Athletics

Lagos State government announces traffic diversion for city race scheduled for Saturday, Nov 23 The Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted to accommodate the maiden edition of the 10 kilometer Capital City Race between 5:00am and 11.00am tomorrow Saturday, 23rd November, 2024. In a statement released, …

$5,000 Compensation Awarded to Ofili Favour Chukwuka for Her Olympics Travail The Committee, Resolution and Recommendation on the strategic omission of Favour Ofili from the 100m race at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has awarded the sum of N8,000,000(8Million) which is $5,000 equivalent. Whilst NO ONE was indicated directly for …

Letsile Tebogo has etched his name in history by becoming the first Botswanan—and the first African—to win gold in the 200-meter event at the Olympic Games. The 21-year-old sprinting prodigy delivered a spectacular performance at the Stade de France, clocking an African record time of 19.46 seconds.   Tebogo’s victory …

Favour Ofili, national women champion, says she cannot participate in the women’s 100 meters at the Paris Olympics because the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN) failed to register her for the event.   The 22-year-old sprinter announced the development in a post on her …

In a stunning display of speed and agility, Nigerian sprinter Tobi Amusan outpaced the world champion, Danielle Williams, to claim the top spot in the 100m hurdles at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. With a blistering time of 12.40 seconds (0.9m/s), Amusan not only defeated the reigning world  champion but also …

The Commonwealth and African record holder in the women’s long jump event, Ese Brume, was in her flying best at the Grand Prix holding in Gaborone, the Botswana Capital. The Botswana Golden Grand Prix is the year’s second World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting which commenced on Saturday, April 29. …

The Disciplinary Tribunal has banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare for a total of 10 years, five years for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and five years for her refusal to co-operate with the AIU’s investigation into her case. The sole arbitrator adjudicating the case concluded that the …

Our heroes! Team Nigeria pulled a total of 10 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games, a feat that saw them ranked 3rd best in Africa. The team went with just 22 athletes to the games, and they did a fantastic job of getting four gold, one silver, and five …

Holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer would be a “suicide mission” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten has warned. “It’s dangerous to host the big international event from all over the world,” CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said in an interview …

Rio 2016 Olympics long jump finalist and bronze medallist at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Ese Brume, and sprinter Grace Nwokocha will be the cynosure of all eyes as the athletics event of the 20th National Sports Festival begins today at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. Brume, a 2014 …