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Athletics

The postponements and changes which will take place to scheduled sport due to Queen Elizabeth II’s death

September 12, 2022  

While football paused over the weekend as a mark of respect following the death of The Queen, other sporting events continued and paid their own tributes; EFL programme is set to recommence on Tuesday... Read More

Ferdinand Omanyala the new Commonwealth Games 100m champion

August 4, 2022  

Omanyala, who set an African record of 9.77 seconds last year, served a 14 month doping ban four years ago. He failed to make the final at last month’s World Championships after arriving in the ... Read More

Noah Lyles storms to 200m world title in new US record

July 22, 2022  

Noah Lyles retained his world 200m title in emphatic fashion, beating Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton in another American clean sweep and breaking Michael Johnson’s 26-year-old national reco... Read More

Britain’s Jake Wightman wins 1500m gold

July 20, 2022  

Britain’s Jake Wightman produced a stunning run to take 1500m gold at the World Championships in Oregon. The 28-year-old produced a brilliant final burst to pass Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigt... Read More

Favorites Chepng’etich, Tsegay clash in 1500m final

July 18, 2022  

Double Olympic champion Kenya’s Faith Chepng’etich takes on World Indoor champion Gudaf Tsegay from Ethiopia in the women’s 1,500m final on Tuesday 5.50pm (EAT) at the World Athletics Championships in... Read More

Ann Fraser-Pryce wins women’s 100m title

July 18, 2022  

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won a record fifth women’s 100m world title in a Jamaican clean sweep of the medals as Dina Asher-Smith finished fourth. At 35, Fraser-Pryce ran a championship record of ... Read More

Africa’s fastest man Omanyala in doubt for world due to visa issue

July 14, 2022  

Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala is doubtful to compete at this week’s World Championships in the United States because the Kenyan sprinter is facing visa issues, his spokesperson s... Read More

Sha’Carri Richardson fails to advance for World Championships

June 24, 2022  

Sha’Carri Richardson failed to advance past the first round in the women’s 100m at the US track and field championships in Oregon. In what is the American team’s trials for the World... Read More

Devon Allen runs third-best 110m hurdles time ever

June 13, 2022  

American Devon Allen produced the third quickest 110m hurdles time in history at the New York Grand Prix on Sunday. Allen won in 12.84 seconds, a time bettered only by Aries Merritt (12.80) and world ... Read More

Dina Asher-Smith third as Shericka Jackson wins Diamond League 200m in Rome

June 9, 2022  

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith finished third in the 200m at the Rome Diamond League as Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won ahead of Elaine Thompson-Herah. Jackson won in a season’s-best 21.9... Read More

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