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THIS Sunday's MTN marathon is as good a test of human endurance as many Ugandan's will ever face. Forget positions, finishing is all that will matter for most participants and many have put in the hard work for that bare minimum.
LEADING Ugandan runners Isaac Kiprop and Adero Nyakisi are favourites to win the half-marathon race at the MTN Kampala International Marathon on Sunday.
FORMER national champion Ronald Ssebuguzi posted the quickest time over two runs to emerge the inaugural winner of the Festino Marshals sprint in Mukono on Sunday.
The 27th edition of the annual Federation of Public Service Games (FEPSGA) earlier slated for the end of this month in Kebbi, Kebbi State has been cancelled for logistic reasons. The games will now hold in Lagos next month.
FORMER national champion Ronald Ssebuguzi reckons he can match Riyaz Kurji's pace in the Festino Marshals Sprint in Mukono today.
The changes at the top hierarchy of the National Sports Commission (NSC) that saw the exit of Dr Amos Adamu as Director-General, may have upset calculations as to who becomes the next president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).
Last month, yours truly was in Nairobi for the 8th Africa Scrabble Championship which Nigeria like in previous years won in style at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani.
ONE of the best things with sport is that it ends twice, each spectacularly in its own right, giving athletes and fans, first the grand finale and then the climax.
Athletic Federation of Nigeria president, Violet Odogwu-Nwajei was on live to Sports Radio 88.9 Brila FM's early morning interactive call-in programme, Back Pass on Wednesday, during which she apologized to the 'fans assemb-ly' for her ambiguous statement about the country's performan-ce at the Olympic Games.
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has inspected facilities at the Utanga Safari Lodge to ascertain the extent of its readiness for the fourth Obudu International Mountain Race two weeks before its commencement.
All the speculation over the last couple of weeks as to whether former world acclaimed sprinter Frank Fredericks will be vying for the presidency of Athletics Namibia, has finally been confirmed.
As the race for the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) top job hots up, Sunday Bada, technical/performance director of the track & field body who is been tipped to step up says he is not interested in leading the country's athletes for now.
CHANCES for local athletes to make an impression at this month's MTN Kampala International marathon have improved after fresh reports that last year's champions; Isaiah Kosgei (men) and Priscah Jameli (women) will not defend their titles.
ISAIAH Kosgei and Priscah Jameli of Kenya will not defend their men and women's titles in the MTN Kampala International marathon.
Atheletics Tanzania (AT) is preparing a cross-country race to be held in February next year in Dar es Salaam.
African long distance runners are poised to continue where they left off last year come the 29th of this month when the fourth edition of the 11.25 Kilometres Obudu international mountain race is flagged off at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State.
African long distance runners are poised to continue where they left off last year come the 29th of this month when the fourth edition of the 11.25 Kilometres Obudu International Mountain Race is flagged off at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State.
Olympian Dieudonne Disi failed to defend his Delhi Half Marathon title after finishing sixth in a race that was dominated by Ethiopians and Kenyans.
Former sports people honoured Sunday in Luanda expressed satisfaction at the move sponsored by Angolan private firm, Marimba Trading.
RWANDA'S Dieudonne Disi is in for a tough battle this afternoon as he attempts to defend his Airtel Delhi half marathon in India.
Joatham Owili, the Nakuru RFC coach will certainly have a special place in the history of the club when it is written.
Levis Nyariki of Nakuru won the 10km Safaricom Kebirigo Road Race on Friday. Nyariki, back from a two-year leg injury, won the race in 29 minutes, 19.51 seconds to beat a field of 520 athletes.
Top local athletes will on Friday battle it out for top honours in the Kebirigo 10km road race. The Safricom-sponsored race will climax the Safaricom Gusii Golden Road Race series. It comes after the Kisii and Gucha road races.
Kenya Commercial Bank has reduced its sponsorship for this year's national cross country championship series by close to Sh1 million.
After a disappointing season, Uganda's senior athletes are looking to the IAAF World Cross-country Championships due next March in Jordan to revive their careers. The cross-country event marks the beginning of the international season which will climax with the World Championships in Berlin, Germany in August.
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