iaaf
Home Articles Page 25

Articles

17 World and Olympic Champions to kick off IAAF Diamond League season in Doha

0
Credit: IAAF Seventeen reigning world and Olympic champions will gather in Doha on Friday (4) to help kick off the 2018 IAAF Diamond League, which gets underway for the ninth straight year in the Qatari capital, and with it the...

BAG Confirms: Stella Amassah and Gifty Mensah absconded from CWG Gold Coast 2018

0
The Badminton Association of Ghana has confirmed two of its athletes absconded at the recent Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018. Stella Amassah and Gifty Mensah left Team Ghana without permission on the final day of departure from the Games....

Story behind Ghana’s CWG’s $2,100 per diem “revolt”

0
There is no end in sight at the never ending series of bad news on Ghana’s campaign at the ongoing Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast 2018. First was the shocking visa scandal that has resulted in the deportation of...

Four Ghanaian charities to organise “United for Charity 2018 Fun Walk” to save lives

0
As part of their drive to save lives, four charities in Ghana have held a joint press conference to outline their plans for their charity walk dubbed “United for Charity Fun Walk 2018,” aimed at raising funds for their...

Norman breaks World Indoor 400m record with 44.52sec clocking

0
World U20 200m champion Michael Norman clocked a world indoor record* of 44.52 to win the 400m at the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas, which concluded on Saturday (10). On a day of unparalleled indoor 400m running, the...

St Augustine’s & Wesley Girls win 28th Central Regional Athletics Super Zonal

0
St. Augustine's College and Wesley Girls High School successfully defended their titles as they were crowned boy’s and girl’s champions of the 28th Central Regional Super Zonal athletics championship held at Cape Coast sports stadium from 1st and 2nd...

Two Ghanaian Athletes to compete at 2018 IAAF World Indoors

0
Two Ghanaian athletes will compete at the 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, UK from 1st to 4th March. Sprinters Flings Owusu-Agyapong (60m) and Sean Safo-Antwi (60m) booked their tickets last year for the World indoor show piece championships. Flings,...

Circuit Review: Duncan clocks fastest 400m electronic time ever by a local athlete in...

0
In what arguably turned out to be the most competitive race at the second leg of the Ghana Athletics Association Circuit Championships held at the Cape Coast stadium on Saturday, 24th February, five athletes dipped below 47s for the...

Athletics revival continues: Agnes Abu obliterates 14-year-old 800m indoor national record with 2:02.30s clocking!!

0
Middle distance specialist Agnes Abu has obliterated the 14-year-old 800m indoor national record by more than 2 seconds clocking 2 minutes 2.30 seconds. Abu, a student of the Middle Tennessee State University in the USA, bested Akosua Serwaa’s 2...

Martin Owusu-Antwi breaks 200m indoor national record with 20.79s (NR)!!

0
Martin Owusu-Antwi eclipsed the 200m indoor national record by clocking 20.79s (NR) in Boston, USA on Sunday, 25 February. Owusu-Antwi, a student of Coppin State University Baltimore, Maryland, erased his teammate Joseph Paul Amoah’s national record of 20.80s which was...