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| Kenya: Kiprop Shines |
| [The Star]The 2010 world half marathon champion Wilson Kiprop produced a gun to tape display to win the men's 10,000m race at the Kenya Prisons Championships at Nyayo Stadium yesterday. |
| [Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:12 GMT] |
| Zimbabwe: Athletes Prepare for Botswana Tour |
| [The Herald]ATHLETES from the country's 10 provinces are expected to converge at the National Sports Stadium today for the inter-provincial athletics competition. |
| [Sat, 18 May 2013 08:55:45 GMT] |
| Zimbabwe: Duo for Norway Exchange Programme |
| [The Herald]TWO Zimbabwean athletes, Loveness Murenga and Thubaelihle Sibanda, will leave the country for Olso, Norway, for the youth sport exchange programme in August. The two are from Mashonaland Central and Bulawayo provinces. They will stay in Norway in a deal brokered by the Sports Commission and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. |
| [Sat, 18 May 2013 08:52:47 GMT] |
| Namibia: Helalia Bags Another Record |
| [Namibian]NAMIBIAN athletes excelled at the recent Steinmetz Marathon in Gaborone, Botswana, with Helalia Johannes leading the way. |
| [Fri, 17 May 2013 10:50:44 GMT] |
| Kenya: Top Runners Including Longosiwa and Kibet Parade for Prisons Champs |
| [The Star]Olympic 5000m bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa, former world marathon champion Luke Kibet and world half marathon bronze medallist John Mwangangi are some of the star athletes expected at the Kenya Prisons athletics Championships today at the Nyayo Stadium. |
| [Fri, 17 May 2013 10:10:55 GMT] |
| Kenya: Rudisha for Eugene Race |
| [The Star]World record-holder David Rudisha is eager to lead a world-class 800m field on June 1 at the Prefontaine Classic, where he will take on all seven of the other Olympic finalists from last year. |
| [Fri, 17 May 2013 08:28:27 GMT] |
| Kenya: Upsets At AK Poll |
| [The Star]Athletics Kenya (AK) treasurer Joseph Kinyua and public relations officer, Peter Angwenyi were the biggest casualties at the federation's elections held at a Nairobi Hotel yesterday. |
| [Thu, 16 May 2013 10:08:35 GMT] |
| Rwanda: World Vision Gives Frw 6 Million Support to Peace Marathon |
| [Focus]World Vision Rwanda (WVR) has donated Frw 6 million to the Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF) to carry out the ninth Kigali International Peace Marathon. The organization will also provide 300 t-shirts - 150 for children and 150 for adults. |
| [Fri, 17 May 2013 04:05:36 GMT] |
| Kenya: Longosiwa Tops Rift Prisons List |
| [The Star]OLYMPIC 5,000m bronze medalist Thomas Longosiwa and former Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Selina Kosgei lead the Rift Valley charge at the Kenya Prisons athletic Championships starting tomorrow at Nyayo Stadium. |
| [Thu, 16 May 2013 10:25:16 GMT] |
| Nigeria: AFN Moves Golden League to Port Harcourt |
| [Vanguard]The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Wednesday announced the shifting of its Golden League third leg, originally scheduled for Ilorin, to the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). |
| [Thu, 16 May 2013 06:59:54 GMT] |