World Athletics
4 Jan
Paris 2024 Olympics 400m finalist, Samuel Ogazi, has been added to the World Athletics testing pool following the latest update by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) .
25 Sep
Nigeria’s all-time second-fastest woman, Rosemary Chukwuma, has been added to the World Athletics International Registered Testing Pool.
30 Jul 2024
Athletics events at the Paris 2024 Olympics will begin on August 2, at the Stade de France in Saint-Dennis, and reigning African Games and African Athletics Championships Champion, Ese Brume, has been listed among athletes to watch in women’s long jump.
31 May 2024
World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, has said that he does not believe the Paris Olympic Games this summer will be drug-free, reports telegraph.co.uk.
25 May 2024
New winners are expected to emerge in the international elite race when the 10th edition of the Okpekpe international 10km road race holds today in Okpekpe, Edo state, South-south Nigeria following the absence of defending champions, Daniel Simiu Ebenyo of Kenya and Kazakhstan's Caoline Chepkoech Kipkiriu.
19 May 2024
The medals for the 10th edition of the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race have been unveiled, just five days before the competition takes place in Okpekpe town, Edo State. Pamodzi Sports Marketing, the event's organizers, highlighted that the design of the medals emphasizes uniqueness and originality, befitting the race's status as the first in Nigeria…
15 May 2024
Caster Semenya said Wednesday's hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) into whether the double Olympic champion can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete was an "important day" as her costly legal marathon entered its last lap. The 33-year-old runner won an earlier round at the ECHR, which last July…
9 May 2024
The World Athletics’ decision to reward each gold medallist at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games with $50,000 has generated mixed reactions from the sporting world. GOWON AKPODONOR writes that while the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and some stakeholders are opposed to the move, others believe that it would bring out the best in athletes. When innovation meets time-tested tradition,…
11 Apr 2024
World Athletics says it will award prize money at an Olympic Games for the first time, starting at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. According to a release by the world governing body for Athletics, ‘a total prize pot of $2.4 million has been
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