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All of Berlin in motion: The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON is just around the corner
The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON is about to start and already has a highlight in store on Friday night. At Meet the Legends (6:15 p.m. near...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 22, 20234 min read


BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Outstanding Event with Elite and Mass Sport in Unison
High Economic Impact Fastest Women’s Field in its History Course Records as Targets Inlineskating on Saturday Afternoon Inclusivity...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 21, 20234 min read


A Battle Royale Expected for World Champion Titles in Riga
Five world record-holders in the six championship events are among the entries for the inaugural World Athletics Road Running...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 21, 20233 min read


Focus shifts from track as road racing season heats up
As the international outdoor track and field season draws to a close, we now look forward to the feast of top-class road racing that will...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 21, 20232 min read


Duplantis breaks world pole vault record with 6.23m in Eugene
Back in the stadium where he broke the world record to win his first senior world title in 2022, Mondo Duplantis added another centimetre...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 18, 20231 min read


Saina and El Goumri win Sydney Marathon titles
USA’s Betsy Saina held off a late challenge from Ethiopia’s Rahma Tusa to take the women’s title, while Othmane El Goumri claimed the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 17, 20233 min read


Ingebrigtsen and Yavi shine as records fall on day one of Diamond League Final
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Winfred Yavi, Rai Benjamin and Yulimar Rojas were among the athletes to produce fireworks at Hayward Field on...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 17, 20234 min read


Ayana and Ebenyo headline Delhi Half Marathon fields
Ethiopia’s 2016 Olympic 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana and Kenya’s world 10,000m silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo lead the preliminary elite...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 15, 20232 min read


World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024 to move from Croatia to new European host city
World Athletics regrets to announce that the World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024 will no longer be held in Medulin and Pula...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 15, 20231 min read


Final entry lists published for World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23
Five world record-holders in the six championship events are among the entries for the inaugural World Athletics Road Running...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 13, 20233 min read


Hull and McSweyn named on Australian team for WRRC Riga 23
Oceanian record-holders Jess Hull and Stewart McSweyn are part of a 14-strong Australian team named for the World Athletics Road Running...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 11, 20231 min read


Ngetich breaks women-only world 10km record in Brasov
Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich broke the women-only world 10km record* at the Trunsylvania 10km, clocking 29:24 at the World Athletics Elite Label...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 11, 20231 min read


Ingebrigtsen sets world 2000m record in Brussels
Brussels’ re-vamped King Baudouin Stadium, with its super-fast new track, was able to celebrate a world record on Friday (8) in the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 9, 20232 min read


Road mile performances from Hiltz and Prakel submitted for world record ratification
The winning times from this year’s US Road Mile Championships – 4:27.97 for Nikki Hiltz and 4:01.21 for Sam Prakel – have been submitted...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 9, 20231 min read


WCH Budapest 23’s Sport Director appointed Director of Competition and Events for World Athletics
Marton Gyulai, the Executive Director of Sport for the widely acclaimed World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, has been appointed...

Sifiso Ngobese
Sep 4, 20232 min read


Most engaging World Athletics Championships in history finishes on a high in Budapest
The World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 concluded on Sunday (27) after nine days of thrilling action in which superstars of the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 29, 20235 min read


Chopra back on top with historic gold for India in men's javelin
Each time Neeraj Chopra gets on the runway of a global championship, he takes down a slice of history. And it was no different in the...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 29, 20234 min read


USA sets championship record to win women's 4x100m in Budapest
In the end, the women's 4x100m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 came down to a battle between the newly-crowned world...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Kiplangat's marathon victory completes golden 2023 treble for Uganda
In the end, as he approached the finishing curve in the sunbathed Heroes’ Square, Victor Kiplangat could afford to snatch his national...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 27, 20234 min read


Duplantis delivers gold again and – almost – another world record
Duplantis delivered another peerless exhibition of cool pole vaulting to retain the world title he won last year, but unlike that...

Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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