Angolan general-secretary of Paralympics Committee, António da Luz, will travel this Saturday to Beijing (China), to participate in an international forum on the Paralympics Games, to be held on September 6-17 of this year in that Asian country, Angop learnt
Athletes Federation of Nigeria president, Violet Odogwu, has cried out to the senate committee on sports during the just concluded public hearing on sports, to help in ensuring that athletes get better incentives for utmost performance during national and international
Athletics Tanzania (AT) said yesterday that it was optimistic that more Tanzanian athletes will qualify for the Beijing Olympics during the Chinese national championships.
A month after clinching the Africa title, Kenya women's 800m runner Pamela Jelimo was on the mark again as she set a new world junior record, with a strong sprint of 1:55.76 against strong winds, in the Hengelo Grand Prix
Thirty four-year-old Machakos-based runner, Peter Mutisya won the Mombasa International Marathon when he clocked two hours 12 minutes 46 seconds Sunday.
THE cream of the home-based athletes converge at the University of Zimbabwe track this weekend for a National Athletics' Association of Zimbabwe inter-provincial track and field competition.
After a poor performance in the World cross country championships, Linet Chepkurui of Moi Air Base withstood a late charge from Gladys Cherono of Kahawa Barracks to win the women's 5,000m race in the Armed Forces athletics championships at Kasarani,
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) has confirmed President Yoweri Museveni will be chief guest at the opening ceremony of the All Africa University Games opening ceremony due July 8 at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.
UGANDA Athletics Federation toasted to yet another success when Geoffrey Kusuro hit the Olympic qualifying mark in the Hengelo Grand prix. He joined the list that already has Boniface Kiprop (10000m), Moses Kipsiro (5000m), Abraham Chepkirwok (800m), Benjamin Kiplagat (3000m
Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Council Yomi Dada has charged the state's contingent to the Zonal Elimination competition holding in Owo, Ondo state to make the state proud by winning the competition. Dada, who was speaking while addressing the
SAMUEL Egadu and Emily Nanziri dominated races as sprinters impressed at the fourth national athletics trials in Tororo on Saturday, reports Norman Katende.
IN March he could finish only 129th in Edinburgh but yesterday, despite cruel conditions variously described as "horrendous", "like being sand-blasted" and 
IN JUST 73 days time, the eyes of the sporting world will fall on a 'Bird's Nest'. That is the nickname handed down to Beijing's National Stadium, home of the
A MAJOR event on the calendar this year, though not one you are likely to have heard much about so far, is the Commonwealth Youth Games, being held in Pune, India, in October.
Russian Athletics News. Kenyan Athletics rising star, World season leader Pamela Jelimo, 19, bettered her personal best over the women's 800 m at the FBK-Games on 24 May in Hengelo clocking an amazing 1:55.76, a new World Junior record! Pamela
