Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’: UNHCR chief

27 august 2024 - 04:48:28
Paris, France (PANA) - With Paris 2024 Paralympic Games opening on Wednesday, 28 August, this year’s Refugee Paralympic Team is gearing [...] Full text...

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Members of fake Ghana paralympic team disappear in Oslo

21 july 2024 - 10:49:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nine members of a fake paralympic team from Ghana are on the run after they arrived [...] Full text...

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Refugee Paralympic Team heading to Paris

10 july 2024 - 06:40:24
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - Eight athletes and one guide runner are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games [...] Full text...

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Nigeria relay quartets secure Olympics tickets in Bahamas

05 may 2024 - 08:24:22
Nassau, Bahamas (PANA) - Nigeria’s mixed relay and men’s 4x400m quartets have clinched automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympics and [...] Full text...

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South African rugby legend honoured by TIME magazine

19 april 2024 - 12:41:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s two-time Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has been named in [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Olympic champion Kipchoge to attempt third-back-to-back victory in Paris

04 april 2024 - 18:45:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two-time Olympic Marathon Champion Eliud Kipchoge and former world marathon holder Brigid Kosgei have been named [...] Full text...

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South Africa's rugby hero nominated for global award

29 february 2024 - 10:19:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s rugby hero Siya Kolisi has been nominated for the Laureus World Comeback [...] Full text...

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Athletics: Double gold medalist earns 46 million Kenyan Shillings in three months

30 august 2023 - 10:47:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan long distance runner, Faith Kipyegon, earned a whopping Ksh46 millions in just three months, accruing [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: South African Wayde van Niekerk disappoints

25 august 2023 - 09:20:39
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk, eyeing a third global title in the men’s 400m final, disappointed [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: Nigeria's Tobi Amusan loses women's 100m hurdles title defence

25 august 2023 - 09:12:23
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Tobi Amusan, Nigeria's greatest gold medal hope, on Thursday lost in the final of the 100m [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: South African Wayde van Niekerk eyes third global title

24 august 2023 - 07:32:02
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk will have a shot at a third global title when he [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: World champion Tobi Amusan eases into 100m hurdles women's final

24 august 2023 - 07:28:07
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Tobi Amusan on Wednesday qualified for 100m women's hurdles final at World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The [...] Full text...

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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games begins Friday in Madagascar

23 august 2023 - 08:03:28
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The 11th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) is scheduled from Friday, 25 August to 3 September [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: Medals table after Day 4

23 august 2023 - 07:00:44
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Here is the latest medals table at the end of Day 4 at the ongoing 2023 [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: Athletes to grab US$8.5 million

23 august 2023 - 06:51:45
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced mouth-watering prizes for athletes at the ongoing [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: More African countries get on the medals table

23 august 2023 - 06:49:05
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco on Tuesday, Day 4 of 2023 World Athletics championships, retained the [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: Burkinabe wins gold medal in men's Triple Jump final

22 august 2023 - 12:29:36
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso lept a distance of 17.64 metres to win the men's [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: Medals table at the end Day 2 on Sunday

21 august 2023 - 17:34:19
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Here are the medals table at the end events at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: African runners sweep 10,000m medals in Hungary

21 august 2023 - 12:17:32
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - African runners on Sunday won all the medals at stake in the 10,000-metre men's event at [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: Ethiopian women sweep 10,000-metre medals in Budapest

20 august 2023 - 07:22:12
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - Ethiopian athletes won gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's 10,000 metres event at the [...] Full text...

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2023 WAC: 2023 World Athletics Championships begin in Hungary

19 august 2023 - 10:04:20
Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - The 19th edition of the World Athletics Championships begin on Saturday at the  National Athletics Centre, [...] Full text...

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Madagascar to organise 11th Indian Ocean Island Games from 25 August to 03 September 2023

29 july 2023 - 07:41:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will be represented by some 675 athletes and officials at the 11th edition of the [...] Full text...

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European Court of Human Rights upholds South African athlete Semenya's case on female testosterone levels

11 july 2023 - 11:29:59
Strasbourg, France (PANA) - The European Court of Human Rights has by 4-3 majority decision ruled that the rights of South [...] Full text...

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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games: Number of games reduced from 23 to 17

19 may 2023 - 17:23:52
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The International committee on the 11th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) scheduled from 25 August to 3 [...] Full text...

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South African running legend dead at 65

05 october 2022 - 08:49:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Samuel Tshabalala, who made history in 1989 by becoming the first black Comrades Marathon [...] Full text...

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Convicted South African former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius demands parole hearing

01 september 2022 - 12:25:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius has approached the courts in an attempt to force prison [...] Full text...

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Commonwealth Games: Gambian female sprinters, beach volleyball team through to semi-finals

05 august 2022 - 09:43:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian female track stars Gina Bass and Newbie Wurrie Njadoe, together with the beach volleyball team, [...] Full text...

