Athletics

Team Nigeria's  4×400m women's relay team qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been  described as mission accomplished  by former African, Commonwealth  and Nigerian 100 & 200m champion Mary Onyali. "Team Nigeria's …

Nigeria's 4x400m women's relay team comprising of Nse Imaobong, Favour Ofili, Knowledge Omovoh, and Patience Okon-George have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics relay event after competing in the Lagos State Open Athletics Championships at…

Former President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Ogba, expects that Team Nigeria’s relay teams at the Lagos Invitational would be different from the one that participated in the National Trials on Sunday at Yaba…

Enoch Adegoke stormed to a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.00s (+1.2) to win the men’s 100m at the 2021 Nigerian Olympic Trials and Invitational Relays at the Sports Complex of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), thereby qualifying for the…

Ibrahim Shehu Gusau has been re-elected President of the Athletics Federation at the 2021 Elective Congress held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state on Monday June 14. He polled 20 votes while Uche Muoma got just two votes from the 22 delegates…

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has dissolved the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), upon the expiration of its term. The ministry said this in a statement by John Joshua-Akanji, the Special Adviser…

Ethiopian athlete Letesenbet Gidey has broken the 10,000m world record in a time of 29:01.03 to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday in Hengelo, Netherlands. Gidey,23, broke the record which was set by Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan on the…

Less than two weeks after agreeing to host the 22nd edition of the African Athletics Championships in Lagos, Nigeria made a U-turn on the decision yesterday, thereby throwing the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) in doubt once again.…

Former Ogun State Sports Commissioner, Bukola Olopade, has described the decision by Nigeria to host the 22nd African Senior Athletics Championships in Lagos as a major boost. The Championship, which will serve as the last qualifier for…

South African athlete Caster Semenya, denied an opportunity to win a third successive Olympic 800m gold, will on Friday attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games in the 5000m event. Semenya will run in a meeting in Durban where she must…