Mary Boakye clocks third (electronic) fastest 100m time by a home-based athlete
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 the CAA Region II Championships in Cape Coast.
She was followed in second place by Janet...
Circuit 200m record holder Hor Halutie happy with faster block starts
Ghana Athletics Association national circuit 200m record holder Hor Halutie says she is happy with her block starts after almost a month in camp at the Cape Coast stadium.
Hor, who holds the GAA’s Circuit 200m record with 23.85s(PB), has...
Coe: IAAF has “responsibility to protect” female athletes
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe believes the athletics world governing body has a "responsibility to protect" female athletes, following the ruling preventing Caster Semenya from competing at the World Championships in Doha.
Semenya will not defend...
Live: London 2017 Women’s 3000 Metres Steeplechase Final
Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017.
Update: Final results:
POS
BIB
ATHLETE
COUNTRY
MARK
1
4324
Emma COBURN
USA
9:02.58 CR
2
4333
Courtney FRERICHS
USA
9:03.77 PB
3
4079
Hyvin Kiyeng JEPKEMOI
KEN
9:04.03
4
4075
Beatrice CHEPKOECH
KEN
9:10.45
5
3705
Ruth JEBET
BRN
9:13.96
6
4077
Celliphine Chepteek CHESPOL
KEN
9:15.04 WU20R
7
3843
Etenesh DIRO
ETH
9:22.46
8
3710
Winfred Mutile YAVI
BRN
9:22.67 PB
9
3942
Gesa Felicitas KRAUSE
GER
9:23.87
10
4083
Purity Cherotich KIRUI
KEN
9:25.62
11
3611
Belén CASETTA
ARG
9:25.99 AR
12
3624
Genevieve LACAZE
AUS
9:26.25 SB
13
3729
Geneviève LALONDE
CAN
9:29.99 NR
4040
Aisha PRAUGHT
JAM
DQ
3844
Birtukan FENTE
ETH
DNS
Ruth Jebet ruled the roost last year, winning the Olympic title in Rio and setting a world record in Paris,...
LSG compiles list of greatest Ghanaian Athletes of All Time
Have you ever wondered who the Greatest Ghanaian Athletes of All Time are? What will be the basis for such a compilation?
Which athletes ever won world medals for the country and what were their achievements individually, nationally...
Mary Boakye steals the show at GAA 2ND National Open Championships
Ghana Armed Forces' sprinter Mary Boakye won the women’s 100m final with a personal best of 11.75s (PB)(- 0. 1m/s) in what was the blue riband event at the Ghana Athletics Association’s 2nd National Open Championships at the Cape...
NSBE Holds International UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science-2019
An awe-inspiring United Nation’s International Day for Women and Girls in Science celebration was held at the Law Faculty, University of Ghana Legon (UG) by the National Society of Black Engineers on Tuesday, 12th February, 2019.
The event was organised...
How sports can be used as an effective tool to advance human rights and...
We reproduce for your reading pleasure the full message by Dr. Ernest Acheampong, a lecturer at the University of Education Winneba, at the historic first-ever International Day of Sports for Development and Peach (IDSDP) 2022 at the Accra Sports stadium...
Live: London 2017:Women’s 100 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final
Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017.
Results update:World record-holder Kendra Harrison, former Olympic champion Sally Pearson all through to the semi finals of the women's 100m hurdles.
HEAT 1 11 AUG 2017 19:05 WIND +0.5
POS
BIB
ATHLETE
COUNTRY
MARK
REACTION TIME
1
3632
Sally PEARSON
AUS
12.53 Q
0.119
2
4311
Nia ALI
USA
12.79 Q
0.158
3
4137
Nadine VISSER
NED
12.83 q
0.175
4
4043
Megan SIMMONDS
JAM
12.93
0.148
5
3726
Phylicia GEORGE
CAN
13.04
0.117
6
3945
Ricarda LOBE
GER
13.11
0.147
7
4146
Lindsay LINDLEY
NGR
13.18
0.163
8
3665
Anne ZAGRE
BEL
13.34
0.139
HEAT 2 11 AUG 2017 19:14 WIND...