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AFN National Trials: Amusan, Itsekiri & Enekwechi emerge champions in Benin

100m hurdles world recorder holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been cleared of any anti-doping rule violations by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over a whereabout rule violation filed by the athletics governing body, World Athletics, via its Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The 27-year-old was initially charged by World Athletics in July 2023 for an alleged anti-doping violation under...

Okpekpe Road Race: ₦100m on the line for winners

by Afrosport

May 22, 2024

Organisers of the annual Okpekpe 10km road race have earmarked over 100 million naira for winners of this year’s edition that will take place on Saturday, May 25. In a press briefing released on Wednesday, organisers assured of a world class race to further boost Okpekpe’s ranking as the only gold label 10km Road race in West Africa. The top five finishers in each gender category...

Okpekpe Road Race: Countdown begins for 10th edition of gold label event

by Afrosport

April 25, 2024

Organisers of the annual Okpekpe International 10km road race have started a 30-day countdown to the start of the World Athletics' gold label road race on May 25. They disclosed that programmes have been to mark the 10th edition of the Okpekpe race which is still the first road race to be internationally recognised in West Africa. Media Director for the race, Dare Esan assured that...

WADA closes Africa’s only doping laboratory for the second time

by Afrosport

March 6, 2024

The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Africa’s only accredited doping laboratory that is located in South Africa for six months. The anti-doping regulatory body found the laboratory in Bloemfontein guilty of non-conformities with international standard and non-conformities with technical documents and the continued Analytical Testing Restriction (ATR), among other issues. Back in September 2023, WADA restricted the South African laboratory from any analytical testing which is...

President of the International Athletics Federation Sebastian Coe (2nd R) looks on while attending the funeral proceedings of the late marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum in Chepkorio on February 23, 2024.

Pictures: Tears & tributes flow as Kenya bid farewell to world record holder Kiptum

by Afrosport

February 24, 2024

Kenya government, World Athletics excectives, athletes, friends and family paid their final respect to late marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum in Kenya on Friday. Kiptum who died alongside his Rwandan coach, Gervais Hakizimana in a car accident on February 11, was buried in his hometown, Chepkorio in Western Kenya. Dignitaries who attended Friday’s funeral include Kenya President, William Ruto and World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe...

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Pictures: Tears & tributes flow as Kenya bid farewell to world record holder Kiptum

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