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Kenya officials charged in Olympic corruption inquiry

Seven senior Kenyan officials will be charged over alleged corruption surrounding the 2016 Olympic Games, the country’s chief prosecutor said. Those accused include ex-Sports Minister Hassan Wario and former Olympic Committee...... Read more Madsen wins time-trial battle of the big Danes

Dane Martin Toft Madsen won the prestigious French time-trialling event the Chrono des Nations on Sunday, edging his compatriot Mikkel Bjerg by seven seconds. It was a second straight victory for...... Read more Doping chief complains of bullying

The chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (Wada) Athlete Committee says some of the organisation’s most senior officials tried to “bully” her over her opposition to Russian reinstatement. Beckie Scott told...... Read more Yokohama to host 2019 IAAF World Relays

Japan will now host two of the biggest events on the athletics calendar in successive years after the choice of Yokohama for the 2019 IAAF World Relays. The International Association of...... Read more Kenya’s Kalalei handed four-year ban after testing positive for banned blood-boosting hormone

Kenyan marathon runner Samuel Kalalei has been banned from athletics for four years after testing positive for banned blood-boosting hormone EPO. The 23-year-old tested positive at the Rotterdam Marathon in April...... Read more IOC asks Senegal to help in Diack investigation

The International Olympic Committee has asked Senegal to support a French investigation into the son of the former head of the international athletics federation (IAAF) who is suspected of corruption, IOC...... Read more Ex-Olympic and world marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich returns to action at Toronto Marathon

Former Olympic and world marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich has vowed to return to winning ways when the 2018 Toronto marathon is run on October 24 in Canada. The Ugandan star, who...... Read more Olympic star Mare Dibaba wins the Great Scottish Run half-marathon

Olympic marathon bronze medallist Mare Dibaba won the Great Scottish Run half-marathon, with Britain’s Chris Thompson winning the men’s event in Glasgow. Ethiopia’s Dibaba, who finished third at the Rio Games...... Read more Russia in legal bid to lift IAAF doping ban

The Russia Athletic Federation (Rusaf) has launched a legal challenge to overturn athletics governing body the IAAF's ban on its athletes. It has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration...... Read more 1,320 athletes register for Coal City Marathon — LOC

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Nov. 24, Coal City Marathon in Enugu says no fewer than 1,320 local and international long distance runners from Kenya and Ethiopia had registered...... Read more Kipchoge sets new marathon world record in Berlin

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge smashed the marathon world record by clocking a time of two hours one minute 39 seconds in Berlin. The 33-year-old took nearly one minute 20 seconds off the...... Read more Kipchoge eyes marathon world record in Berlin

Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge left for Berlin on Tuesday, with his sights trained on running his best ever race in the German capital on Sunday. The 33-year-old, widely seen...... Read more The Joy and Thrills of Asaba 2018, By Jackson Ekwugum

Except for crass opportunism, blatant mischief and sheer dishonesty, it is unthinkable that any well-meaning Nigerian would dismiss the just- concluded 21st African Senior Athletics Championship, a.k.a Asaba 2018, as a...... Read more Asaba 2018:Why Kenyans emerged best

Team Kenya coaches Stephen Mwaniki and Julius Kirwa are over the moon following Team Kenya’s ‘Top of Africa’ display at the just concluded continental championships in Asaba, Nigeria. The two said...... Read more AFN to Bid for 2025 World Athletics Championships

Following the ‘successes’ recorded at the African Athletics Championships in Asaba, strong indications emerged last night that Nigeria intends to bid for the hosting right for the World Athletics Championships to...... Read more Asaba 2018: Media LOC clarifies sensational report about Stephen Keshi Stadium

The Media Department of the Asaba 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC) has described as sensational, the report in some news platforms about a fallen fence near the swimming pool area of...... Read more Semenya, Manyonga stranded in Nigeria as Travel chaos hit African Athletics Championships

Lagos - The start of the African track and field championships in Nigeria was delayed on Wednesday after hundreds of athletes were left stranded at an airport, some for three days...... Read more Asaba 2018:Kenya's Kipruto warns critics ahead of African Championshpis

Olympic and world 3,000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto has dismissed criticism about his fitness ahead of the Africa Championships, which starts in Asaba, Nigeria from Aug 1-5. Speaking in Nairobi on...... Read more African athletics Championship:Delta Gets CAA Pass Mark

THE Confederation of African Athletics has given kudos to the Local Organizing Committee for a good job in preparations and readiness to host the Africa Championships billed for August 1-5 in...... Read more Semenya and Samba sparkle in Paris

South African Caster Semenya, whose middle-distance career could be under threat because of a new IAAF rule, romped to the fourth-fastest women’s 800 metres ever and Qatari Abderrahman Samba produced the...... Read more Ex-world 400m champion Ohuruogu retires

Britain’s former Olympic and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 34. Ohuruogu’s impressive career since her professional debut in 2004 has...... Read more Olympic champion Caster Semenya to challenge 'unfair' IAAF testosterone ruling

World and Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya is to challenge "unfair" rules affecting some female athletes. Athletics' governing body the IAAF has ruled some female runners with naturally high testosterone levels will...... Read more Usain Bolt reveals he wants to start a family – and won't stop till he has a boy

Olympic hero Usain Bolt will fulfil a childhood ambition on Sunday night as he steps out at Old Trafford in a Soccer Aid charity match. But although he’s always fantasised about...... Read more IAAF Diamond League: Okagbare flops in Oslo

For the second time in one week Nigeria’s greatest sprinter of all time Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor failed to live up to the incredible height she has set for herself this season after...... Read more Usain Bolt shows off his superhuman speed as lightning-fast hero ‘Super Bolt’

New pictures reveal Usain Bolt as you’ve never seen him before – as he unveils his superhero alias, ‘Super Bolt’. The eight-time Olympic gold medallist’s costume features the yellow, green and...... Read more