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Commonwealth Games: 5 Gambian athletes stranded in Paris amidst UK visa delay

01 august 2022 - 15:58:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian athletes Gina Bass, Ebrima Camara, Adama Jammeh, Sangham Jobe, and Alieu Joof are all facing [...] Full text...

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Dakar International Athletics Meeting is back on track after 7 years

25 june 2022 - 09:09:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar International Track and Field Meeting is back after disappearing from the calendar of major [...] Full text...

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Kenya to bid for World Athletics Championships 2025

07 may 2022 - 20:58:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed optimism that Kenya will win the bid to host the 2025 [...] Full text...

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18-year-old Motswana, Tebogo, breaks U-20 world record in 100 metres

01 may 2022 - 10:37:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Botswana's Leslie Tebogo is the new Under-20 100-metre world record holder with a time of 9.96 [...] Full text...

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Twenty-three sports disciplines approved for 2023 Indian Ocean Islands games in Madagascar

29 january 2022 - 07:07:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Council of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) has approved 23 sports disciplines for the [...] Full text...

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Senegalese top sports figure, Lamine Diack, dies at 88

03 december 2021 - 15:57:28
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall, paying tribute to the former president of the International Association of Athletics [...] Full text...

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Kenya set to host successful 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships

02 august 2021 - 10:39:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is set to host the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships from 17-22 August at Moi [...] Full text...

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Tokyo Olympics: Kenyan trio eye women 3000m steeplechase sweep

26 july 2021 - 14:00:16
Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech, Hyvin Kiyeng and Purity Kirui are eyeing to clinch their country's maiden gold [...] Full text...

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Tergat lands Tokyo Olympics Disciplinary Commission seat, gets another 8-year IOC membership

24 july 2021 - 13:30:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Olympics Kenya President, Paul Tergat, has been re-elected as a Member of the International Olympic Committee [...] Full text...

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Spotlight on Cotonou ahead of CAF Confed. Cup final on Saturday

08 july 2021 - 18:38:39
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Through its history, architecture and atmosphere, Stade de l’Amitie has over the years become an essential [...] Full text...

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Tokyo Olympic Games: Some 1,900 athletes to compete

02 july 2021 - 11:07:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Some 1,900 athletes from more than 190 countries will compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games when [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Jepchirchir's women-only world half marathon record ratified

02 july 2021 - 10:50:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has ratified Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir’s women-only world half marathon record. Jepchirchir set the 1:05:16 world [...] Full text...

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World Athletics commits $1 million prize money at World Championships

21 june 2021 - 10:30:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has committed an extra US$1 million prize money for athletes at World Athletics Championships, [...] Full text...

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Kenya detains marathoner for falsifying athletics doping scandal

26 april 2021 - 21:31:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan marathoner, Elias Kiptum, has been arrested and charged to court with forgery and conspiracy [...] Full text...

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7 African countries to participate in World Relay Championships

26 april 2021 - 16:46:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Seven African countries will take part in the 5th World Relay Championships which will take place [...] Full text...

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AS Police wins28th edition of San athletics meet in Mali

06 april 2021 - 16:00:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - AS Police won the 28th edition of the San Athletics Meet in central Mal, with 9 [...] Full text...

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More than 700 athletes expected at San Meet in Mali

02 april 2021 - 18:21:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 700 athletes, including Burkinabé international, Mariam Bancé, are expected this year in San, 400 [...] Full text...

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Stadiums will be open to the public from 19 March in Senegal

13 march 2021 - 10:19:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The stadiums will be open to the public again from midnight 19 March in Senegal, the [...] Full text...

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South African Archbishop Tutu addresses athlete's racing ban

11 march 2021 - 13:35:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu has thrown his support for world champion athlete Caster Semenya who [...] Full text...

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Africa Cross Country Championships postponed

26 february 2021 - 15:27:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Africa Cross Country Championships set for 6-7 March in Lome, Togo, has been postponed. Athletics Kenya [...] Full text...

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2020 Tokyo Olympics: Kenya names star-studded marathon team

26 february 2021 - 15:10:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya has named the East African country's team of four men and four women to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Semenya to appeal testosterone ruling

26 february 2021 - 13:30:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya has confirmed that she will appeal to the [...] Full text...

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Kenya Olympic team managers trained on Tokyo 2020 health, safety protocols

23 february 2021 - 15:08:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -  Seven Kenyan managers of teams that qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have completed training on [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Chepkoech breaks 5km world record in Monaco

14 february 2021 - 18:22:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's 29-year-old Beatrice Chepkoech broke the world 5km record at the Monaco Run on Sunday  clocking [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Tsegay breaks world indoor 1500m record

10 february 2021 - 09:11:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian female middle distance runner Gudaf Tsegay on Monday in Lievin, France, posted 3:53.09 to set [...] Full text...

