[The Herald] FOR Sharon Tavengwa sport is an inborn thing.

[The Herald] THE highly talented three-year-old gelding Madigan, trained by Kirk Swanson, could be the horse to beat when eight equine athletes are saddled for the running of the FBC Derby over 2 400m at Borrowdale racecourse tomorrow. Sired by Joshua Dancer,

[The Herald] UNITED States-based sprinter Gabriel Mvumvure is fearful of picking up an injury as he fights to qualify for a place at the London Olympic Games. Mvumvure is aiming to seal a place in Team Zimbabwe by July, but the former Churchill High School star is taking a cautious approach.

[New Times] Robert Kajuga believes he is good enough to win the half marathon race in the forthcoming Kigali Peace marathon scheduled for May 27.

[The Star] CAMPAIGNS for the 13th IAAF world junior athletic championships in Barcelona and London Olympic Games started in earnest in Eldoret as the curtains came down on the Rift Valley Secondary School Sports Association championships in Eldoret. World youth 400m silver medallist Alphas Kishoyan, who won the boys 400m in 46.20 seconds revealed his intentions for Barcelona if he makes the Kenyan team.

[DA] South African Olympic athlete, Lebogang Moeng, may not have sufficient funding to leave for Europe for his Olympic preparation this weekend.

[Capital FM] Nairobi, Kenya - New York Marathon champion, Geoffrey Mutai and former Commonwealth gold winner, Lucy Kabuu went some way to burying their London 2012 Olympics disappointment by powering to the men 10000m and women 5000m titles at Kenya Police Championships that got underway in Nairobi on Thursday.

[SA Info] It might come as a surprise to some, but Caster Semenya, a medal prospect in the women's 800 metres at the London Olympic Games, is just 21 years old. She blasted into the public consciousness back in 2009, when she won the 800 metres at the IAAF World Championships at the age of 18.

[This Day] Respected track and field coach, Chief Tony Osheku, has predicted that the new rivalry between the sprints duo of reigning national champion, Blessing Okagbare and All-Africa Games reigning queen, Damola Osayomi will headline the 66th edition of the Cross River State-sponsored All Nigeria Open Athletics Championships which holds between June 21 and 23 at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.

[This Day] Reigning national 100m champion, Blessing Okagbare Wednesday returned to the stadium in Daegu, South Korea where she became the third Nigerian nay African sprinter to run in the 100m final of the IAAF World Championships to race at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting.

[Vanguard] Reigning national 100m champion,Blessing Okagbare yesterday returned to the stadium in Daegu where she became the third Nigerian nay African sprinter to run in the 100m final of the IAAF World Championships to race at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting.

[New Times] THE International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has rejected the recent results attained by seasoned long distance runner Claudette Mukasakindi in bid to qualify for London Olympics.

[Daily News] THE Special committee formed to oversee Sunday's Athletics Tanzania (AT) general elections has warned candidates against submitting fake or forged certificates at the screening exercise set for Friday at Hilux Hotel in Morogoro.

[The Star] The widow of former Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru Trizah Njeri yesterday led his family relatives, friends and scores of athletes to commemorate the first anniversary since the death of the athlete a year ago.

[Independent] The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Klaus Dieter Düxmann handled over 3 sophisticated time measurement systems in support of the Primary Schools National Athletics Championships in Uganda on May 15 at the Germany Embassy in Kampala.

[Capital FM] Nairobi - Olympic men steeple champion, Brimin Kipruto and double women's titleholder, Vivian Cheruiyot have received a timely boost in their preparations for London 2012 after Visa announced they would sponsor the pair on Wednesday.

[The Herald] PREPARATIONS for the 2012 National Youth Games, which are scheduled for August in Bindura, are now at an advanced stage.

[SA Info] A member of AIMS, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA), which receives global recognition from the world body for its contribution to sports' industry, both locally and gloablly, presented a successful bid to the organisation to host the event in Southern Africa for the very first time.

[Biz-Community] The Avis Unogwaja team prepare for an event that brings to life the unique history of the Comrades by following in the footsteps of race legend, Phil Masterton-Smith nicknamed "Unogwaja".

[Daily News] THE National Sports Council has formed a five member committee to oversee the Athletic Tanzania (AT) general election to be held in Morogoro region next week.