Athletics

News : Athletics

One of Liberia's promising female athletic stars, Abertha Williams has signed a 3-month pact with the River Cess Sport Association to run for their county track and field team in the 2009/2010 national county meet. (AllAfrica)

Dwain chambers the number one sprinter in Europe is in the Gambia for a week's tour from 13th-20th November 2009. (AllAfrica)

After several false starts, the Local Organising Committee of the 2010 Senior Africa Athletics Championship finally got off the blocks in a colourful re-launch gala that was attended by top corporate figures, government leaders and sportsmen. (AllAfrica)

MOSES Kipsiro and Adero Nyakisi will be leading nominees for the UAF Athlete-of-the-year award at the federation's annual gala on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Former World and Olympic champion in the women's 5000m and IAAF Athlete of the year in 2007,Ethiopia's Meseret Defar and president of World Mountain Running Association (WMRA), Bruno Gozzelino arrived Nigeria Tuesday evening for this weekend's fifth Obudu international mountain race and the first African mountain running championships. (AllAfrica)

NEW Athletics Star (NAS) coach has urged the athletics federation (RAF) to allow clubs compete independently in next month's Rendezvous National. (AllAfrica)

Following Sunday's MTN Kampala marathon, Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) officials should be worried by Tanzania's performance. (AllAfrica)

Nothing seems to excite and bond Ugandans like sports. That was very much evident during the sixth edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon on Sunday. At the venue -Kololo Airstrip, I met a lanky white young man called Alexander, born and raised in Uganda. Like me, it was his first shot at the marathon and we both had registered for the 10km race. As the race picked rhythm, I noticed Indians, Koreans or Japanese, etc and they all mingled freely and shared jokes as they jogged; some even held hands, visibly enjoying the experience. (AllAfrica)

Save for Namboole there can hardly be a more suitable venue for the MTN Kampala marathon than Kololo Airstrip. So spacious is the latter, you could be tempted to think that half of the registered 19,058 participants turned up for the annual event on Sunday. Parking space was adequate, some of the 200 registered corporate teams found where to fit their hospitality tents and spectators, too, could easily catch a glimpse of the runners. (AllAfrica)

WORLD Mountain running champion Geoffrey Kusuro will lead Uganda's assault on the lucrative Obudu Mountain running championship in Nigeria where the winner will walk off with $50,000 (sh93m). (AllAfrica)

Finally it's D-day as the MTN Marathon takes center stage this morning starting at the Kololo Airstrip. After two months of high-altitude residential training in Bukwo, Joseph Nsubuga should have few or no excuses going into today's race. (AllAfrica)

UGANDAN athletes are ready to retain the MTN Kampala Marathon title, but the biggest competition will be in the 10km races, where former World champion medallists Moses Kipsiro and Dorcus Inzikuru are expected to fight for titles. But it will not be that easy in the star studded line ups. (AllAfrica)

David Mutai outsprinted his counterpart Naibei Rutto in the final 100 metres as Kenya regained the MTN Kampala International Marathon title yesterday. (AllAfrica)

THERE is no doubt that the MTN Kampala Marathon is destined to be one of Africa's leading sports events and is bigger and more exciting than before. As athletics chief Dan Tamwesigire said, the event is also clear testimony of how corporate responsibility is essential for the development and growth of communities. (AllAfrica)

FOR an international-ranked event, the just-concluded Kampala MTN Marathon was lacking in several aspects. As someone put it, there was little to show that this was the sixth edition of the annual competition. (AllAfrica)

By 6.00 am, Kololo was a sea of yellow as thousands eager to race jostled for prime positions. (AllAfrica)

Former Ex-calibur and Bodybuilding champion in America Robert Ssebugwawo will launch his fitness campaign for sportsmen on Thursday at Sheraton Hotel. "Our athletes physiques leave a lot to be desired. (AllAfrica)

As expected, world sprints sensation, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, was on Sunday night named the IAAF 2009 athlete of the year with American Sanya Richards voted the best female athlete. (AllAfrica)

THE MTN Marathon organising committee maintains that Sunday's athletics competition will be scandal-free. (AllAfrica)

THE Frank Fredericks Foundation (FFF) once again announced several scholarships worth thousands of dollars and brand-new sports equipment to athletes and schools in Namibia. (AllAfrica)

After 26 years of swimming coaching, the country's first and only coach from a Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) affiliated club is finally taking off the flippers. (AllAfrica)

THE increased entry of foreign runners particularly from Kenya, looks set to cut chances of another Ugandan victory in the MTN Kampala International marathon on Sunday. Francis Musani wants to retain the title while Joseph Nsubuga will hope to repeat his feat of five years ago. (AllAfrica)

CAPTAIN of the Nigerian team in the maiden edition of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) International Cycling Tour, Aphis Bakare is confident that he and his teammates have what it take to shine at the 324 kilometres championship which takes them from Lagos to Benin Republic, then to Togo and ends in Ghana. (AllAfrica)

Barely a week after undergoing an intensive basic technical course in athletics, games masters and mistresses in Akwa Ibom state, will this weekend put their acquired knowledge to the test when they line out their wards for the zonal finals of the Mobil sponsored Akwa Ibom state schools athletics championship holding Thursday and Friday November 19 and 20 2009 (AllAfrica)

Nicholas Kiprono will need more luck to win a race on the international circuit. On a day when he looked good to bag a major victory, the Ugandan road runner was eluded by luck. (AllAfrica)

DORCUS Inzikuru makes a comeback to the roads of Kampala with a mission to reclaim the MTN Kampala International marathon women's 10km title she won in 2004. (AllAfrica)

LOCAL athletes are likely to miss this year's Kampala International Marathon, Times Sport has learnt. (AllAfrica)

THE Police Anti Terrorism Unit will be on guard against terrorism threats at the MTN Kampala International marathon on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Barely a week after undergoing an intensive basic technical course in athletics, games masters and mistreses in Akwa Ibom State, will this week end put their acquired knowledge to the test when they line out their wards for the zonal finals of the Mobil sponsored Akwa Ibom State schools athletics championship holding Thursday and Friday November 19 and 20, 2009 (AllAfrica)

RWANDA's former long distance ace Mathias Ntawukuriryayo has urged local athletes to seek early qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (AllAfrica)

The third edition of the Safaricom Imenti South 10km road race has attracted top elites, including Hong Kong marathon champion Cyprian Kiogora, veteran Sally Barsosio, Emma Muthoni Kiruki and John Yego. (AllAfrica)