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Kenya gears up for Africa cross country event in Lome

10 february 2021 - 06:41:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's team to the Africa Cross Country Championships will be picked on Saturday at the National [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole in 2023

06 february 2021 - 15:28:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has announced that it will reduce convicted killer [...] Full text...

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Hailu's U-20 1500m Indoor World Record ratified

06 february 2021 - 15:11:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Saturday ratified Lemlem Hailu’s world Under-20 indoor 1500-metre record of 4:01.57, established last [...] Full text...

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Athletics: Burkina Faso's Zango breaks world record of indoor triple jump

17 january 2021 - 11:25:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Hugues-Fabrice Zango on Saturday became  the first man to surpass 18 metres in the [...] Full text...

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Swedish Duplantis, Venezuelan Rojas elected athletes of the year

06 december 2020 - 10:51:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - World pole vaulting record-holder Armand Duplantis of Sweden was Saturday named the men's athlete of the [...] Full text...

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Rabat to host 2021 Diamond League season opener

24 november 2020 - 11:18:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rabat will host the 2021 Wanda Diamond season-opening, Mohammed VI International Meeting, on 23 May, World [...] Full text...

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Uganda's Cheptegei makes the World Athletics top male athlete award final list

23 november 2020 - 18:01:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei is the only African to make the 2020 Male World Athlete of the [...] Full text...

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Kenya gears up for Mountain Running event

15 november 2020 - 16:34:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will host a one-day Athletics Kenya Mountain Running competition on 22 November. This is set for the [...] Full text...

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Obiri, Yeshaneh shortlisted for World Athletics top female athlete award

04 november 2020 - 08:42:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya's Hellen Obiri and Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh are among the 10 athletes shortlisted for Female [...] Full text...

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World Athletics ratifies Jepchirchir, Hassan world records

12 october 2020 - 23:49:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics Monday ratified Peres Jepchirchir’s and Sifan Hassan's recent world record-breaking feats. Jepchirchir and Hassan are [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's 2020 International Peace Marathon postponed to December

10 october 2020 - 16:27:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The 16th annual Kigali International Peace Marathon has been postponed for the second time from October [...] Full text...

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Athletics: Ugandan, Ethiopian set new world records in 10,000m and 5,000m respectively

08 october 2020 - 14:51:13
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei and Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey were the big stars of Wednesday's track and field [...] Full text...

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Kenya to upgrade more sports facilities to meet global standards, says President Kenyatta

26 september 2020 - 15:26:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta re-opened a refurbished national stadium in Nairobi Saturday with the Government’s pledge to [...] Full text...

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Doping: AIU sanctions Kenyan athlete Siele

24 september 2020 - 14:09:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s long-distance athlete Patrick Siele has been slapped with a ban of three years and six [...] Full text...

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African Athletics Confederation postpones its major competitions to 2021

22 september 2020 - 14:32:56
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Athletic Confederation (AAC) has postponed its 2000 sports calendar, following the COVID-19 pandemic, to [...] Full text...

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Outdoor sports activities resume in Rwanda

21 september 2020 - 07:34:08
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Some individual sports have been authorised to resume in Rwanda effective Sunday but in compliance with [...] Full text...

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Swedish Duplantis breaks 26-year-old pole-vault record of Russia's Sergei Bubka

18 september 2020 - 17:49:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sweden's Armand Duplantis on Thursday broke the 26-year-old pole vault record of Russia's Sergei Bubka (6.14m) [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events

18 september 2020 - 13:17:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of [...] Full text...

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Lamine Diack jailed four years for corruption, doping

16 september 2020 - 22:00:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lamine Diack, former chairman of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), was sentenced Wednesday in Paris to [...] Full text...

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Athletics Kenya, World Athletics partner to enhance road runners' dope testing

04 september 2020 - 17:36:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya (AK) is working with World Athletics in increasing testing of Kenyan road runners following [...] Full text...

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Standard Chartered Marathon cancelled due to pandemic outbreak

31 august 2020 - 14:14:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Organizers of the Standard Chartered Marathon, launched 17 year ago, said they have called off the [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian forward Ngafei set to join Kenyan premier league side Gor Mahia

29 august 2020 - 10:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia are set to sign Cameroonian international Bertrand Ngafei and [...] Full text...

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Kenya hints at gradual resumption of sporting activities

24 august 2020 - 22:20:18
Nairobi,Kenya (PANA)  -  Kenya's sports ministry Monday unveiled guidelines  for protocols to be used in resuming sporting activities. Sports were among [...] Full text...

