André-Frank Zambo Anguissa has announced his retirement from international football with the Cameroon national team after earning 67 caps. The 30-year-old Napoli midfielder leaves behind a legacy of leadership as Cameroon prepares for its upcoming 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. You can read the full analysis by Ndi Eugene Ndi, our Special Correspondent in Yaounde, Cameroon, here:...
Africa is positioned to claim its own track capital as the World Athletics Continental Tour hits a record 292 meets globally. With Nairobi actively bidding to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, establishing a vibrant, independent African athletics tour is now an urgent necessity to build critical operational momentum, fan engagement, and corporate backing ahead of 2029. By utilizing world-class venues like Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium and capitalizing on fierce advocacy from home-grown champions, the continent is ready to transition from merely producing world-record holders to hosting them on an unprecedented scale....
The immediate medals at Kenyatta University were merely a prelude. The true prize is a radical structural shift as the ANOCA Zone V Youth Games transform into the ultimate launchpad for Dakar 2026 — the historic first Olympic event on African soil. As global rivals actively decode Africa’s traditional distance-running secrets, continental sports leaders are moving past passive talent production. By upgrading local infrastructure and establishing internal competitive circuits, Africa is finally looking inward, creating a self-sustaining sports ecosystem designed to nurture, protect, and launch its next generation of world-class champions entirely on its own terms....
Following his 56:51 world half-marathon record in Buenos Aires, Yomif Kejelcha is set to challenge Sabastian Sawe’s 1:59:30 world marathon record at the upcoming Valencia Marathon. Based on the 2:41 min/km pace from his recent performance, analysts project Kejelcha could challenge the 1:58 mark if he maintains that efficiency in Spain. The elite field in Valencia, including defending champion John Korir, will provide the necessary pace and tactical support to potentially produce a record-breaking performance....
Forget the old playbook—the boundary between track speed and marathon volume has officially dissolved. Yomif Kejelcha’s mind-boggling 56:51 performance in Buenos Aires did not just shave 29 seconds off the half marathon world record; it delivered a masterclass in hybrid engineering. Equipped with 138 grams of Adidas carbon magic and a metabolic engine forged in London’s sub-two-hour marathon fires, the Ethiopian metronome squeezed arch-rival Jacob Kiplimo out of the history books. By turning a punishing 2:41 per kilometre pace into a casual cruise, Kejelcha ran away with the record—and a massive six-figure sponsorship windfall to match...
The consolation for United is that it is not the first, nor will it be the last, opening-day upset. A look at some of the most shocking opening-day defeats......
Kenya’s two-pronged global assault on Seb Coe’s newly minted World Athletics Series programme signals a definitive shift toward total track and road dominance. By balancing their traditional, impenetrable distance strongholds in Copenhagen with specialized speed merchants for Budapest’s explosive new formats, Athletics Kenya has constructed a roster optimized for both medal density and historic firsts. Backed by the terrifying momentum of Agnes Ngetich and Daniel Simiu alongside a tactically lethal mixed relay pool, this evolutionary selection marks a major structural commitment to cementing Kenya’s global empire while validating the outgoing World Athletics President’s rich legacy of revolutionary competition formats....
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