AFRICAN STARS SHINE AT NYC HALF MARATHON
Belay Tilahun of Ethiopia and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya won their New York City racing debuts in the NYC Half on Sunday.
Belay Tilahun of Ethiopia and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya won their New York City racing debuts in the NYC Half on Sunday.
South African Olympian LJ van Zyl has decided to end his illustrious athletics career.
Van Zyl, who is the South African 400m hurdles record-holder, has represented his country at three Olympics and six IAAF World Championships.
Scottish runner Callum Hawkins collapsed while closing on victory as sweltering conditions caused carnage in the Commonwealth Games marathon on Sunday.
Hawkins was leading by more than two minutes when his legs gave way and he crashed over the roadside kerb, as temperatures edged towards 30 degrees Celsius (85 Fahrenheit) on Australia's Gold Coast.
Organisers of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have revealed the list of sports bidding for inclusion in the Olympics and some are pretty far-fetched.
Could korfball, billiards or roller sports really find a way on to the Games program? Or what about the ancient sport of tug of war, which was contested as part of the athletics at five Olympics from 1900 to 1920?
Five Cameroonian athletes have gone missing in Australia the state-owned Cameroon Radio Television reported on Tuesday.
The incident took place whiles they were participating at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia.
Akani Simbine grabbed the spotlight and stunned Jamaica’s Yohan Blake in the men’s 100 metres final at the Commonwealth Games on Monday as athletics began a new era without Usain Bolt.
In cool conditions in Australia’s Gold Coast, South Africa’s Simbine stormed up lane seven to win his first major title in 10.03sec, the second fastest time this year.
Ugandans are expressing their joy and heaping congratulatory messages upon long distance athlete, Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei, who on Sunday morning won the 5000m gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Kenyans won the men and women's Paris Marathon titles on Sunday as, in a piece of theatre calculated by the organisers, the two champions finished almost together.