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World Athletics ratifies world records of Yeshaneh, Duplantis

21 august 2020 - 12:27:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Friday ratified the women's half marathon world record set by Ababel Yeshaneh on 21 [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe athlete Fabrice Zango records best performance in triple jump this summer

20 august 2020 - 11:02:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe athlete Hugues Fabrice Zango on Wednesday recorded the best performance of the summer in triple [...] Full text...

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Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei breaks 5,000m world record

15 august 2020 - 06:07:36
Monaco (PANA) - Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei on Friday night broke the 5,000m world record with a great run at the [...] Full text...

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Kipkeino Classic Continental Tour meet postponed

14 august 2020 - 17:33:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - KipKeino Classic Continental Tour, earlier scheduled for September 26, 2020, in Nairobi, has been pushed forward [...] Full text...

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South Sudan refugee, athlete, Olympian is newest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

05 august 2020 - 05:33:56
New York, US (PANA) - A track and field athlete from South Sudan who was forced to flee conflict as [...] Full text...

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World Athletics ratifies Cheptegei's 5km world record

29 june 2020 - 16:53:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Monday ratified the world 5km record set by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei on February [...] Full text...

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World Athletics appoints Bouillet Head of Global Development

23 june 2020 - 17:43:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has appointed Laurent Boquillet Head of Global Development. Among the many tasks set for him [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Over 190 athletes benefit from World Athletics grants

21 june 2020 - 14:09:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Sunday said that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will benefit from the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Athletics publishes Covid-19 prevention guidelines at track events

11 june 2020 - 16:38:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Thursday published a set of health and safety guidelines to assist competition organizers [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rwanda football Federation to distribute food to club members amid COVID-19 lockdown

05 june 2020 - 17:00:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Football Federation on Friday said it will start distributing basic food commodities to its member [...] Full text...

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World Athletics hands Kenyan distance runner four-year ban

30 may 2020 - 16:45:07
Nairobi Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has slapped a four-year ban on Kenyan long distance runner Mikel Mutai for taking [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Athletics rolls out welfare grant for financially handicapped athletes

15 may 2020 - 10:18:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Professional athletes experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic have started registering on Friday for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Swiss Gov't, IOC bail out cash-strapped global sports federations

14 may 2020 - 12:06:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International federations based in Switzerland will be able to access repayable loans part-covered by the International [...] Full text...

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Kipruto's 5km, 10km world records ratified

14 may 2020 - 11:45:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rhonex Kipruto’s world records over 5km (13:18) and 10km (26:24), as well as Sasha Zhoya’s world [...] Full text...

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Athletics: Nairobi to host Continental Tour in September

12 may 2020 - 17:03:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nairobi will host a one-day Continental Tour Gold event in September, World Athletics announced Tuesday as [...] Full text...

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African Athletics Championships in Algiers 2021 set one month before Tokyo Olympics.

11 may 2020 - 14:36:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 22nd African Athletics Championships, originally scheduled for next June in Algiers and postponed due to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Athletics launch fund to support athletes during pandemic

28 april 2020 - 13:18:48
Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics together with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) on Tuesday launched a $500,000 fund to support [...] Full text...

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World Athletics seeking screening panel members

24 april 2020 - 22:29:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  World Athletics is seeking candidates to become members of the World Athletics Screening Panel, official sources [...] Full text...

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World Athletics Championships rescheduled for 15-24 July, 2022

08 april 2020 - 17:05:42
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Athletics Championships, originally scheduled for 6-15 August, 2021, in Eugene, USA, have been postponed [...] Full text...

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Congo: Brazzaville International Athletics Meeting cancelled

08 april 2020 - 13:37:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Brazzaville International Athletics Meeting scheduled for May has been cancelled due to the health crisis [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya closes athletics training camps

18 march 2020 - 19:17:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya (AK) on Wednesday ordered the closure of all athletics camps in the country in [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: African cross-country championship in Togo postponed

18 march 2020 - 13:29:56
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The African cross-country championship, scheduled for April 6-8 in Togo, has been postponed due to the [...] Full text...

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World Athletics ratifies Kenyan Kosgei's marathon record

27 february 2020 - 13:11:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Thursday ratified  Kenyan athlete Brigid Kosgei's 2:14:04 world marathon record.   Kosgei, who celebrated her [...] Full text...

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Kenya's athletics chief secures World Athletics Global Calendar Unit membership

26 february 2020 - 12:57:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei has joined the World Athletics newly-formed calendar body-Global Calendar Unit. By and [...] Full text...

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Kenyan athletes secure 2021 World Indoor Championships wild card

25 february 2020 - 13:49:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Collins Kipruto and Getnet Wale of Ethiopia are among 11 athletes who got wild cards [...] Full text...

