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Janet Amponsah clinches 200m and 400m victories in indoor opener

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Janet Amponsah led the honours winning the women's 200m and 400m as four Ghanaian athletes got their indoor season underway at the Vanderbilt Opener on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. Amponsah clinched first place in the 200-meter dash...

Barshim and Thiam named 2017 Athletes of the Year

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Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Friday (24). Barshim, 26, was...

Nigeria rubbishes Starr FM and George Lutterodt’s claims on contacting Martha Bissah to change...

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The Nigeria Athletics Association has rubbished claims by former Ghana Athletics Association chairman George Lutterodt and Starr FM that it has contacted the embattled Ghana youth Olympic Games 800m gold medalist Martha Bissah to switch nationality to Nigeria. In an...

Liquid Sports Ghana appreciates Ethiopian Airlines for 2017 IAAF World Championships partnership

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Liquid Sports Ghana appreciates Ethiopian Airlines for its partnership in ensuing coverage of the recent IAAF World Championships London 2017 from 3-14 August. Your invaluable sponsorship ensued Liquid Sports Ghana was able to cover its second straight World Championships, after...

Wayde van Niekerk makes IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2017 top three shortlist

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With just 18 days to go until the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, the IAAF can reveal the names of the finalists for the 2017 IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards. The finalists are (in alphabetical order): Men - Mutaz Essa Barshim...

Jepkosgei obliterates world 10km record

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Joyciline Jepkosgei broke the world 10km record* at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday (9). The 23-year-old Kenyan clocked 29:43 to smash through the 30-minute barrier and break her own record of 30:04,...

Alex Amankwah: I could not sleep for two days after my race at London...

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Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. We caught up together with Ghanaian 800m record holder Alex Amankwah who spoke about his debut appearance at the IAAF World Championships at London 2017, combining work and his athletics career, and his future...

“The most competitive and compelling World Championships of all time”

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Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. Speaking ahead of the final evening session on Sunday (13), IAAF President Sebastian Coe described the IAAF World Championships London 2017 as the most competitive and compelling World Championships of all time. “I can’t remember a time...

Liquid special: Nadia Eke on London 2017, athletics career and work

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Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. Liquid Sports Ghana caught up with Ghana national triple jump record holder Nadia Eke after her participation in the IAAF World Championships London 2017. Nadia jumped 13.56m at the qualification stage of the event at...

Usain Bolt to go on a lap of honour on final day of the...

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Sprints legend Usain Bolt will go on a lap of honour at the London Olympic stadium in what is expected to be his farewell to the sport after announcing plans to retire at the end of the season. Bolt and...