Athletics

News : Athletics

The 25th edition of the Mombasa International Marathon, which had earlier been scheduled for this Sunday, has been pushed forward to May 25. (AllAfrica)

Athletics Kenya's decision to go the Ethiopian way by having elite athletes in a long-haul training camp ahead of the Olympic Games appears headed for a rough ride as some of the track stars want to go ahead with their individual training programmes. (AllAfrica)

Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF) president has played down accusations made by Adolph Rukenkanya that he was sacked for no good reason. (AllAfrica)

With barely 87 days to go to the beginning of the 24th edition of the Olympic Games in China, the exact size of the Cameroonian delegation to the Games is not yet known. This is because the qualifiers are still going for some disciplines such as athletics, boxing, judo, basketball and weight lifting. (AllAfrica)

Members of the private sector have pledged their support for the maiden edition of The People Police Marathon, tagged 'Race Against Crime.' This much was disclosed at the Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos at the weekend, when the Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Mbama Okiro, CFR, hosted members of the private sector to a dinner that formally agged off activities for the marathon. (AllAfrica)

African men's 100 metres record holder, Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba could not replicate his record breaking feat of last year at the Doha Grand Prix, as he fell to a lowly fifth postition in this year's competition. (AllAfrica)

Ethiopian athletes pulled out of Friday's Doha Super Grand Prix meet because of political tension between the two countries, the Qatar Association of Athletic Federation (QAAF) said on Friday. (AllAfrica)

The Kenyan trio of Kenfagor, Kiplimo, Kipserem made a clean sweep of the top spots in the Kigali International Peace Marathon held yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Over 2500 local and foreign athletes take to the streets of Kigali as they battle for the top prize in the 4th edition of the Kigali International Peace Marathon, which gets underway this morning at Amahoro Stadium. (AllAfrica)

TABITHA Tsatsa is one athlete Samukeliso Moyo would possibly love to hate because she has set high standards that Moyo would not be able to match in time to join Team Zimbabwe at the 2008 Olympic Games, in August. (AllAfrica)

Newly crowned African champion David Rudisha proved his unbeaten position when he took the 800 metres gold at the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha with a time of 1:44.36, only 0.16 behind his world leader of 1:44.20 from Addis Ababa. He lost here last year finishing sixth in 1:45.63. (AllAfrica)

Delta, Ondo, Ogun and the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) shared the medals of the second leg of the NSC/AFN National Relay at the one-day event at the UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Ugandan duo of Joseph Nsubuga and Catherine Webombesa have their eyes on the winner's top cash prizes at the Kigali International Peace marathon set for this Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Bad news from Kenya made headlines around the world at the beginning of this year. (AllAfrica)

Rift Valley has picked a team of 81 athletes for the Kenya Prisons games at Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, on May 23 and 24. (AllAfrica)

THE fate of 300 workers at Cross Country Carriers is in balance as the owner is uncertain about the future of the company. (AllAfrica)

Former World Indoor athletics 800m champion Wilfred Bungei will make a return to Doha City in Friday's Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix after failing to travel to Valencia in March to defend his title due to an injury. (AllAfrica)

Four athletes have been selected by the Athletics Tanzania (AT) to compete in the China Open championship that gets underway in Beijing on May 25, according to the body's secretary general, Suleiman Nyambui. (AllAfrica)

APR's tormentor in the African champions League Zamalek star striker Amr Zaki is set to move to premiership side Wigan Athletic. (AllAfrica)

"Take my money and I sue you," the former athletics national team head coach, Adolph Rukenkanya, has threatened to take legal action if the local athletics federation to deducts any coin from his salary. (AllAfrica)

Joseph Nsubuga will continue his bid to qualify for the Olympic Games when he takes part in the Kigali Peace Marathon due this Sunday. Nsubuga, one of Uganda's top marathoners, is in the hunt for one of the six remaining slots for the Beijing Games but travels to Kigali wary of the hilly course. (AllAfrica)

Despite his failure to defend the 10,000m gold medal at the Africa Senior Championships that climaxed here on Sunday night, Uganda 's current best runner Moses Kipsiro will compete in the Qatar Grand Prix on Friday. (AllAfrica)

Nigerian athletes at last Sunday's African championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia arrived Lagos yesterday. They told the story of how the high altitude in that country worked against them. (AllAfrica)

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has warned that no athlete is indispensable and any attempt to sabotage the country's gold medal push at this summer Olympiad in Beijing, China will be resisted. (AllAfrica)

Zimbabwe are bracing themselves to send their biggest ever delegation to the Paralympic Games after 38 athletes were shortlisted for the 13th edition of the competition set for Beijing, China, in August. (AllAfrica)

Rwanda's 10000m champion Dieudonne Disi started poorly to the Beijing Olympic Games preparations finishing fifth in the 32nd edition of the 12km Lilac Bloomsday Run in Washington, USA over the weekend. (AllAfrica)

TWO Namibian athletes have won three bronze medals between them at the 16th Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Athletics Championship in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while one of them also posted an Olympic qualifying time. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWEAN middle and long-distance runners once again proved that the country was still a major force in road running in the Southern African Region when they scooped most of the top prizes at Sunday's Nedbank Johannesburg City Marathon in South Africa. (AllAfrica)

Seven hundred sixty six athletes have registered for the forthcoming Kigali International Peace Marathon set for May 11. (AllAfrica)

Patrick Kibwota made his personal best throw of 69.70 metres in the men's javelin but luck eluded the ill-prepared Ugandan as he finished fourth at the Africa Senior Championships here on Sunday evening. (AllAfrica)

SOUTH Africa dominated the 16th edition of the Africa Senior Athletics championships here as Ugandans were reduced to mere competitors. Javelin thrower Annet Kabasindi and Patrick Kibwota were Uganda's best performers in the biennial event. (AllAfrica)