Athletics
17 Feb
Former two-time African 100m Champion and national record holder, Seun Ogunkoya, seems to have reinvented himself with up and coming sprinter Consider Ekanem.
15 Feb
Nigeria’s best athletes are expected to hit Asaba on February 16 for the Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s (AFN) Making of Champions (MoC) trials billed to hold at the Stephen Keshi Stadium from February 17 to 20, 2024.
12 Feb
Tributes poured in on Monday for Kenyan running sensation Kelvin Kiptum after the marathon world record-holder was killed in a car crash at the age of 24.
11 Feb
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died in a traffic accident, local media in Kenya reported on Sunday night. Kiptum's Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana was also killed in the accident. The Nation reported that the 24-year-old Kenyan star athlete was driving when the accident occurred, with two passengers, including Hakimimana in the car. The…
11 Feb
Wadata Barau of Bauchi State, yesterday, emerged winner of the male category of the fourth edition of the Senator Douye Diri (SDD) Bayelsa Marathon.
11 Feb
Kenyan athletes once again proved they are the undisputed leaders of long distance races as they dominated the 9th edition of the Access Bank/Lagos City Marathon held yesterday.
10 Feb
Yusuf Alli, the Technical Director of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, says no fewer than 5,000 runners who failed to pick up their kits on time were disqualified.
10 Feb
Kenya’s Bernard Sang on Saturday won the 2024 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon with the time of 2:16:49.
10 Feb
The 9th edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will hold today, with a record 88 elite runners. The 42km race, as usual, will start at the National Stadium, Lagos, by 6.30am and finish at the Eko Atlantic City on Victoria Island.
9 Feb
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for funds for her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
9 Feb
Organisers of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have confirmed that 81 elite runners from across the world will participate in the ninth edition of the race, which flags off tomorrow at the National Stadium, Surulere.
Sport
1 day ago
Liverpool were knocked out of the Europa League by Atalanta with the Italian side reaching the semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate on Thursday.
1 day ago
Bayer Leverkusen's Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has been nominated for the 2023/24 Bundesliga Team of the Season. Bundesliga announced the nominees on their X handles on Thursday, 18 April l, 2024. Boniface is one of eight Leverkusen players, which includes former Arsenal midfielder, Granit Xhaka, that were shortlised. He, alongside Harry Kane of Bayern Munich…
1 day ago
Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to use the "pain" of the Champions League quarter-final exit against Bayern Munich to fuel their Premier League title bid.
1 day ago
At 58, Brazilian football legend Romario has quite a resume: World Cup winner, senator, president of his favourite club, America of Rio de Janeiro. Now, 15 years after hanging up his boots, the iconic striker has decided to add another entry to his CV, coming out of retirement to rejoin America as a player. The…
1 day ago
Nigerian budding footballers, who want to combine their sport career with education, now have the opportunity as English Championship side, Coventry City Football Club, has provided that chance for the skilful lads.
1 day ago
Greenfield Leasing Services Limited’s Executive Vice Chairman, Jacob Erhabor, has won the maiden CEOs Golf Tournament sponsored by African Reinsurance Corporation at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938.
1 day ago
Over 1,500 athletes representing 13 companies in the oil and gas sector will participate in the 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games beginning in Abuja on April 21. The event ends on April 27.
2 days ago
Real Madrid exacted revenge on Manchester City to reach the Champions League semi-finals 4-3 on penalties after withstanding a barrage at the Etihad on Wednesday.
2 days ago
A 63rd-minute Joshua Kimmich header gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Arsenal and a place in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday.
2 days ago
No fewer than 16 teams,in four groups, will from April 21 battle to decide the best team, among sides formed by automobile mechanics, in the maiden Mechanic Champions League sponsored byHyde Energy.