Tag: Athletics

For the first time in many years, over 50 foreign-based athletes, mostly from Europe and the United States, are in the country to fight for qualification ticket

The Rio Olympics take place in August this year. PHOTO: AFP The Director of Sports, University of Port Harcourt, and board member of the Athletics Federation of

Jevaughn Minzie (L) tries to keep up with Usain Bolt winner in 10.04 seconds and Senoj-Jay Givans (R) in the Men's 100 meter semifinal at the National Stadium i

Jamaica's Usain Bolt win's His heat in the men's 100 meter quarterfinals in a time of 10.15 at the National Stadium in Kingston Jamaica, on 30 June 2016. / AFP

Usain Bolt . / AFP PHOTO / Olivier MORIN Sprint king Usain Bolt has praised efforts by athletics chiefs to clamp down on doping in the build-up to August's Olym

Justin Gatlin PHOTO: AFP It remains to be seen whether a legitimate 100 meter challenger to Usain Bolt will emerge from the US Olympics trials as injuries and m

The AFN has directed Doreen Amata and other athletes expecting to represent Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympics to come for the final trials in Sapele. After finis

Usain Bolt. AFP/File / Michal Cizek Usain Bolt will embark on the first major test of what he plans to be a triumphant swansong here Thursday as the Jamaican Ol

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has said it has no plan to drop Commonwealth track queen, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguenor, from the Rio Olympics team f

Endurance Ojokolo;PHOTOS:gettyimage Former African track queen, Endurance Ojokolo, is unhappy with Nigerians carpeting the nation's team for finishing third at

Blessing Okagbare in a long jump event. Amidst complaints of poor motivation, two Nigerian female athletes, US-based Gloria Asumnu and Yinka Ajayi yesterday qua

Kelly Holmes Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has welcomed the IAAF's decision to uphold Russia's ban from international competition. The ban was impos

Dibaba The coach of the women's 1,500m world record holder and reigning world champion has been arrested in Spain as part of an anti-doping operation. Jama Aden

Usain Bolt could lose one of the three golds he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Reuters report that the 'A' sample of one of his team-mates in the 4x100m,…

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 27, 2015 shows Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrating after winning the final of the men's 200 metres athletics event at the 2

Athletics followers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and its environs will have enough to savour this weekend when the cream of Nigerian athletes conver

PHOTO:AFP World 100- and 200-meter record holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica opened his 2016 season Saturday with a 100m victory in 10.05 seconds at the Cayman Invita