Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says the future of the sport of track and field is bright in Nigeria following another impressive display by the country's athletes, both at home and abroad. Johnson Nnamani, Egbuchilem Raphael Chimezie, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Alaba Akintola and Favour Ashe, among others, displayed standout…

To prevent U.S.-based Nigerian athletes from ‘burning’ out before this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, the Sports Ministry and officials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) have appointed

In 2012, World Athletics and the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) established the High Performance Centre at the University of Port Harcourt for Nigerian athletes and their counterparts in some neighbouring African countries to sharpen their skills.

Newly appointed Performance Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), former 400m hurdler, Victor Okorie, has joined the ‘Team Leaders Site Visit’ for tour of facilities in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America ahead the 2022 World Athletics Championship.

The arrival of sprint hurdler Tobiloba 'Tobi' Amusan on Monday boosted Team Nigeria's camp in Texas as the team resumes its quest for tickets to the five relay events at the Tokyo Olympics at the 2021 USTAF Invitational meeting on Tuesday in Prairie View, Texas. Amusan who ran 12.62 seconds to come second in the…

• Okagbare, Oduduru In ‘Tight Schedule’ • Coach Esabunor, Obiano, Deji Aliu Depart Soon Commonwealth Games and two-time African champion, Tobi Amusan is expected to hit Team Nigeria’s camp for the U.S. Relay tour any moment from now. Also expected to join the camp are the trio of Chidi Okezie, Rosemary Chukwuma and Railwan Alowonle.…

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) says it won’t depend solely on sprinter Blessing Okagbare for medals when hostilities begin at the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco later in the year.

Officials of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are alleged to have embarked on double registration of athletes they could not get their services hence ensure that such athletes are eventually disqualified from participating in the ongoing 19th National Sports Festival.

Team Nigeria grabbed her first medal at the ongoing 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina when Rosemary Chukwuma ran an impressive race to win gold...