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UL Launches Division of Athletics and Sports
[Liberian Observer] The University of Liberia (UL) on Friday officially launched a Division of Athletics and Sports - the first ever, as the university institutionalizes athletics and sports and recognizes…
Nigeria: Phillip Shaibu Retains Okpekpe 10km Road Race Record
[This Day] The Vip Category At 2026 Edition -- Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Sports (NIS), Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Saturday once again demonstrated…
Botswana Athletics Association Convenes AGM
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) remains the premier sporting code that consistently positions the country on the global map.
Athletics
Tebogo’s 200m Mastery Sparks Debate
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The debate over whether reigning Olympic 200-meter champion Letsile Tebogo should ditch the 100 meter dash to focus exclusively on the half-lap event continues to…
Start-Up Ethiopia – Addis Ababa Takes a Page From Israel’s Innovation Playbook
[ENA] - Ethiopia is looking to Israel's Start-Up Nation model as it builds its own AI sector and strengthens technological cooperation.
Athletics
Asian U20 Athletics Championships: PM Modi congratulates Indian contingent for rich medal haul
India won 19 medals, including 10 gold as high jumper Pooja Singh broke a two-decade-old national record with an effort of 1.93 metres
Tejaswin Shankar — a battler who embraces tough tests
Having become the first Indian to cross 8,000 points in decathlon, the 27-year-old is eyeing bigger things; he is open to the idea of competing in multiple events at the…
Asian U-20 Athletics | Women’s relay gold caps India’s strong Asian U-20 campaign
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Keely Hodgkinson hints at assault on 42-year-old 800m world record in London
Briton aiming at oldest track and field world record‘I would love to have that happen on home soil’Keely Hodgkinson has dangled the intriguing possibility that July’s London Diamond League meeting…
National Skateboarder to Represent Botswana in Italy and Russia
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- As athletics continue to carry Botswana's flag with pride and racket sports such as tennis steadily gaining momentum, a quieter revolution is taking shape on…
Athletics
Tebogo Shifts Focus to 200m in Rabat
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Rabat takes centre stage this Saturday as the sprint sensation, Letsile Tebogo, steps onto the track to officially open his 200-metre Diamond League account at…
World Athletics Raises Bar With Tough New Standards
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Local elite track stars will face a steep uphill battle to reach the Beijing 2027 World Athletics Championships after the global governing body unveiled a…
Sports
Enhanced Games offers US$10mil prize to sprinter who breaks Bolt’s 100m record
The prize will go to the winner of the men’s 100m if he breaks Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds set in Berlin in 2009, one of athletics’ most…
Athletics
Mariners top Athletics 9-1, move into 1st place in AL West
Rob Refsnyder and Julio Rodríguez hit three-run home runs as the Mariners overtake the Athletics in the standings.
Athletics
Namibian Athletes Compete At Cape Town Marathon
[Namibian] Three Namibian athletes represented the country at the 2026 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in South Africa on Sunday after earning sponsorship from SanlamAllianz.
Athletics
Mustapha Ussif denies responsibility for African Games audit irregularities
Former Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has rejected allegations linking him to irregularities captured in the recently released audit report on the 13th African Games, insisting he should…
Athletics
Interview | I should make a path on which people can walk and believe: Gurindervir
Gurindervir cautious not to repeat past mistakes, hopes to perform better and prove a point at the Asian Games later this year
Athletics
Praveen Chithravel is ‘impatient’ to set the record straight in the Commonwealth Games
‘I know I’m one of the best athletes in the world. In big events, I want to fight with all the (top) athletes. I want to show who I am,…
Athletics
Auditor-General recommends sanctions for Ussif, Dr Ofosu-Asare and Kartey over GHC 726m administrative lapses, procurement breaches
The Auditor-General has recommended sanctions against former senior officials of the Ministry of Sports and the Local Organising Committee (LOC), after uncovering what it describes as deep-rooted procurement breaches, weak…
Athletics
Homera to Bless Wakili Marathon 2026
[Daily News] Dodoma -- Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs Juma Zuberi Homera is set to officiate the much-anticipated Wakili Marathon 2026 scheduled at Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma on May…
Athletics
African Games 2023: Former Sports Minister and LOC Chairman ordered by Auditor-General to refund GHC 579m
The Auditor-General has recommended recovery of GHC 579 million from three top former officials at the heart of Ghana's organisation of the 13th Africa Games.
Athletics
Mariners slug 4 homers in their 9-2 victory over the Athletics
Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone each hit a two-run homer in a six-run third inning that sent the Seattle Mariners to a 9-2 victory over the Athletics.
Athletics
Evelyn wins Enhanced Games 100m
Barbadian sprinter Tristan Evelyn won the women’s 100 metres at the inaugural Enhanced Games in Las Vegas on Sunday night, earning US$250 000 in prize money. The 28-year-old two-time Olympian……
Athletics
Mahama’s African Games forensic audit reveals over $40m in financial irregularities
Ghana’s expenditure on infrastructure for the 13th African Games has come under intense scrutiny after the Auditor-General’s report identified millions of dollars and cedis in questionable claims, inflated rates, omitted…
Athletics
Athletics prospect Jump tries to ‘win the day’ with Aviators
Gage Jump — whom MLB Pipeline ranks as the Athletics’ No. 3 prospect and No. 41 overall — is coming off his best start of his pro career, but has…
Doping in Sports
The Enhanced Games flattered to deceive, but that’s probably the point
Despite the drugs and the super suits, the Enhanced Games delivered little more than a smattering of PBs and a single world fastest time for the hefty price of an…
Athletics
Samardeep shocks Toor, earns CWG qualification; Yashas and Santhosh, too, make it
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Athletics
A’s beat Padres as Cortes homers, Kurtz reaches base for 47th straight game
The Athletics beat the San Diego Padres on Sunday, avoiding a sweep as Carlos Cortes smacked a leadoff home run.
Athletics
Meena rewrites pole vault National record
Pips training partner Kuldeep with an effort of 5.45m as both book tickets for the Commonwealth Games; Sreeshankar leaps to 8.08m for the gold
Athletics
ATHLETICS | A combination of hard work and manifestation spurs Vishal to glory
I made up my mind, read my race, visualised it...Visualization is a part of the work. You’ve already run a race in the mind, says the quartermiler
Athletics
Everything you need to know about the Enhanced Games: Start time, TV and prize money
The controversial event is a one-night competition on Sunday evening at Resorts World in Las Vegas
Athletics
Lucas Giolito and 4 relievers pitch the Padres to a 2-0 win over the Athletics
Lucas Giolito and four relievers combined on a five-hitter as the San Diego Padres beat the Athletics 2-0 on Saturday night.
Athletics
‘Owadiah’ makes history: William Opare becomes first Ghanaian to break 45 seconds in 400m
Ghanaian sprinter William Opare has etched his name into the country’s athletics history books after becoming the first Ghanaian man to run the 400m in under 45 seconds.