Yomi Omogbeja's blog

A lot has been said and written about Caster Semenya's gender issues since the South African teenager won the women's 800m title at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin last summer, but one thing missing in all these media reports is the most obvious of all.

With the IAAF's qualification deadline of 3 August 2009  for the submission of final entries for relay teams fast approaching, Kenya and Nigeria relay teams head to Germany in last gasp efforts to make the World Championships 'A' standards.

Eurosport and Rai Sport Più reporting from Bressanone/Brixen. The World Youth Championships 2009 will be broadcast comprehensively live on TV.

The international athletics federation IAAF has received Mexico’s late registration for 18 athletes. At last 180 nations will now participate at the WYC Südtirol 2009 as concerns over their participation because of the recent swine flu epidemic in the country has now been put to rest.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has confirmed the listed events for the IAAF Abuja Super Grand Prix meet scheduled for July 18, 2009 in the Nigerian capital city.

Samsung has sign on as the official electronics partner for the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.