Athletics

One of Nigeria’s longest-serving sprinters, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, has warned athletes involved in age falsification of the dire consequences of such act in their careers.

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Gateway 2025 National Sports Festival will test run its facilities in December this year.

Winner of the men’s category of the 10-kilometre Lotus Bank Abeokuta Road Race, Francis James, has set his eyes on ending East Africans’ dominance of marathons and road races in Nigeria.

Worried by the decline of Nigeria sports globally, former Nigerian tennis player and Olympian, Prof. Sadiq Abdulahi, has called for drastic action to arrest it.

Swiss teenage cyclist Muriel Furrer died on Friday a day after suffering a serious head injury in a crash at the world championships. The 18-year-old fell heavily competing in the women's junior road race in driving rain in Zurich and was airlifted to hospital in a "very critical" condition. "Muriel Furrer sadly passed away today…

        Tunde Ajibike, the Acting General Manager of Oyo State Sports Council, has advised the state’s athletes to ensure they strike a balance in both sports and education for maximum effect. READ ALSO:1,600 athletes to compete in Armed Forces games   Ajibike told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in…

Former Nigeria athlete, Seigha Porbeni, has faulted the decision to remove some athletics events, including hurdles, triple jump, discus, and javelin from the National Youth Games (NYG), whose eighth edition ended in Asaba, Delta State, recently.

Nigeria’s all-time second-fastest woman, Rosemary Chukwuma, has been added to the World Athletics International Registered Testing Pool.

The Director of Sports, Defence Headquarters, AVM Abidemi Marquis, says no fewer than 1,600 athletes will compete in the forthcoming Armed Forces Games, 2024. Marquis said this while addressing a press briefing regarding the games, which will take place from the 23rd to the 27th of September in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan, has dropped out of the women’s overall top 100m list in the World Athletics rankings following the update after the conclusion of the 2024 Diamond League.

A member of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the just concluded 8th National Youth Games, Asaba 2024, Onos Oborevwori, has declared that the Games were the best ever in terms of organisation, attendance and results.

The Sports Ministry, Friday, set up a seven-man probe panel to look into what it tagged 'the various negative exposures to the country' at the 2024 Paris Olympics/Paralympics.