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[Daily News] Tanzania -- LONG-DISTANCE runner Gabriel Geay has called for greater investment in athletics training facilities and suitable training environments to help Tanzanian athletes reach their full potential.
[New Times] I bet by now everyone is aware that Rwanda has invested heavily in establishing itself as a continental cycling powerhouse. However, hosting the historic 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali exposed an uncomfortable truth: hosting major events and being competitive are two entirely different things. One does not automatically lead to the other.
[Leadership] Commonwealth Games champion Nathaniel Ezekiel has raised the stakes for the men's 400m hurdles at the Athletic Heat 10th Anniversary Meet, adding a N250,000 performance bonus that brings the race's total potential prize money to N750,000.
[Nile Post] Impact Sport and Stanbic Bank have launched a new phase of an athlete empowerment programme aimed at helping active and retired sportspeople manage their earnings, develop businesses and prepare for life after competition.
[GroundUp] Organised and hosted by the Gugulethu Sport Council, the event is aimed at encouraging active living among senior citizens
[Daily Maverick] Athletics South Africa president James Moloi has been found to have used his ASA credit facility as a 'personal slush card'.
[The Conversation Africa] For many of us, running is one of the most accessible forms of exercise. It's free and you don't need equipment. But it is also one of the more likely to lead to injury.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyan Amos Kipruto claimed his first Chicago Marathon victory after winning the men's race in a personal best of 2:01:09 on Sunday.
[Capital FM] Kericho -- Edwin Bett and Cynthia Chepkurui won the fifth edition of the Betika Cross Country after claiming the men's and women's titles respectively at Kericho Teachers' Training College on Saturday.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has celebrated Eliud Kipchoge after the Kenyan marathon legend stormed to victory at the Melbourne Marathon in Australia, setting a new course record at the age of 41.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Legendary Eliud Kipchoge stormed to the Melbourne Marathon Festival victory at 41 years, setting a course record time of 2:09:10.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for People with Disability in Uganda (CoRSU Hospital), alongside corporate partners, government representatives, and disability advocates, at the weekend gathered at the MUBS Sports Ground for the 3rd annual CoRSU Disability Walk. The nationwide fundraising campaign aims to raise UGX 400 million to provide life-changing surgical and rehabilitation care for 100 children living with physical disabilities.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) has invited athletes across Tanzania to undergo free health screenings and pledged to provide free treatment to those found to have health conditions.
[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa, Oct. 1 -- Athletes from five African countries have arrived in Somaliland ahead of Friday's Hargeisa International Half Marathon, with runners from nine countries expected to participate, according to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and a cabinet statement.
