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Team Nigeria Dominates 4th African Youth Games With 11 Medals

 Team Nigeria delivered an outstanding performance on the track as athletics events concluded at the 4th African Youth Games in Angola on Saturday, finishing with an impressive haul of 11 medals. The Nigerian contingent secured a total of six gold and five silver medals, highlighting the country’s talented pipeline in youth athletics. In the sprints, Nigeria made a strong statement in the 100 metres. Rosemary Chigozie Nwakwo clinched gold in […]

todayDecember 15, 2025

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Speaker Mourns 22 Kano Athletes

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has expressed profound sorrow over the deaths of 22 athletes from Kano State on Saturday along the Zaria-Kano Expressway. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Musa Abdullahi, the athletes, who were part of the Kano State contingent at the just-concluded Nigerian National Sports Festival held in Ogun State, were returning from the event. […]

todayJune 2, 2025

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Three African Athletes Nominated For Prestigious Athletics Award

  The international athletics governing body World Athletics has nominated three African athletes for this year’s Women’s World Athlete of the Year award.   Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon and Tigist Assefa and Gudaf Tsegay, both Ethiopian, are among the 11 female athletes nominated for this year’s awards, after displaying remarkable performances in this year's athletics season.   Tigist won the Berlin marathon in September, setting a new women's marathon world record. […]

todayOctober 12, 2023

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Diamond League: Sports Minister Applaud Amusan And Brume

Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh has congratulated Women’s world 100m hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan for reclaiming her Diamond League title in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America. Amusan emerged winner in the women's 100m hurdles of the Diamond League for a third consecutive time at the Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, with a season best time of 12.33s. The Minister said the victory was a beautiful way for Amusan […]

todaySeptember 18, 2023

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Budapest 2023: Amusan Clinch Semifinal Spot

Current Women's world 100m hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan won her heat to clinch a spot in the semifinals of the ongoing world athletics championship in Budapest, Hungary. The final heat of the day saw the 26 year old get off to a slow start and almost lost to Olympic bronze medalist, Megan Tapper of Jamaica. Amusan who is the defending world athletics champion had to pick up her form […]

todayAugust 22, 2023

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Amusan Charged With Doping Violation

World champion and record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been charged with dope violation by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). Amusan announced on her social media handle in the early hours of Wednesday in Nigeria that AIU has charged her for missing three mandatory testing within 12 months, an offence she vehemently protested against. YOU CAN ALSO READ: Transfer Updates: Pulisic Close To £20m AC Milan Switch While pleading for privacy from the media, she promised […]

todayJuly 19, 2023

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Richardson Clocks fastest 100m Of 2023 In US Trials

Sha'Carri Richardson ran the fastest women's 100m time of the year as she laid down a marker in her bid to qualify for the World Championships. The 23-year-old American clocked a time of 10.71 seconds in the heats at the US athletics championships in Oregon. Richardson's time beat the 10.75 ran by Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast at the Oslo Diamond League last month. She also shaved one-tenth of […]

todayJuly 7, 2023

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Wightman Will Not Defend World Title

Britain's Jake Wightman will not be defending his 1500m title at the World Championships in Budapest in August after an injury-disrupted season. The Scot burst past Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and clinched a surprise gold in Eugene a year ago. The 28-year-old went on to claim Commonwealth 1500m bronze and European 800m silver, but suffered a stress fracture of his foot earlier this year. Wightman is yet to race this […]

todayJuly 5, 2023