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Botswana to host 2026 World Athletics Relays

Botswana to host 2026 World Athletics Relays

Botswana will host the 2026 World Athletics Relays, scheduled to take place in the capital city of Gaborone on 2-3 May 2026, the World Athletics announced. Botswana becomes the first African country to host the prestigious event, and it marks the first time the Southern African country will host a senior world event in any sport. The announcement was made on Tuesday at the 237th World...

Afrosport Male Athlete of the Year: Tebogo, Lookman set the globe buzzing in 2024

Afrosport Male Athlete of the Year: Tebogo, Lookman set the globe buzzing in 2024

With the 2024 coming to a close after unprecedented levels of sporting action and excellence, Afrosport nominates its Male Athlete of the Year from the Nigerian, African and global category. Nigerian: Ademola Lookman The 2023-24 season was written in the stars for Lookman after he helped Atalanta win their first European title by scoring a first half hat-trick against a Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League...

Afrosport Top 10 sporting moments of 2024: Celtics, Man City & Verstappen reign supreme

Afrosport Top 10 sporting moments of 2024: Celtics, Man City & Verstappen reign supreme

The 2024 sport calendar year offered so many unbelievable moments that made it a truly remarkable and memorable one. It would be almost impossible to list everything as it might not be exhausted so Afrosport ranks the top 10 sporting moments of the year. 1.) Tebogo wins Africa's Olympic spring gold Letsile Tebogo was no doubt a fast sprinter but coming up again Noah Lyles at the...

Afrosport 2024 Athletics review: Tebogo, Hassan, Alfred rule the track

Afrosport 2024 Athletics review: Tebogo, Hassan, Alfred rule the track

The 2024 calendar year was an eventful one for Athletics particularly as it had the biggest event in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The global sporting event is incomplete without setting remarkable feats and records and Afrosport takes a lot some of the most noteworthy individuals and the moments that set them apart. Moments of the year Tebogo claims historic 200 metres Olympic gold Letsile Tebogo was...

Botswana’s Tebogo, Hassan named World Athletics ‘Athletes of the Year’

Botswana’s Tebogo, Hassan named World Athletics ‘Athletes of the Year’

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Hassan, who also won the out-of-stadium award, was rewarded for her incredible performance in the French capital which stretched beyond the marathon and on to the track. Sifan Hassan 🇳🇱 is your World Athletics...