Athletics

Team Nigeria’s relays tour of the United States yielded some positive results, as the country’s men and women 4x100m teams finished tops in their respective races at the USATF Invitational in Texas. Team Nigeria started the tour of US…

The Former President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Ogba, says Nigeria’s athletes tour of  the United States ahead of the Tokyo Olympics is not a waste. After missing the Poland Relays due to visa issues, Team…

Over 300 athletes from different African countries are expected to participate in the inaugural one-day AFN/MoC Invitational, which holds on Saturday, May 22, at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. The event is organised by the…

After the conclusion of the PVAMU Invitational in Texas, Team Nigeria athletes will take its Relays tour in the US to the city of Dallas ahead of its second event tomorrow. After missing the World Relays in Poland three weeks ago due to…

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on Wednesday had a virtual Extraordinary Congress as part of preparation for the 2021 Elective Congress billed to happen in Kebbi State on the 14th of June, 2021. The Federation reaffirmed the…

The Nigerian mixed 4x400m relay team competed together as a nation for the first time at the PVAMU Invitational in Texas, the first of their races as part of the relay training tour embarked on in the United States to secure qualification…

Team Nigeria is expected to appear in its first US Relay tour on Wednesday at the Prairie View A & M University in Texas, USA. Team Nigeria were amongst the countries listed for the 4x100m and the 4x400m relay events. Nigeria’s…

The Nigeria relay team stands a chance of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics after the latest qualification ranking of countries bidding to qualify for the Games was announced by World Athletics with the conclusion of the two-day World…

Following the refusal of the Polish Embassy in Nigeria to issue entry visa to Nigeria’s contingent to the World Relays starting on Saturday in Silesia, Poland, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and the Athletics Federation of…

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has announced that athletes from the country will not be participating in this year's World Athletics relays billed to start from May 1st to 2nd in Poland,  AFN’s factional president, Ibrahim…