National Athletics head coach Julius Kirwa said the proposal by the management to bring on board six athletes as reserves is likely to cause friction in camp as the team prepares for the Beijing Olympics.
It is usually said that a prophet has honour except in his own country. That was the fate of former national and international athlete, Alhaji Abdulkarim Amu who rose to become president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Alhaji
Though the Athletics Federation of Nigeria is still battling belatedly to have the women 4x100m relay team reinstalled into the top 16 list of nations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, events that led to Nigeria's ouster continues to generate debate
All seven athletes representing the Tertiary Institution Sports Associations of Namibia (Tisan) at the recently concluded Federation of African Students Union (Fasu) Games in Kampala, Uganda hoisted the country's flag as they brought home medals from their various disciplines.
Arusha collected a mix bag of ten gold medals, seven silver and eleven bronze medals to emerge overall champion of the national athletics meet held in Singida last week.
Russian Athletics News. Russian Athletics has announced a preliminary list of the Russian team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The team consists of 109 athletes, 49 men and 60 women. The list will be finally confirmed by the
Russian Athletics News. The Saturday performances at the Russian Championships in Kazan just continue to impress, starting with Liliya Shobukhova's 14:23.75 European 5,000m record
Russian Athletics News. Sergey Mikhaylovskiy won the men's long jump at the Russian Athletics Championships in Kazan. He jumped 7.92m. Vladimir Malyavin placed second with 7.87m. Ruslan Gataullin achieved 7.86m taking the third place
Russian Athletics News. Kazan, Russia - Tatyana Tomashova and high jumpers Anna Chicherova and Yelena Slesarenko produced the key highlights as the Russian championships concluded in Kazan on Sunday