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Bor, Gitonga win inaugural Mount Kenya Running Championships

22 february 2020 - 16:20:53
Meru, Kenya (PANA) - Emmanuel Bor and Purity Gitonga on Saturday won the inaugural Mt. Kenya Mountain Running Championships. The event [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian athlete sets half marathon world record in Dubai

21 february 2020 - 13:36:29
Al Khaimah(PANA) - Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh on Friday smashed the world record to win the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, [...] Full text...

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Uganda's Cheptegei sets world 5km record in Monaco

17 february 2020 - 14:11:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 12 minutes 51 seconds Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei set in the 5km run at the Monaco [...] Full text...

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Mauritius honours best sportsmen for 2019

16 february 2020 - 14:35:29
Mapou, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sports Council honoured its best athletes for the year 2019 at a ceremony held [...] Full text...

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Air quality measuring to take off at World U20 Championships in Nairobi

15 february 2020 - 13:23:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Athletics U20 Championships Nairobi 2020 will be the first global track and field championships [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tennis legends break world record in Cape Town

08 february 2020 - 09:26:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in their match in Africa exhibition at the Cape [...] Full text...

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Tokyo Olympics: History-makers Kipchoge, Kosgei in Kenya marathon team

04 february 2020 - 14:56:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World record holders Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei have both been named in the  Kenyan line-up [...] Full text...

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Athletics Kenya eulogises sports loving departed ex-Kenyan president

04 february 2020 - 14:45:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya (AK) on Tuesday joined Kenyans in mourning the departed former President Daniel Arap Moi. Moi, [...] Full text...

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World Athletics ratifies Cheptegei world record, Cheserek equalling run

30 january 2020 - 12:58:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has ratified a new world record set by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei and an equalling [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus forces postponement of World Athletics global indoor championship

30 january 2020 - 12:27:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has postponed the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championship due the the outbreak of coronavirus [...] Full text...

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Fraser-Pryce, Ahoure to square up in Glasgow 60m dash

27 january 2020 - 14:26:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Top sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and Murielle Ahoure are to head-up the women's 60 metres field [...] Full text...

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Nairobi to host World 2020 Athletics Continental Tour meet

24 january 2020 - 12:59:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nairobi is one of the ten cities that will host 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold [...] Full text...

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CAA Celebrates Africa's Best Athletes 2019, April 7 in Lomé

23 january 2020 - 19:58:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) on Thursday released a list of the best athletes of [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta orders speedy renovation of sports stadium in Nairobi

23 january 2020 - 13:59:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The shortage of sports stadiums in Kenya has taken an interesting turn with President Uhuru Kenyatta [...] Full text...

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African cross-country championship postponed to April 6 in Lomé

22 january 2020 - 13:52:10
Lomé, Togo (PANA) -The African cross-country championship, initially scheduled for February 28 to March 1, has been postponed to April [...] Full text...

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Kenya’s Kosgei to lead star-studded field at Al Khaimah Half Marathon

22 january 2020 - 13:30:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World marathon record-holder Brigid Kosgei is the standout name in the women’s field for the Ras [...] Full text...

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Athletics: An CAA delegation in Lomé to prepare for Africa cross-country tournaments

22 january 2020 - 00:04:24
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  A delegation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) led by its president, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, [...] Full text...

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World Athletics ratifies Keter's 5 km world record

21 january 2020 - 13:58:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Tuesday ratified the 13:22 Robert Keter's 5km world record he set at the [...] Full text...

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Elite Kenyan athlete runs away from anti-doping testers

17 january 2020 - 11:29:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A top Kenyan athlete ran away from anti-doping testers who had visited their training camp unannounced [...] Full text...

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Africa's athletics governing body satisfied with Algeria's preparations for 2020 African Championships

28 december 2019 - 14:39:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) is satisfied with Algeria's preparations for hosting the 22nd African [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Rudisha world record run voted best moment

26 december 2019 - 14:12:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan athlete David Rudisha’s 2012 Olympic 800m world record triumph has been chosen as the athletics [...] Full text...

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Analysis: Kenyan athletes fly flag on top of the world

25 december 2019 - 17:08:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-Eliud Kipchoge's exploits in marathon and Kenya's exceptionally good performance at the 2019 Doha World Athletics remain the [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Cherono to defend Boston Marathon title

18 december 2019 - 14:32:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono will defend his Boston Marathon title next year after organizers confirmed he will [...] Full text...

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Kipchoge to defend London Marathon title

16 december 2019 - 12:58:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eliud Kipchoge has confirmed that he will defend his London Marathon title in April 2019. This ends [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire awards its best sports stars of 2018-2019 season

12 december 2019 - 16:11:32
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire will on Friday celebrate a day of sporting merit and award its best [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean Samuel Freire wins Macao Half marathon

02 december 2019 - 17:44:23
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde international athlete, Samuel Freire, on Sunday won the 38th Macao International Men's Semifinal [...] Full text...

