Sydney 2000 Olympic Games gold medalist (by default), Enefiok Udo-Obong has charged the Athletic Federation of Nigeria has been advised to adopt the American system to attain the country's former height in track and field.

UGANDA's athletes will compete in Brussels with the objective of securing invites to the IAAF World Athletics final next weekend in Stuttgart, Germany.

The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon route has been changed again. It's the third time that the course for the marathon has been altered.

The curtains are drawing on the international track and field season and Abraham Chepkirwok is still soldiering on despite the Olympic Games disappointment.

ABRAHAM Chepkirwok's third place finish in the Lausanne, Switzerland Athletissima Super Grand Prix saw him cement his position at the top of the World Athletics Tour (WAT) 800m ranking.

Top international athletes are expected to compete at the sixth edition of the Safaricom Gusii Golden Series starting with Thursday's Mpesa Kisii 10-kilometre Road Race.

After failing to make it to the just concluded Olympic Games, marathoner Joseph Nsubuga is targeting to qualify for next year's World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.

Participants for this year's Ndakaini Half Marathon have upped their preparation ahead of this year's event set for September 13.

In less than a month, Athletics Kenya (AK) will have new officials right from the district to the national level.

As part of activities to mark the end of the athletics season in the Centre province, the 'Amicale de Couruers de fond du Centre', ACFC, organised some sporting competitions on the banks of the municipal lake in Yaounde last Sunday, August 30.

Our all conquering heroes from Beijing deserve the accolades they have received since their return to the country. Emerging third overall in the world in athletics is no mean feat.

While the Zimbabwe delegation was returning from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where sprinter Brian Dzingai , long jumper Ngoni Makusha and marathon runner Mike Fokorani performed remarkably well despite failure to win any medals, local experts are scouting for the next generation of athletics stars.

Olympic 800m champion Pamela Jelimo powered her way to her fifth victory in the IAAF Golden League series in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday to remain in contention for the lucrative Sh68 million ($1 million) golden jackpot.

The Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) is holding its annual national championships this weekend without the sponsor, Debswana.

Wilfred Bungei, the 800 metres Olympic champion, leads by example. As he stepped out of the Emirates Airline flight which landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday night, Bungei was mobbed by top Government officials and fans.

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka arrived in Mombasa on Thursday barely 12 hours after receiving the victorious Olympic athletics team which returned from Beijing on Wednesday night.

Barely two weeks after winning her first major global race at the Beijing Olympics, Pamela Jelimo will be out again to prove her prowess in the 800m in the penultimate race towards the Sh67 million jackpot at the Zurich Golden League on Friday night.Also on parade will be Usain Bolt, the Jamaican who dominated the sprints on the super-fast track of the Bird's Nest Stadium in Bejing, winning three ...

The triumphant national team to the Beijing Olympic Games received a fitting reception at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday.

On September 28, about 1,000 runners will hit the streets of Accra for the second annual Accra International Marathon (AIM).

The last batch of Kenya's athletes who did duty for the country at the Beijing Olympics arrived home Wednesday night to a raptous welcome.

A little the worse for wear after the monotony of the Peking Duck and the otherwise delicious Chinese cuisine, Kenya's Olympics heroes and heroines got closer home on Monday night when the country's ambassador to China, Ruth Solitei, treated them to a more familiar ugali, nyama choma and sukuma wiki menu at a farewell-cum-congratulatory party at her Beijing residence.

Not too many expected that Uganda's team to the Olympic Games in Beijing would return with a gold medal. But quite a few expected a surprise; an inspired dash - or punch - by one of our athletes or boxers that wins gold.

Long-jumper Khotso Mokoena, who clinched South Africa's only silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is half-a-million Rand richer today.

As the curtains came down on the Beijing Olympics, the Government sent congratulatory messages to the Kenya squad after putting up their best ever performance at the games.

A total of Sh22.5 million will be paid out to the triumphant national Olympic team that returns from Beijing Wednesday.