Former junior world 800m champion Bett dies aged 26
Former world under-20 athletics champion Kipyegon Bett has died aged 26 in Bomet, Kenya, following a short illness.
The 800m specialist won his junior world title in 2016 and then took bronze at the senior World Championships in London the...
Botswana workers get early weekend from gov’t after Tebogo’s 200m win
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has given all workers Friday afternoon off following the stunning win by athlete Letsile Tebogo in the 200m final in the Olympics.
Tebogo stormed to a win on Thursday night at the Stade de France, becoming...
Noah Lyles ends 2024 Olympics campaign after 200m Bronze
2024 Olympics 100m champion Noah Lyles has announced the end of his campaign at the multi-sport event in Paris following the 200m final on Thursday night.
Lyles was in action but had to settle for Bronze as Botswana's Letsile Tebogo...
Ghana’s 4x100m men’s relay team fails to shine at Paris
It was a disappointing outing for Ghana's 4x100m men's relay team at the Stade de France after the team failed to make the finals.
To worsen the outcome, officials marked the team 'Disqualified' after an infringement was spotted with the...
‘It was the happiest moment of my life’ – Thomas after storming to 200m...
American Gabrielle Lisa Thomas stormed to gold in 200m at the ongoing Olympics in Paris, going according to the pre-final script.
She finished in 21.83s ahead of St Lucian Julien Alfred, who had stunned all to win the 100m a...
“I hope you guys like Noah because I’ve got a lot more coming” Noah...
American sprinter Noah Lyles is promising more things to come after producing a championship comeback to win the 100m final at the Olympics.
Lyles produced an amazing last 50m sprint to win the Olympic 100m title by five-thousandths of a...
Ofili blasts Nigerian Olympic Committee and AFN for Olympic omission
Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has expressed her disdain after officials of her country failed to register her for the women’s 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Ofili qualified for her maiden appearance at the Games, specifically in the 100m...
Scandal rocks para sports in Ghana
The paralympic fraternity in Ghana has been hit by a scandal that has seen the National Paralympic Committee President, Samson Deen, deny all the reports.
It started with a security brief sent from the Ministry of National Security to the...
Azamati & Rasheed qualify for 100m at Olympics
Ghanaian sprinters Benjamin Kwaku Azamati and Rasheed Saminu will compete in the individual sprint events at the 2024 Olympic Games following qualification by ranking.
Azamati's world ranking of 39th and Saminu's 54th qualified them to represent Ghana in the 100m...
South Africa hails athletes after African triumph
South Africa has welcomed home its athletics team from the recent CAA African Seniors Championships in Cameroon where they won the overall championship.
Team SA won 19 medals overall in the men's and women's divisions made up of nine gold,...