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Farah returns to track, seeks Tokyo Olympics 10,000m gold

29 november 2019 - 15:28:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has announced he will return to the 10,000m on the [...] Full text...

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Dakar Athletics Meeting to be re-launched soon

21 november 2019 - 14:49:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar Athletics Meeting, which has disappeared from the international calendar in recent years, will soon [...] Full text...

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World Athletics to step up anti-doping fight in Kenya

20 november 2019 - 11:49:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a bid to curb doping among Kenyan athletes, World Athletics is requesting Athletics Kenya to [...] Full text...

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Kamworor's world half marathon record ratified

20 november 2019 - 11:11:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has ratified Kenyan athlete Geoffrey Kamworor's world half marathon record of 58:01. Kamworor chopped 22 [...] Full text...

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Lome to host 2020 Africa Cross Country Championships

18 november 2019 - 11:13:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Togolese capital, Lome, will host the 2020 Africa Cross Country Championships on 1 March. The Algerian [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Berega, Girma shortlisted for 2019 IAAF Rising Male Star Award

06 november 2019 - 18:44:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopia's Selemom Berega and Lamecha Girma are among the five athletes shortlisted  for the 2019 IAAF [...] Full text...

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Kenya to extend anti-doping war beyond athletes

06 november 2019 - 18:33:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government will adopt a holistic approach in dealing with doping in the country which [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Hailu shortlisted for IAAF Rising Star award

04 november 2019 - 13:25:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopia's Lemlem Hailu is among five athletes shortlisted for the forthcoming IAAF Rising Stars Award, the [...] Full text...

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Voting for IAAF 2019 top male athlete ends November 4 - IAAF

29 october 2019 - 14:26:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Voting for the 2019 IAAF Male Athlete of The Year ends on November 4, the global [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Results of Men's Football Championship League A

28 october 2019 - 14:03:46
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Following are the results of the 11th Day of Burundi Men's National Football Championship League A, [...] Full text...

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Kipkorir, Changwony win StanChart Nairobi Marathon

27 october 2019 - 10:32:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Favourable weather partly contributed to the victory of Brimin Kipkorir and Pauline Changwony in the 2019 [...] Full text...

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Kenya gears up for Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon

22 october 2019 - 15:01:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Just a few days after President Uhuru Kenyatta honoured phenomenal long distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge, Nairobi [...] Full text...

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Rabat to host 2020 Diamond League meet on 31 May

22 october 2019 - 11:36:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rabat will host a leg of the 2020 Diamond League on 31 May, world athletics governors, [...] Full text...

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Phenomenal Kenyan legend Kipchoge set to be honoured

19 october 2019 - 15:27:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A week after being the first human to beat the sub-two hour marathon barrier, Eliud Kipchoge [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde participates in Seventh World Military Games in China

19 october 2019 - 15:03:53
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - A team from the Armed Forces of Cape Verde is participating in the Seventh World [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kosgei targets Tokyo Olympics gold

16 october 2019 - 15:53:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Female World marathon record holder, Brigid Kosgei of Kenya, now eyes the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kosgei shortlisted for IAAF Female Athlete of the Year award

16 october 2019 - 15:24:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two days after setting a new marathon world record in Chicago, Brigid Kosgei, has been shortlisted for the [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Kenyan Eliud Kipchoege becomes first person to run marathon under two hours

12 october 2019 - 09:08:38
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday in Vienna, Austria, became the first person to run a marathon [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè President congratulates Fabrice Zango, bronze medal winner at World Athletics Championships in Doha

30 september 2019 - 16:52:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has greeted his compatriot, Hugues Fabrice [...] Full text...

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Cameroon to host 22nd African Senior Athletics Championships

27 september 2019 - 17:19:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cameroon, birthplace of the president of the African Athletics Confederation (CAA), Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, will host [...] Full text...

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Results of Day 6: Burundi Men's Football League A championship

16 september 2019 - 14:38:40
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Following   are results of the 6th day of Burundi League A National Football Championship, played Saturday [...] Full text...

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Kenya picks 45 athletes for World Championships

13 september 2019 - 13:48:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto dropped out of the men's 3000 metres final but still made the Team [...] Full text...

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Cheptegei, Chepkoech get World Championships wild cards

30 august 2019 - 16:48:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda and Kenya's Chepkoech are the African athletes who got wild cards to [...] Full text...

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African games: Murielle Ahouré injured, Cote d'Ivoire hampered in 4 X 100 m relay

29 august 2019 - 23:08:16
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -  Women's 100 and 200-meter first runner-up Murielle Ahouré, injured in training, has agreed to run [...] Full text...

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Tunisia's Ghribi shortlisted for IAAF Athletes' Commission seat

28 august 2019 - 14:21:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Tunisia's Habiba Ghribi is the only African athlete out of the 15 nominated for the six available [...] Full text...

