Choma Half Marathon 2022

Be a part of Choma’s first ever Mayor’s Half marathon to be held on the 26th of February, 2022 in Choma district. The event which is aimed at promoting wellness is being organized by the Choma District Commissioner’s office and Zambia Athletic (ZA). This event will include the 10k and 5k supporting races with the main race being the 21km Half Marathon Race. The marathon will be used as an assessment and selection for the athletes for that will represent Zambia at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships to be held on the 27th of March, 2022 in Yanghou, China. We are looking for partners, local businesses and organizations to help us make this occasion special and colorful for our community. During the event,

Mlife Half Marathon Routes

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Postponement of the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon 2021

  Tuesday, 07 September 2021 20:10 (Lusaka, 07 September 2021), The Lafarge Lusaka Marathon (LLM) Management would like to inform the general public that the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon 2021 has been postponed to a later date, to be announced. The postponement was arrived at after careful review and guidance of health experts on the country's vaccination rate and the continued effect of the provisions of SI 21 & 22 of 2020 on Covid- 19. At Lafarge Zambia, health and safety are our core values. As such, the safety of our nation, participants, and Partners is of paramount importance to us. However, all the LLM participants are encouraged to continue training and keep fit in the new normal. We have hope and believe that this will pass and we will be able

Half Marathon date to be advised

The Zambia Athletics (ZA) Management regret to advise its participants and the general public that, the Half Marathon dubbed “Race2Beat COVID –19, 2021 which was scheduled to take place on August 7, 2021 at Heroes Stadium will not take place as scheduled, but moved to a date to be communicated, but not later than November 6, 2021. This decision is in view of the continued numbers of the covid-19 cases and as advised by the Ministry of Health and the Athletic partners. Our athletes, officials and outsourced support providers are the most valuable assets to Zambia Athletics. As such, all race participants and officials are required to participate in proactive sports health and safety environment as part of ZA’s commitment to providing

Postponement of the Zambia Athletics (ZA) Half Marathon 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  (Lusaka, June 15th 2021), The Zambia Athletics (ZA) Management wishes to inform the public that the Half Marathon dubbed “Race2Beat Covid – 19 2021 scheduled for June 26, 2021 has been postponed to August 7, 2021. This decision is in view of the increase in numbers of the covid-19 cases and as advised by the Ministry of Health and the Athletic partners. All registered, would be participants and paid up participants are urged to continue training while observing the health guidelines. For registration and participation, please visit our site on www.zambiaathletics.com or send us an email; marathon@zambiaathletics.com or call the Secretariat on 0966 330516/077 0376015 We deeply regret the inconvenience Yours in Athletics Development Zambia Athletics Elias N. Mpondela President

NIGERIA TO HOST THE AFRICAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP

 - (Source Premium Times Abuja) The championship is billed to hold between June 23 and 27, 2021 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Nigeria is set to become the first country ever to host two consecutive editions of the African Senior Athletics Championship. This follows the confirmation of Lagos as host of the 22nd edition of the biennial continental Athletics meet. The championship is billed to hold between June 23 and 27, 2021 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. Asaba, Delta State hosted the last edition of the championship and while Algiers was originally meant to follow, the Northern African country has given up its right for Lagos. In a statement issued in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, Kalkaba Malboum, President of the Confederation of African

Zambia Athletics – Half Marathon 2021

The World Athletics (WA) has seen and reported a rise in the use of Athletics through road races, and has advised all its affiliates of two hundred & fourteen (214) countries including Zambia Athletics (ZA) to partner with Corporates, Ministry of Health, Communities and other relevant authorities to activate Running & Walking as lifestyle. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that Covid-19 may be around for a long time to come. Staying alive to this fact, it is prudent that individuals accept, and adopt to the new socially distanced ‘normal’ way of life. Running and Walking have been identified among the most health sustaining exercises. Among  all the guidelines and advice provided by relevant authorities in an effort to contain Covid-19,

Region 5 Games moved to Dec 2021

Region 5 Games moved to Dec 2021

THE African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games scheduled for Maseru, Lesotho from 4 to 13 December 2020 have been postponed by a year due to the prevailing coronavirus pandemic. The Games will now be held in December 2021 with the 2022 Games scheduled for Malawi remaining unchanged. “The spiking numbers of COVID-19 infections in almost all Region 5 Member Countries continue to be a cause of concern and source of anxiety in the sports movement,” the organisers said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision was reached during the Troika of AUSC Region 5 Ministers of sport virtual meeting held on Friday, 31 July 2020. The indaba was a follow-up assessment of the impact of the pandemic on the Region 5