World Athletics

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) stands with legendary Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare after her shock disqualification by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping rule violation during the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in…

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has stepped in to stem further crisis by addressing the issues that have arisen concerning athletes representing Team Nigeria at the ongoing 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Athletics…

World Athletics (WA)  has disqualified the Nigerian women’s 4x400m team from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following some technical errors in the race where they secured qualification at the Lagos Open Athletics Championships on June 24. The…

South African athlete Caster Semenya again failed to achieve the Olympic qualifying time for the women’s 5000m when she finished fourth at a meeting in Liege, but she would not have been included in South Africa’s team for the Tokyo Games…

South African athlete Caster Semenya will make a last-ditch attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games when she races over 5000m at a meeting in Belgium this week. Semenya, 30, is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile after…

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…

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…

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 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…