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African Games: Ta Lou, Ahouré and Cissé on the track of athletics events

26 august 2019 - 13:45:33
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Monday,  marked the start of athletics events at the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco. Côte [...] Full text...

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Angola defeats Nigeria in handball at African Games in Rabat

22 august 2019 - 21:08:49
Luanda, Angola (PANA)   -   Angola Wednesday beat Nigeria 33-16 in senior women's handball in the second match of the African [...] Full text...

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12th All-Africa Games: Rwanda cycling team arrives in Morocco

21 august 2019 - 12:18:43
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Four Rwandan road race cyclists are in Morocco for the 12th All-Africa Games 2019 which opened [...] Full text...

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12th African Games: Benin to participate in several sports

19 august 2019 - 11:19:59
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin will participate in several sports at the 12th African Games, which opens in Rabat, Morocco, on [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde participates in the African Games in Morocco with 37 athletes

17 august 2019 - 19:15:37
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde will participate in the next edition of the African Games, which will take [...] Full text...

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Mauritania to participate in the 12th African Games in Rabat

17 august 2019 - 19:03:39
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania will be represented at the 12th African Games, scheduled for 19 to 31 August, 2019, [...] Full text...

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Benin cyclists to compete at African Games in Rabat

17 august 2019 - 10:15:39
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's national cycling team will take part in the 12th edition of the African Games, which [...] Full text...

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More than 6,000 athletes expected in Rabat for 12th African Games

16 august 2019 - 12:45:38
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan capital is hosting from 19-31 August the 12th African Games, with more than 6,000 [...] Full text...

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Mali: Women's U-20 football team to participate in 12th Africa Games

13 august 2019 - 14:23:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's National Women's Under-20 football Team will travel to Morocco on Wednesday to compete in the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IAAF to hire three staff to strengthen Executive Board

03 august 2019 - 19:08:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As part of its programme of governance reforms, the IAAF is strengthening the Executive Board, elected [...] Full text...

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South African athlete Semenya barred from competing at world championships

31 july 2019 - 07:56:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Swiss judge has overturned a temporary suspension of the IAAF’s new testosterone regulations, effectively [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe Hugues Fabrice Zango wins French triple jump event

29 july 2019 - 09:29:09
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe Hugues Fabrice Zango won the triple jump event at the French championships on Sunday [...] Full text...

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10th Indian Ocean Islands games open in Mauritius

19 july 2019 - 20:16:28
Belle-Vue, Mauritius (PANA) - The 10th edition of the Islands of the Indian Ocean Games (JIOI) was on Friday declared [...] Full text...

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AIU slams 8-year ban on Kenyan athlete

18 july 2019 - 14:58:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has slapped an 8-year ban on Kenyan long-distance runner ,Salome Biwott, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: AIU hands Biwott eight-year ban for doping

18 july 2019 - 14:03:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday handed Kenyan athlete Salome Biwott an eight-year ban for [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean Islands Games begin Thursday in Mauritius

17 july 2019 - 14:22:00
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IJOI), bringing together some 2,000 athletes [...] Full text...

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Maldives solicits Mauritius’ support to host Indian Ocean Islands Games 2023

16 july 2019 - 15:10:07
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Maldives on Monday solicited the support of Mauritius in its bid to host the 11th Indian Ocean [...] Full text...

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Mauritius inaugurates an international sports complex

15 july 2019 - 18:37:20
Côte d'Or, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday inaugurated a world-class sports complex in Côte [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IAAF to reverse slide in global sports participation

11 july 2019 - 17:34:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) CEO, Jon Ridgeon, has committed the IAAF to doing its [...] Full text...

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Ex-Kenya Airways CEO ordered to pay US$100,000 for sacking airline employee

11 july 2019 - 17:03:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-A Nairobi court on Thursday ordered a former Kenya Airways CEO to pay an employee he unlawfully sacked [...] Full text...

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USFAS wins Mali 2019 athletics championships

08 july 2019 - 15:28:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Sports Union of the Armed Forces (USFAS) has won the 2019 National Senior and Junior [...] Full text...

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Mauritius sign agreement with the Liverpool Football Club

28 june 2019 - 19:07:43
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Government of Mauritius announced on Friday that an agreement has been signed between the Mauritius [...] Full text...

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Morocco wins first ever African beach games in Cape Verde

24 june 2019 - 22:29:37
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Morocco won a total of 16 medals, including nine gold, three silver and four bronze [...] Full text...

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Mauritius promises cash awards to its athletes at Indian Ocean games

20 june 2019 - 15:47:28
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Youth and Sports has promised a cash bonus of 50,000 rupees, [...] Full text...

