Christine Mboma

Two-time Olympic and three-time world champion Caster Semenya has branded leaders in African athletics “cowards” for failing to stand up and fight for female athletes who are facing eligibility issues.…

The World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has hailed swimming’s decision to ban transgender women from elite female competition as in “the best interests of its sport” – and hinted that track and…

Namibia’s Olympic 200m silver medallist Christine Mboma will miss this month’s African Athletics Championships after failing to recover from a thigh injury. The 19-year-old was injured during the 100m at…

Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma is a doubt for the African Athletics Championships next month after suffering a thigh injury. The 18-year-old was injured during the 100m at the Kip Keino…

Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma has been voted the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, so becoming the first female winner in the award’s long history. The 18-year-old…

One silver lining of the postponed World U20 Championships in Nairobi last year is that there is just a one-year wait between that edition and the next one. It means…

The shortlist for BBC African Sports Personality of the Year 2021 award has been announced. The six contenders for the accolade were chosen by a panel of journalists from Africa…

Tokyo Olympic Games 800m champion, Athing Mu won the female rising star award at the 2021 World Athletics Athletes of the Year on Wednesday 1 December in Monaco, France. The…

With her performances in 2021, the Burundi has impressively moved up from 800m to longer distances. But will her record-breaking feats accelerate change which could end her career? The message…

Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma continued with her superb form as she defeated Ivorian Marie Josee Ta Lou at the 2nd edition of the Kip Keino Classic, a leg of the World…