Athletics
30 Apr 2024
Over 2,300 athletes are expected at U.J. Esuene Stadium for the grand finale of the MTN CHAMPS, which holds today at the Canaan City.
30 Apr 2024
Nigerian athletes will depart Abuja tomorrow and arrive in Bahamas on May 2 for the 2024 World Relays, where they will battle for five tickets to the Paris Olympic Games. The World Relays will hold on May 4 and 5.
29 Apr 2024
With the outdoor athletics season in full swing, the Nigerian trio of Favour Ashe, Udodi Onwuzurike and Godson Oghenebrume will be keen to repeat the history they made on the track last year when, for the first time in history, three Nigerian sprinters broke 10 seconds in the 100m event.
28 Apr 2024
Reigning Commonwealth Games and African long jump record holder, Ese Brume, has shifted her focus to the United States for her qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympics Games after she was denied visa by the Chinese Embassy in Lagos, thereby preventing her from competing in the Diamond League in Suzhou, yesterday.
27 Apr 2024
The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach promised that the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on the river Seine would be "iconic" and "unforgettable" despite ongoing security worries about the open-air river parade.
27 Apr 2024
For the first time this summer, as sportswomen and men strive for victory in Paris, spectators will be able to sip the official beer of an Olympic Games.
27 Apr 2024
Reigning Commonwealth Games and African long jump champion, Ese Brume, is hoping to seal her passage to the Paris 2024 Olympics today when she opens her Diamond League campaign at the Yangtze River Delta Athletics Diamond Gala in Shanghai/Suzhou, the second fixture in the 2024 Diamond League season.
26 Apr 2024
Over 15 private schools in Lagos are set to participate in the maiden edition of The Athletics School Games (TASG), which begins tomorrow at the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) Sports Complex.
25 Apr 2024
Delta State athletes and officials have called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to constitute the Sports Commission board to enable them prepare well for this year’s National Youth Games, which the state is hosting soon.
24 Apr 2024
Two of Nigeria’s top coaches, Gabriel Okon and Endurance Ojokolo, will lead the nation’s contingent to the 2024 World Relays holding in the Bahamas on May 4 and 5.
23 Apr 2024
Nigeria's fastest man this year, Favour Ashe, will not be part of the 4x100m team competing at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, which serves as a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. This news is significant as the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has not provided a reason for Ashe's omission despite…
23 Apr 2024
The World Relays in Bahamas presents Team Nigeria another opportunity to qualify its relay teams for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is not leaving anything to chance.
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