West Africa

Nigeria's Tosin Oke won the mens' triple jump event on Day Two of the Aviva World Trials and UK Indoor Championships at the English Institute of Sports (EIS) in Sheffield.

Nigeria's Tosin Oke will continue his preparations for the 13th IAAF World Indoor championships tomorrow at the Aviva UK World Trials and Indoor Championships at the English Institute of Sports (EIS) in Sheffield.

Ghana's ace long jumper, Ignatius Gaisah boosted his chances of a medal at the forthcoming World Indoor Championship with a season's best jump at the GE Gelan in Stockholm, Sweden.

The President of the Cameroon Athletics Federation, Jacques Sébastien Mbous has disclosed that preparations are well on track for the holding of the 15th edition of the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has scheduled this year's edition of the Nkoyo Ibori Under-18 Athletics Meet for March 4-6,2010 at the Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Delta State.

Nigerian marathon runner, Janet Dung from Plateau State won the Nigerian "Sportsperson of the Year award" at the The Future Awards 2010 held at the Shell Hall of the Muson Centre in Lagos on Sunday.

Ethiopian runners Habtamu Awash and Manilu Daska have won the men's and women's titles respectively at the fifth Obudu Ranch Mountain Race, held yesterday in the southern Cross River state of Nigeria. 

European fastest man in 2009 and World 100m finalist Dwain Chambers has advised young Gambian athletes to stay true to their talents and not to make the same mistake he made in his career.

Prospective participants at the 3rd Glo Lagos International Half Marathon race coming up on December 12, 2009 have a few weeks left to register as the road race entries closes on Monday November 30.

Top African mountain running nations have confirmed their participation in the first African mountain running championships to be held next month in Obudu, Cross-River State in Nigeria.