iaaf
Home Olympics

Olympics

World Athletics suspends Olympic qualification until 1 December 2020

World Athletics announces today the qualification period for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is suspended effective from 6 April 2020 until 30 November 2020 included, following consultation with its Athletes' Commission, Area Presidents and Council. During this period, results achieved...

Prof. Francis Dodoo appointed to Head new Governance Commission of World Athletics

The President of the Ghana Athletics Association, Prof. Francis Dodoo has been appointed Chairman of World Athletics’ (formerly IAAF) newly created Governance Commission. Prof. Dodoo is the only African chairing a commission on the global body, and his appointment was...

GAA receives $12,000 sponsorship from Ghana Maritime Authority towards Tokyo 2020

Ahead of the first leg of the Ghana Athletics Association’s (GAA) Circuit Championships in Sekondi-Takoradi on Saturday, 7th March, the GAA has announced a $12,000 sponsorship from the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) to fund its developmental programme for the...

Joe Paul: There is more to come in 2020

Ghana’s only qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Joseph Paul Amoah has said there is more to come from him after reclaiming the national 200m indoor record with a 20.75(NR) clocking to eclipse the previous national record of...

Review: Media coverage of GUSA Games Legon 2020

Without a doubt, the media coverage of the 26th Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games Legon 2020 held from 3rd to 19th January ranks as one of the best of all-time, if not the best in the history of...

Officials and athletes give perspectives on GUSA Games Legon 2020

Officials and athletes have hailed the 26th Ghana University Sports Association Legon 2020 as one of the best organised ever in Ghana since its inception in 1964. Under the theme “Integrating Sports into Academia for Youth Empowerment and Development,” the...

UG 2020: One of the best Athletics Championships of All-Time in the history of...

The 26th Ghana University Sports Association Games (GUSA) Legon 2020 is a distant memory now. But without any shred of a doubt its athletics championship held from 8th to 10th January will be best remembered in history as one...

Doha 2019: Kill me with all you’ve got!-Azamati

The turning point in his young athletics career, he says, came at the West African University Games (WAUG) held at Nigeria’s port city of Port Harcourt in November 2018. Being his first international competition, the 20 year old sprinter was...

Doha 2019: Day 4 highlights

Three of the four fastest men in the history of the 400m hurdles lined up in one of the most anticipated races of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha tonight, and it was the Viking heart of Karsten...

Doha 2019: Justin Gatlin reflects on support from Ghanaian family after 100m silver

USA's Justin Gatlin revealed he received support from his Ghanaian half brother Duke Quarshie and his family ahead of winning silver in the 100m final at Doha 2019. Gatlin told Liquid Sports Ghana that Duke sent well wishes to him...

Get Connected

6,170FansLike
127FollowersFollow
3,040SubscribersSubscribe

MOST COMMENTED

Mary Boakye clocks third (electronic) fastest 100m time by a home-based...

Ghana’s Mary Boakye clocked the third-fastest time by a female home-based athlete when she produced 11.56 (PB) to win the women’s 100m invitational at...

HOT NEWS