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Benin grants 655 million CFAF to sports disciplines

17 june 2019 - 21:37:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The Beninese government Monday granted sporting disciplines a subsidy of 655 million CFA francs for the [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s Semenya cleared to race in Rabat

14 june 2019 - 20:20:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)   -   Organisers of the IAAF Diamond League in Rabat on Friday back-tracked from their decision [...] Full text...

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Caster Semenya, 800m Olympic champion, wins 2000m race in France

12 june 2019 - 23:48:59
Brussels, Belgium (PANA)   -   The 800m World Athletics Champion, South African Caster Semenya, won Tuesday in France, the race over [...] Full text...

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South African Caster Semenya, 800m World Champion, is free to participate in events - Court

04 june 2019 - 18:10:19
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled that the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) rule discriminating against hyper-androgenic [...] Full text...

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South Africa - Athletics body to challenge Semenya ban

02 june 2019 - 08:56:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)  -  Athletics South Africa (ASA) has confirmed that it has lodged an appeal to Switzerland's [...] Full text...

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Kenya rewards elite athletes for winning Olympics, intl competition gold medals

31 may 2019 - 15:58:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya on Friday  awarded 3,338 local athletes who competed successfully in 32 international sporting events. The events [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IAAF ratifies Kejelcha's world indoor mile record

27 may 2019 - 16:21:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), on Monday ratified Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha's 3:47.01 world indoor [...] Full text...

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Wambui is Kenya's top favourite as 2019 World Mountain running guns off

23 may 2019 - 12:25:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Mountain running champion Lucy Wambui Murigi starts as the favourite in the  2019 World Mountain Running [...] Full text...

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Four African cities to host IAAF Run 24-1 races

21 may 2019 - 10:49:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four African cities are to host the second edition of the IAAF Run 24-1 Global Running [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Semenya to compete at top California race

21 may 2019 - 09:13:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Tuesday confirmed that she will race the [...] Full text...

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Former Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho Gaucho invited to Praia African Games

20 may 2019 - 19:41:01
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Former Brazilian international footballer, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, will be one of the special guests at the [...] Full text...

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Beninese Noelie Yarigo wins Golden Grand Prix Seiko d'Osaka

20 may 2019 - 13:50:57
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese athlete Noëlie Yarigo won the Golden Grand Prix Seiko of Osaka 2019 in Japan by [...] Full text...

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48 countries confirm participation in Praia African Games in Cape Verde

16 may 2019 - 19:57:12
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The first Praia African Games, due for 14-23 June in Santa Maria, in the tourist [...] Full text...

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South Africa Athletics body to challenge Caster Semenya ruling

13 may 2019 - 10:59:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Athletics South Africa (ASA) on Monday confirmed that it will appeal the court decision forcing Olympic [...] Full text...

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South Africa Olympic champion Semenya loses IAAF legal battle

01 may 2019 - 11:29:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her appeal against rules designed [...] Full text...

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South Africa, Kenya dominate African Cadet and Junior Athletics Championships

21 april 2019 - 15:40:24
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - South Africa and Kenya dominated the third African Under-18 Athletics Championships (U18) and the 14th African [...] Full text...

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Malian Sangaré Aminata Kéita joins CAA Executive Board

18 april 2019 - 15:22:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Malian Athletics Federation, Sangaré Aminata Keïta, last Monday joined the Executive Board [...] Full text...

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Cameroonian Kalkaba Malboum reelected chairman of the Confederation of African athletics

16 april 2019 - 14:01:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Cameroonian Hamad Kalkaba Malboum was reelected chairman of the Confederation of African athletics (CAA), at the end of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius hosts 10th edition of IOI Games in July 2019

10 april 2019 - 14:42:57
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will host the 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands (IOI) Games from 19-28 [...] Full text...

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Kenya anti-doping welcomes AIU, WMM anti-drug cheating initiative

03 april 2019 - 15:50:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's anti-doping agency on Wednesday  welcomed the decision of the global athletics governing body, IAAF, to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia dethrones Kenya in World Cross Contry Championships mixed relays

30 march 2019 - 20:07:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A storming final-leg run from Fantu Worku in the mixed relay at the IAAF/Mikkeller World Cross [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Chebet in World Cross Country Championships Women U20 race

30 march 2019 - 19:23:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In one of the closest finishes in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Cheptegei dethrones Kamwororo to spearhead Ugandan 1-2 finish

30 march 2019 - 19:07:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - For the second time running, Joshua Cheptegei finished the senior men’s race at the World Cross-Country [...] Full text...

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Presidents Barrow, Sall honored for sub-regional integration

30 march 2019 - 15:22:39
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Presidents Adama Barrow of the Gambia and his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, have been honoured for [...] Full text...

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SeneGambia Run for Integration launched in The Gambia

30 march 2019 - 15:11:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Second edition of the SeneGambia Run for Integration was lacuned on Friday launched at the [...] Full text...

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