day Results of the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games athletics competitions held at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, Isle of Man today.
During the 2nd day of Athletics at the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games in Douglas, Isle of Man, South African World U17 Champion, Andries Van der Merwe, clocked windy 13.32 (+3.4) to win the 110m hurdles.
World 800m record-holder and champion, David Rudisha of Kenya clocked an impressive 1:41.33 on a hot afternoon at the stadio Guidobaldi in Rieti, Italy yesterday.
Here are the complete Day One Results of the finals of the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games athletics competitions held at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, Isle of Man today.
As part of his visit to Africa, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has participated in the launch of a new Youth Sport Centre in Gatumba, Burundi, which is jointly funded by the IOC, UNDP (the United Nations Development Programme) and the government of Burundi.
Nigerian Triple Jump champion, Otonye Iworima is unfazed about the difficult conditions in Maputo insisting that nothing would deny her winning gold when the athletics and field events kick-off on September 11.
After a poor outing in the just ended IAAF World Championships held in Daegu, South Korea, Nigeria has been ranked 37th in the world by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Fantastic African performances as the Weltklasse Zürich meeting, the first of the two finals of the Samsung Diamond League took place on Thursday night at the city’s famous Letzigrund Stadium.
Kourage Athletics, an NGO committed to creating jobs and sustaining livelihoods in Kenya, has launched the African nationʼs first line of running kit.
