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Vladimir Put / Russian President Moscow (AFP) - Russia sent a formal reply to damaging allegations of "state-sponsored" doping to world athletics' governing body on Thursday as the IAAF prepared to consider suspending the track and field superpower. "We have just sent our account to the IAAF," the acting president of Russia's athletics federation Vadim Zelichenok told TASS news agency. Russian athletics was placed firmly in the doping dock and risked exclusion from next year's Rio Olympics after the explosive accusations contained in Monday's World Anti-Doping Agency report which rocked the Olympic's flagship sport. Russia's immediate fate on the international stage is to be determined by athletics chief Sebastian Coe and the 27-strong IAAF council in a video-conference call meeting starting at 1800GMT on Friday. Zelichenok told the R-Sports agency that Russia's athletics authorities had produced th...

AT President Anthony Mtaka Athletics Tanzania (AT) president Anthony Mtaka is attending a mid-year International Associations of Athletics Federation (IAAF) meeting in Doha. Mtaka who spoke from Doha yesterday,  said he has been invited by Qatar Athletics Federation to watch the ongoing Diamond League, but will use the opportunity to attend the   IAAF meeting as well. He declined to unveil the meeting’s agenda and only said he is closely following progress of the Diamond League. He said the athletics association of Qatar extended invitation to him on his capacity as AT president as well as an individual.  ‘As the president of QAF & chairman of LOC, again, this year too, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend the Doha 2015 Diamond League edition scheduled to be held on May 15th at Qatar Sports Club here in Doha’, said part of an invitation letter extended by QAF.  AT secretary general Suleiman Nyambui confirmed that Mtak...

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Three Tanzanian athletes, Fabian Sulle, Fabian Joseph and Bazil John, leave for Kenya today to take part in a one-year training camp at t Eldoret-based Kipchoge Keino Academy.   The camp, according to Tanzanian Olympic Committee (TOC) secretary general Filbert Bayi, is coordinated by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for athletes from various parts of the world, who are competing in various distance races.   Bayi said it will be the second time for Tanzania to win the scholarships for its athletes at the academy. The country landed the scholarships for the first time ever in 1969, in which it sent three athletes.   The TOC official said Nelson, Joseph and John have signed contracts to attend training at the camp, noting that the trio will face expulsion from the camp should they entertain either absenteeism or indiscipline.   ...

Wilhelm Gidabuday/File Photo Athletics Tanzania (AT) has come into agreement with Hanang Sports Club to promote athletics ahead of next year’s Brazil Olympics. Both AT president Anthony Mtaka and Hanang Sports Club founder Wilhelm  Gidabuday confirmed the deal which is expected to step up preparations of athletes for the Olympics. In an interview Mtaka said under the pact the two organisations will work together in soliciting and raising funds to enable athletes’ preparations. “This has been reached to complement our ever growing sponsorship challenges. Doors are open to companies, individuals and organisations to join in sponsorship while hoping in turn to win medals and improve athletes’ performance”, he said. He said the pact will also help to market Olympics in the country as plans are underway to have an international marketing film which will raise athletics profiles. Mtaka could not disclose amount of money expected to be ...

Holili Youth Club (HAYC) athletics duo of Paschal Mombo and Deo Lazaro are expected to board a flight to Johannesburg next week to compete in the Nedbank championships. HAYC founder Domitian Genand said the duo will leave the country on Friday next week and stay in South Africa up to September where they will also be attending trainings with Nedbank Athletics Club and  competitions. He said the duo will compete at various competitions and Mombo will first compete in 25 kilometre race on April 28 in Pretoria while Lazaro will compete in another event in May at a date to be announced later.  “We are in the process of building up a strong working relationship with the Nedbank Athletics Club of South Africa, as you know two of our athletes are there competing next and the other two athletes will travel to South Africa where they will stay up to September, it’s a good development as they will be training at the same time competing in various events”, he...

Kocha Francis John, Joseph Panga, Bazil John, Suleiman Nyambui, Alphonce Felix, Ismail Juma wakiwa uwanja wa ndege wa Julius Nyerere. Wanariadha watano wa timu ya taifa ya riadha wamewasili jana wakitoka kuiwakilisha   nchi katika mashindano ya dunia ya mbio za nyika yaliyofanyika mjini Guiyang, China mwanzoni mwa juma hili. Tanzania ilishika nafasi ya sita katika nchi 51 zilizopeleka wanariadha kwenye mashindano hayo huku Ismail Juma akitua nafasi ya tisa kati ya wanariadha 111 waliokimbia kilometa 12. Timu hiyo iliwasili uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere saa 10:55 jioni kwa Shirika la Ndege la Emirates wakiongozana na Kocha wao Francis John na kupokewa na Katibu Mkuu wa Chama cha Riadha nchini (RT) Suleiman Nyambui. Pia mwanariadha Bazil John alisema kuwa Tanzania isitegemee medali kama haiwekezi katika maandalizi kwani wamejifunza mengi walipoenda kushiriki mbio hizo. Kocha Francis John alisema hata sasa wanariadha wamejitahidi sana kut...

Azam FC coach Joseph Omog Azam FC coach Joseph Omog has declared that his team had plenty of leakages in the defence line, resulting in easy scoring of goals by opponents. In an interview with the Guardian the coach said that due to the signing of new defender Serge Pascal Wawa from Ivory Coast it needs time for other defenders to be able to play with him. Omog said so after his team was thrown out in ongoing Mapinduzi Cup by Mtibwa Sugar in the quarter final on Thursday.  Three central defenders Said Morad, Aggrey Moris and David Mwatika were trying to cope with the new defender and that is what cost the team. “We are still looking for someone who will play with Wawa in central defending. We tried Moris and at another time Mwatika but still there is a lot of mistakes occurring between them. I am still working on it and they will cope with each other soon. “We want to have a strong team as we want to retain our league title and we have a tough tournament tow...