The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has left one of Nigeria's brightest female pearls of the tracks, Mercy Nku completely forgotten, after she tested positive to prohibited drugs at the 2006 National Sports Festival in Abeokuta.

Legendary runner Kipchoge Keino and Naftali Temu are among the 36 retired and active Kenyan athletes who have been selected to be honoured during this year's Africa senior Athletics Championship to be held in Addis Ababa later this month.

It was a busy weekend for the track team this past weekend, with the Broncos sending two runners to compete in the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, and the rest of the team competing at the Chabot Distance Carnival in

ATHLETES converge in Bombo at 9am today determined to make up for poor performances at Uganda Athletics Federation's last meet in Kyambogo that was marred by rain.

The 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championship in Edinburgh Scotland, on Sunday saw Kenyans battle perennial long distance rival Ethiopia for both individual and team title.

The most unsavoury results for Kenya since the 1985 World Cross were recorded in Edinburgh last Sunday.

France-based Kenyan Martha Komu yesterday won the women's race at the Paris Marathon.

Martha Komu edged out Ethiopia's Tola Worknesh in a bruising battle for the tape to win the women's race of the 2008 Paris Marathon in 2:25.33

World junior steeplechase record holder Ruth Bosibori suffered a humiliating defeat in 5, 000m on Saturday as the New KCC Athletics Kenya weekend meeting ended at Gusii stadium.

Sports injury has become a significant public health discussion in many countries where sports participation is part of life.

Despite the presence of talented athletes in Tanzania, financial constraints and scarce corporate sponsorship cripple their efforts to win berths at international meets, the Government has declared.