Athletics

[New Times]RWANDA'S leading middle distance athlete Robert Kajuga is optimistic on staging a conquering performance when the ninth edition of the Kigali Peace Marathon sets off today at Amahoro National Stadium. (AllAfrica)

[Times of Zambia]AFRICAN champion Mohammed Essa yesterday retained the Puma Energy Zambia International Rally title after winning the 490 kilometres event by 6:47 minutes to bounce back in contention for the continental crown. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]As the dust settled on the election into the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria last Tuesday, incumbent Solomom Ogba, could only heave a sigh of relief. It was like a marathon race that left all the contestants sapped of all energy. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]The second leg in the series of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria/Solid Works Golden League will run its course in Port Harcourt today, with participating athletes aiming to meet the standards set for them by the AFN technical committee. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald]HARARE Athletics Club runner, Elijah Mabunu, served his best for last when he burst into the lead on the home stretch to break the ribbon during the 21st February Movement 10km Road Race that finished at Machipisa Shopping Centre yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times]Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare on Saturday continued her impressive run in the IAAF Diamond League as she finished second in the Women's 100m event with an impressive 11.00 seconds. (AllAfrica)

[New Times]For the ninth year in a row Kenyan athletes have showed why they are the best at long distance after dominating the Kigali International Peace Marathon on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]The 2010 world half marathon champion Wilson Kiprop produced a gun to tape display to win the men's 10,000m race at the Kenya Prisons Championships at Nyayo Stadium yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald]ATHLETES from the country's 10 provinces are expected to converge at the National Sports Stadium today for the inter-provincial athletics competition. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald]TWO Zimbabwean athletes, Loveness Murenga and Thubaelihle Sibanda, will leave the country for Olso, Norway, for the youth sport exchange programme in August. The two are from Mashonaland Central and Bulawayo provinces. They will stay in Norway in a deal brokered by the Sports Commission and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian]NAMIBIAN athletes excelled at the recent Steinmetz Marathon in Gaborone, Botswana, with Helalia Johannes leading the way. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]Olympic 5000m bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa, former world marathon champion Luke Kibet and world half marathon bronze medallist John Mwangangi are some of the star athletes expected at the Kenya Prisons athletics Championships today at the Nyayo Stadium. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]World record-holder David Rudisha is eager to lead a world-class 800m field on June 1 at the Prefontaine Classic, where he will take on all seven of the other Olympic finalists from last year. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]Athletics Kenya (AK) treasurer Joseph Kinyua and public relations officer, Peter Angwenyi were the biggest casualties at the federation's elections held at a Nairobi Hotel yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[Focus]World Vision Rwanda (WVR) has donated Frw 6 million to the Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF) to carry out the ninth Kigali International Peace Marathon. The organization will also provide 300 t-shirts - 150 for children and 150 for adults. (AllAfrica)

[The Star]OLYMPIC 5,000m bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa and former Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Selina Kosgei lead the Rift Valley charge at the Kenya Prisons athletic Championships starting tomorrow at Nyayo Stadium. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Wednesday announced the shifting of its Golden League third leg, originally scheduled for Ilorin, to the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM]Nairobi Kenya -Long serving Athletics Kenya (AK) Honorary Treasurer, Joseph Kinyua and Public Relations Officer, Peter Angweyi, were the high profile casualties during the National Executive Committee elections conducted in Nairobi on Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

[Capital FM]Nyahururu -The second anniversary of the untimely passing of Beijing men marathon champion, Samuel Wanjiru Kamau, was marked Wednesday in his hometown Nyahururu in a sombre ceremony where a mausoleum in his honour was unveiled as his lawyer claimed monies he won have not been remitted to his estate. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Observer]Mairiama T. Jallow and Lamin Sanneh, the current champions of the Brufut Marathon, Sunday participated in the Shefield Marathon and came out fourth in both the male and female 21 kilometers race respectively, out of a large field of eight thousand runners. (AllAfrica)

[The Point]The champions of the 2012 Brufut marathon male and female competitions, Lamin Sanneh and Mariama T. Jallow, left Banjul for the United Kingdom Friday to run in Sunday's Sheffield half marathon and the Manchester Marathon of May 26. (AllAfrica)

[The Point]Mariama T. Jallow and Lamin Sanneh, current champions of the Brufut marathon, on Sunday ran in the Sheffield marathon and came out fourth in both the male and female 21-kilometer race out of a large field of eight thousand runners. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News]DAUD Joseph on Sunday emerged winner of the men's Muungano Marathon after beating 18 other contestants in a time of 2:30.28. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]A former Chief Coach of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Amelia Edet, yesterday charged athletes to represent the country at the 11th African Junior Championships in Pretoria, South Africa, to be good ambassadors. (AllAfrica)

[Addis Fortune]Meskel Square once again swarms with athlete hopefuls in-training after the partitions blocking off the traditional training area was removed. The partitions were placed to lay water pipes in preparation for the instalment of the Light Railway that is being constructed by the China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC). The runners and other athletes have been using Meskel Square as a training ground since the time that it was built to its current stage by the Dergue. With an increase their numbers there (AllAfrica)

[The Star]Athletics Kenya Universities region have selected 19 athletes to represent the country at the World University Games set for Kazan, Russia in July. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust]Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State would be special guest at the second Africa Athletics Masters (AAM), billed for Lagos, an official of the Nigeria Athletics Masters (NAM) said in Lagos yesterday. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard]Lagos. -Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State would be special guest at the 2nd Africa Athletics Masters (AAM), billed for Lagos, an official of the Nigeria Athletics Masters (NAM) said in Lagos on Monday. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Observer]The Champions of the 2012 Brufut marathon male and female competitions, Lamin Sanneh and Mariama T. Jallow left Banjul for the United Kingdom Friday to run in Sunday's Sheffield half marathon and the Manchester Marathon of May 26. (AllAfrica)

[New Vision]Athletes will launch a fresh bid to qualify for the IAAF World Athletics Championships during the fourth national trials at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole today. (AllAfrica)

[This Day]The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has lifted the suspension placed on its Golden League following pleas from eminent sports personalities. (AllAfrica)