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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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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Former world basketball body chairman Abdoulaye Seye Moreau dies

28 june 2020 - 18:33:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Abdoulaye Seye Moreau, former chairman of the Senegalese basketball federation, the Senegalese national Olympics and sports [...] 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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IOC suspends former Namibian spinter Frank Fredericks

07 november 2017 - 19:42:20
Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday suspended former Namibian sprinter Frank Fredericks, who was [...] Full text...

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Gambia: President Barrow's female nominee elected Speaker

11 april 2017 - 13:43:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow's nominee, Mariama Diack Denton, was elected Speaker of the 58-member national assembly [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Namibian Fredricks quits IAAF task force

07 march 2017 - 13:52:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - IAAF President Sebastian Coe has appointed IAAF Athletes' Commission Chairperson Rozle Prezelj to replace IAAF Council [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IAAF expels deputy general secretary

01 february 2017 - 16:49:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former IAAF Chief of Staff Nick Davies has been expelled by the world athletics governing body [...] Full text...

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France: INTERPOL issues Red Notice against Papa Massata Diack

15 january 2016 - 10:50:00
Lyon, France (PANA) - INTERPOL has issued an internationally wanted persons Red Notice for Papa Massata Diack at the request [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IAAF suspends top Kenyan officials

01 december 2015 - 09:13:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ethics commission has slapped a six-month ban on two top [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya athletics officials accused bribe taking

17 november 2015 - 09:20:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - NIKE, the American sports kit company, is accused of having corruptly given money to officials of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Coe vows to lead athlete-centred IAAF

14 september 2015 - 13:30:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Newly-elected IAAF President Sebastian Coe has said he sees a very bright future for athletics, but [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's David Okeyo lands IAAF Governing Council post

27 august 2015 - 20:43:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics governing council (IAAF) has picked David Okeyo, the Vice-President of Athletics Kenya, to join [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Coe elected IAAF President

19 august 2015 - 14:07:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former British star athlete Sebastian Coe has been elected President of the world athletics governing body, [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Diack, Gabriel step down from IAAF

17 august 2015 - 17:40:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack and secretary general Essar Gabriel will leave [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Senegalese IAAF Consultant wants probe of allegations against him fast-tracked

11 july 2015 - 15:50:04
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Papa Massata Diack, a Marketing Consultant to IAAF, has appealed to the world athletics governing body [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Athletics facing difficult times, say Bubka, Coe

09 december 2014 - 14:17:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Lord Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, presidents-elect of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), have [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Sebastian Coe to gun for IAAF presidency

28 november 2014 - 13:10:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sebastian Coe on Thursday declared his candidacy for the president of track and field's world governing [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Ex-British track and field star, Coe, to promote athletics in Africa

10 october 2014 - 16:16:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former British track and field star Sebastian Coe has announced plans to undertake a tour of [...] Full text...

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Senegal: IAAF President, Diack, retires in 2015

21 march 2014 - 09:46:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - President of International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack has reiterated his plan to step [...] Full text...

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Kenya: IAAF offers non-elite runners chance to gain world ranking

20 march 2014 - 14:44:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has launched a new website that will allow non-elite [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Record attendance at AIPS-Africa congress

20 march 2014 - 08:52:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The congress of the African chapter of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), which started in [...] Full text...

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World athletics body 'appalled' by Boston Marathon bombings

16 april 2013 - 18:22:38
New York, US (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Associations (IAAF) has said it is shocked and appalled [...] Full text...

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'New African' magazine names six athletes among 100 most influential Africans

02 december 2012 - 14:51:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six Sportsmen and women and two sports administrators are included in the list of 100 most [...] Full text...

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Canon back as IAAF commercial partner

15 november 2012 - 11:36:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has welcomed Canon back to its top sponsorship tier [...] Full text...

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IAAF Council creates New Relays competition

11 august 2012 - 17:11:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Association of Athletics Fderations (IAAF) Council has created new relays events, dubbed IAAF World [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Kip Keino to be inducted in IAAF Hall of Fame

02 july 2012 - 18:41:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Kip Keino, two-time Olympic champion and multiple World record breaker, is the latest athletics legend [...] Full text...

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IOC sanctions Hayatou, Diack for taking bribe

09 december 2011 - 16:24:47
Paris, France (PANA) - Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and Senegalese Lamine Diack, the [...] Full text...

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IAAF names Bolt, Pearson World Athletes of the Year

13 november 2011 - 10:14:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - World athletics governing body, IAAF, has named Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Sally Pearson of Australia [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Lamine Diack re-elected IAAF chief

24 august 2011 - 12:02:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Lamine Diack was Tuesday re-elected head of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for [...] Full text...

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