Reflections: UG gives heroes welcome for AG and GFH gold medalist Azamati
African Games 4x100m gold medalist and 2019 Ghana’s Fastest Human 100m winner Benjamin Kwaku Azamati was given a heroes welcome by a cross section of students at the University of Ghana Legon and the school’s administration led by its...
Preview Men’s 100m at Doha 2019: The chase field forms a fairly wide open...
Continuing the rise that began in 2017, Christian Coleman will arrive in Doha as the man to beat for the title of the world's fastest man.
Two years ago, Coleman sped to NCAA titles at both the 100 and 200m...
Coe re-elected IAAF President
IAAF President Sebastian Coe was elected for a second term at the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha on Wednesday (25) while Ximena Restrepo, Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud were elected Vice Presidents.
All 203 voting...
Coe: IAAF has “responsibility to protect” female athletes
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe believes the athletics world governing body has a "responsibility to protect" female athletes, following the ruling preventing Caster Semenya from competing at the World Championships in Doha.
Semenya will not defend...
Fact of the day: Sports and politics
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in...
IAAF invites 130 more eligible athletes for Doha 2019
The IAAF has issued invitations to 130 eligible athletes for additional places to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 following the final review of entries published yesterday (19 September) and compared with the published target numbers for each...
7 defending champions on USA’s team for Doha 2019
Eight world champions and 13 Olympic champions feature on USA’s team for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, which will be held from 27 September until 6 October.
Tori Bowie, Kori Carter, Emma Coburn, Phyllis Francis, Justin Gatlin, Sam...
Short read: The making of Ghana’s 4x100m relay gold medal winning team at AG2017
I'm throwing back to the African University Games (FASU) June, 2016 Johannesburg, South Africa. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science of Technology (KNUST) quartet which included Martin Owusu-Antwi and Joseph Paul Amoah surprised many by clinching gold ahead of...
Dina Asher-Smith leads Britain to Doha 2019
British Athletics has announced a team of 72 athletes for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, which will be held from 27 September – 6 October.
Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith heads to Doha as a triple European champion from 2018...
Ethiopia’s team of 37 for IAAF World Championships
Two defending champions and a newly crowned Diamond League champion feature on Ethiopia’s team for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, which will be held from 27 September until 6 October.
Muktar Edris will defend his 5000m title while...
