Athletics
29 Nov
The funeral rites of the late sports icon and former Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa, Dr. Awoture Eleyae, has begun, with Nigerians, international athletes and sports administrators expected to grace his final journey to the great beyond.
27 Nov
The High Altitude Athletics Club of Jos, one of Nigeria's premier athletics clubs, has announced its intention to send 25 elite athletes to the upcoming 2023 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon.
27 Nov
Cross River State’s Ishmael Sadjo and Patience Dalyop of Plateau, at the weekend, beat the field to win the men and women’s titles respectively at the 2023 Warri Effurun Peace Marathon. Their victories earned them the N1m top prize each.
26 Nov
Warri-based educational institutions, Delta Model Secondary School and Federal Government College, are the winners of the fifth Government College Ughelli (GCU) Relays decided last weekend. While Delta Model Secondary School clinched the top prize in the girls’ category, Federal Government College, Warri, emerged overall best team in the boys’ category. Interestingly, both schools from the…
26 Nov
Organisers of the ongoing school athletics competition, MTN Champs, Making of Champions (MoC), have appealed to all athletes who have participated in the three legs of the championship, as well as their schools, parents, coaches and everyone connected to them to support the body in its efforts to eradicate the systemic age cheating in Nigeria’s…
24 Nov
Former international athlete, Seigha Porbeni, has described as ‘big distraction’ a report by an audit committee set up by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to investigate its finances, which is now causing ripples among board members.
23 Nov
Winners at the 2024 Opobo Marathon, set for January 4, 2024, will secure a guaranteed prize of $1,000, courtesy of Managing Director of D’Consiglories Nigeria Limited and the Hope Initiative, Blessing Fubara. Project Lead of Opobo Marathon, Henry Iyowuna Cookey, said in Port Harcourt, that there would be consolation prizes for the first 10 runners-up…
21 Nov
The 2023 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon will hold on December 16, the organisers have announced. Unlike past editions in which participants were restricted to just the half-marathon, this year’s race will feature afive-kilometre fun run targeted at families and other fun runners.
19 Nov
Top Nigerian long distance runners are set to slug it out at the 2023 Warri Effurun Peace Marathon. The event, billed for November 25, is expected to attract over 2000 professional and fun runners.
14 Nov
Ancient mariner and Olympian, Ruks Bazunu, has arrived in Nigeria ahead of the fifth Government College Ughelli (GCU) Relays, which will hold on November 18. Bazunu was arguably the fastest schoolboy athlete in Nigeria in the sixties, a dominance, which transited into the early seventies, with the natural progression from intercollegiate competition to the national…
12 Nov
Joy Abiye of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has again emerged winner of the 2023 Lagos Women’s Run held yesterday.Abiye, 33, from Ondo State, who won the 2021 edition of the 10km road race at a record time of 33:41:4, returned a time of 39: 13:78 to win this edition and received…
10 Nov
Sticking to its tradition of inviting top dignitaries to the finals of the yearly Government College Ughelli (GCU) Relays, the fifth edition is harvesting from riches of prominent and distinguished Nigerians, who have made their marks in different fields of endeavor.