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Athletics Kenya (AK) polls kick off ready

The eagerly awaited Athletics Kenya (AK) elections which start from Tuesday despite Government intervention that required the exercise to be put on hold. AK president Isaiah Kiplagat said the elections...

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Elite Kenya Athletes complain of Poll’s cancellation

Elite runners eyeing elective posts in Athletics Kenya (AK) have expressed their dismay over the delay of holding the federation’s elections. The athletes said that they were surprised that when they...

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Kenya’s Kipchoge to feature in Moscow games

Beijing Olympics 5,000m  silver winner  Eliud Kipchoge has been offered an opportunity to represent Kenya in the World Athletics Championships to held in Moscow, Russia. The athlete nicknamed ‘Mr...

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Kenya elite runners to parade yet again in Uashin Gishu County

Kenya elite and upcoming runners  will be in action yet again  after the London Marathon by parading  in Kenya’s ancestral home of world beaters Uasin Gishu County on sunday April 28. The venue is...

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South Africa Youth athletes eye Donetsk success

There seems to be a chance for South Africa to appear on the podium in Donetsk as twenty-five of South Africa’s youth athletes are currently listed in the top-10 across 16 events in the latest world...

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South Africa Athletics season delayed

The South African athletics season has been delayed further after another athletics meeting was postponed. Athletics South Africa (ASA) confirmed on Friday that the SA Open Championships in Germiston...

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All set for the Athletics Kenya elections

Kenya elite runners who brought glory few years ago will parade tomorrow to fight it out for county posts during the eagerly awaited Athletics Kenya (AK) elections to be held over the country. They...

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800 m world Champion David Rudisha to parade in Nairobi

World 800 metres Champions David Rudisha will be among Kenya elite runners who will parade tomorrow (Friday) for the last Athletics Kenya (AK) weekend meeting at the Moi International Sports Centre,...

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Upsets marks Athletics Kenya elections as favorites send home packing

Former Athletics Kenya (AK) treasurer Joseph Kinyua and outgoing Public Relations Manager Peter Angwenyi are among the major casualties who lost their plum jobs in the Athletics Kenya General elections...

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Gambian athletes leave for UK run

Gambia’s Lamin Sanneh and Mariama T. Jallow, have left Banjul for the United Kingdom Friday to run in Sunday’s Sheffield half marathon and the Manchester Marathon of May 26. The 2012 winners of the...

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Shanghai IAAF Diamond League: Kenya for Africa

Kenya has the largest contingent from Africa with close to a dozen athletes including 2008 Olympic Champions, Pamela Jelimo and Asbel Kiprop ready to take on some of the best athletes in the world at...

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South Africans fail to shine in Shanghai

All of South Africa’s three representatives at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai failed to lived up to expectations on Saturday in the Chinese city. Former Olympic silver medalist Khotso Mokoena...

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Presidential reception for Nigeria’s junior athletes

Nigeria’s junior athletes would be received on Tuesday by the country’s President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja after their brilliant performances at the African Youths Athletics Championships last month...

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Nigeria’s AFN publish list of foreign athletes ahead of Warri Golden Grand Prix

Nigeria’s athletics federation (AFN)  have published the list of foreign athletes who have announced their presence for the 2013 Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Golden Grand Prix slated for...

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Francophonie G: Cameroonian athletes called to be country ambassadors

The minister of sports and physical education, Adoum Garoua has called on Cameroon athletes to consider themselves as Cameroon ambassadors at the Francophonie Games billed for September 6-15 in Nice,...

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The dust finally settles down at the trouble Athletics Kenya(AK) headquarters

The dust has finally settled down at the Athletics Kenya (AK) headquarters in Nairobi after three months of heavy wrangles and public outrage. The last two month were not rosy for AK after accusation...

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Nigeria: Okagbare blessed with talent

Not many people at the moscow 2013 championship could say they worked harder than blessing okagbare who competed eight time sin seven days. The Nigerian superwoman tells her story that she is just...

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ATHLETICS: Support grant for Ghana

The Ghana Olympic committee has secured Olympic solidarity youth Olympic games athlete support grant for four Ghanaian athletes to prepare towards the 2014 youth Olympic games. The grant falls under...

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Cameroon-Athletics: Innovation for mountain race

This information was discoled during a press brief organised in douala last weekend by the organisers of the race who said that henceforth all athletes in any country in the world will have the...

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Kenya-Athletics: Championships in view

An Athletics Championship is in view presently in Kenya.This Championship to be organized by the an Association of former Athletes is aimed at promoting this discipline in the Country. The Championship...

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