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Video: Tobi Amusan sets 12.12 world 100m hurdles record
In Pictures: AFN Nigeria World Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials, Benin 2022
In Pictures: Day 5 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
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Kenya
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) removes Kenya from the World Anti-Doping Code’s non-compliant list of countries ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics.
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...
Features and Reports
IOC's new digital-first platform will be available anytime, anywhere and on any device, at the conclusion of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 21...
Botswana
Botswana's wonder kid, Baboloki 'Hurricane' Thebe will take on board the lessons of Bydgoszcz disqualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
RSA
South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka and Irvette van Zyl secured national men's and women's titles at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) Half-Marathon Championships in Port...
Video
Part 3: "All we get from the Coaches is beef...we were training ourselves for this relay...", watch this and more sad tales from Nigerian...
Video
Part 2: "We even heard somebody said they gave us a favour to travel here (Bydgoszcz, Poland)," watch this and more sad tales from...
Video
Part 1: "Nobody cares about us...we didn't eat for three days...not everybody can run with stress," watch this and more sad tales from Nigerian...
Galleria
Best moments of African junior stars at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships - Bydgoszcz 2016 - from the Zawisza stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland...
Kenya
Amos Kirui kept Kenya’s perfect U20 World Championships streak in the 3000m Steeplechase alive for the 15th consecutive edition with victory in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Kenya
Kenya's Kumari Taki claims the men’s 1500m gold medal at the ongoing IAAF World U20 Championships at the Zawisza Stadium, in Bydgoszcz, Poland on...
Ethiopia
Ethiopia's Beyenu Degefa captured the women’s 3000m title, the first gold medal for her country, on Day 2 of the IAAF World U20 Championships...
Eritrea
Kenya’s Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi won the men's 10,000m title in a championship record of 27:25.23 at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships - Bydgoszcz...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Stephen Mozia threw a huge 21.76 metres to extend his own national Shot put record set a few days ago at the 12th...
RSA
South African sprinter Akani Simbine broke his own national 100m record at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meeting in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on Monday night.
RSA
South Africa's most promising athletes will be eager to showcase their immense potential when they compete at the five-day World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz,...
RSA
South Africa's Caster Semenya coasted to victory in the 800m at the Monaco IAAF Diamond League on Friday smashing her own national record in...
Nigeria
Nigeria's fastest sprinters Blessing Okagbare and Seye Ogunlewe top the list of Team Nigeria athletes to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
RSA
A 39-member SA athletics team was named for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Thursday after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee...
Nigeria
Seye Ogunlewe defends his 100m crown and Blessing Okagbare completes the women's sprint double at the 2016 All-Nigeria Athletics Championships in Sapele on Friday.
Nigeria
Blessing Okagbare returned after a year's absence to reclaim the women's 100m title in 11.02 seconds on day 1 of the All-Nigeria Championships in...
Kenya
Athletics Kenya (AK) have withdrawn from the doping appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) involving suspended Kenyan athlete Rita Jeptoo...
Galleria
Best moments and photos from the 20th African Senior Athletics Championships – Durban 2016 in Durban, South Africa from June 22 - 26, 2016.
RSA
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius must serve at least three more years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on...
Nigeria
Over 50 Nigerian athletes based in Europe and the United States of America have arrived in the country ahead of this week’s All-Nigeria Athletics...
Kenya
Athletics Kenya (AK) have announced a strong team of 50 athletes to represent the East African nation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from...
RSA
Athletics South Africa (ASA) have announced the final team to the IAAF World U20 Championships to be held on 19-26 July 2016 in Bydgoszcz,...
Africa
Confederation of African Athletics president Hamad Kalkaba Malboum praised the Athletics South Africa for the successful hosting of the 20th African Senior Athletics Championships...
Liveblogs
Live coverage of the 20th CAA African Senior Athletics Championships at the Kings Park Athletics Stadium in Durban, South Africa from June 22-26, 2016.
Kenya
Reigning African Games champion, Alice Aprot spearheaded a Kenyan sweep in the women’s 10,000 metres with a new Championship record at the 20th African...
RSA
Host South Africa got the party started with two gold medals on day one of the 20th CAA African Senior Championships - Durban 2016...
RSA
Athletics South Africa president, Aleck Skhosana, said the country is looking forward to welcoming the world to a true African experience at the Durban...
RSA
South African champion Alyssa Conley stormed to a new lifetime best in the women's 200m at the European Permit Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland on...
RSA
Athletics South Africa (ASA) welcomes timely thumbs-up from Confederation of African Athletics on the on-going preparations for the CAA 20th African Senior Championships to...