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Ezekiel headlines NCAA Athlete of Year final shortlist

Nigerian 400m hurdles sensation, Ezekiel Nathaniel, has been named among the final contenders for the prestigious 2025 NCAA Track and Field Athlete of the Year Award, following a string of record-breaking performances...... Read more Ezekiel, Ajayi rewrite NCAA history in blazing start

Nigeria’s finest collegiate athletes stormed out of the blocks on the opening day of the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, with Ezekiel Nathaniel and Kayinsola Ajayi delivering record-breaking...... Read more No regrets missing out on Ogun’s N2.5m largesse – 10km walk winner

Ogun State-born athlete, Fadekemi Olude-Erinle, who won the gold medal for Edo State in the women’s 10km walk, at the ongoing 2024 National Sports Festival, has said she doesn’t feel bad for...... Read more Ofili battles Thomas, Neita in Florida today

Nigeria’s Favour Ofili will make her long-anticipated debut at the Grand Slam Track league today, as she lines up against a star-studded field in the women’s 100m and 200m at the Ansin...... Read more Amusan continues Diamond League chase in Shanghai

After a promising but slightly below-par start to her 2025 Diamond League season, Tobi Amusan is gearing up for her next challenge at the Shanghai Diamond League on May 3, 2025, The...... Read more Amusan set for first hurdles race in seven months

World record holder in the women’s 110m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, will compete in the season opener of this year’s Diamond League in Xiamen, China, on Saturday (today), marking her first race in...... Read more Nigeria eyes World Championship tickets at World Relays

Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Samuel Onikeku, has said one of Team Nigeria’s objectives at the upcoming World Relays in China is to pick qualifying tickets for some of...... Read more MTN CHAMPS final gets new date

The third and final leg of MTN CHAMPS Season 3 has been rescheduled to take place from May 6 to 9 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, having...... Read more Amusan, Ofili lead Nigeria’s charge to 2025 World Relays

Team Nigeria has confirmed participation in four events at the 2025 World Athletics Relays scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China, from May 10 to 11, The Punch reports. The Athletics...... Read more Ajayi clocks sub-10 to become world’s second-fastest

Kanyinsola Ajayi made a powerful statement at the 2025 Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida, clocking 9.96s (+1.9 m/s) to win the men’s 100 metres and launch his outdoor season in...... Read more Team Nigeria chase medals at African Weightlifting Championship

Team Nigeria will depart for Moka, Mauritius, today (Monday) to compete at the 2025 African Weightlifting Championship, scheduled from April 20 to 28, as they continue their quest for medals and continental...... Read more Sanwo-Olu sponsors Lagos athletes for International Skate-a-Thon

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is sponsoring Skate Lagos athletes to participate in the International Skate-a-Thon in Calabar 2025, where they will proudly represent the state. The initiative underscores the governor’s commitment...... Read more Ashe, Bada win 100m titles at MTN CHAMPS Lagos

Nigeria’s sprint stars Favour Ashe and Iyanoluwa Bada emerged champions in the men’s and women’s 100m finals respectively on Day 2 of the MTN CHAMPS Continental Relays in Lagos, PUNCH Sports Extra...... Read more All set for Ibadan Age Grade Swimming competition

The 2nd edition of the Ibadan Age Grade Swimming Championships has been scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, respectively. A total of 150 young swimmers are...... Read more Fasuba’s daughter breaks 49-year 100m record

Annabelle, the daughter of former Nigerian sprinter Olusoji Fasuba, has achieved another feat in the UK, breaking the City of Plymouth’s 48-year 100m record on her first outdoor outing in 2025...... Read more Edo eye top spot as NDSF ends today

The Edo State contingent to the Niger Delta Sports Festival in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State is eyeing the top spot as the event comes to an end on Tuesday (today). As of...... Read more Deputy Speaker Lagos House of Assembly,Gbenga Olowo, SWAN Lagos, Olori Yaba others commend Interguide Academy • Says Sports a weapon of economic Growth • Social vices best tackled in schools, homes... • As InterGuide Academy holds maiden inter-house sports

The rise in social vices currently bedeviling the nation can best be tackled in schools and in homes. This was the submission of Dr. Gbenga Olowo, Group Chairman, InterGuide Group of...... Read more Ogun set for National Sports Festival – Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said that the state’s level of preparation had further confirmed that it was ready to host the 22nd National Sports Festival scheduled for the middle...... Read more FirstBank lauds organisers after maiden South West Games

Impressed by the outcome of the maiden edition of the South West Games, the games’ major sponsor, FirstBank of Nigeria Limited, has pledged its continuous support to any sporting initiative that targets...... Read more 53 Polytechnics, 4,000 athletes register for NIPOGA

No fewer than 53 Polytechnics have registered to participate in the 22nd edition of the Nigeria Polytechnic Games, which will officially begin on Saturday, April 5, at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara...... Read more Ofili opts out of $12.6m Grand Slam Track meet

Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has opted out of the much-anticipated maiden Grand Slam Track meet which will be held in Kingston, Jamaica from Friday, April 4 to Sunday, April 6, PUNCH Sports Extra reports....... Read more NDSF: Eno lauds NDDC, offers cash rewards to state’s athletes

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission for organising the Niger Delta Sports Festival, noting that it will help boost and promote sports...... Read more Nigerian athletes missing as World Indoor Champs begins

Nigerian athletes were conspicuously missing from the start lists and event summaries on Friday as the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championship got underway in Nanjing, China, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. PUNCH...... Read more Nigeria finishes second at IHF tourney

Nigeria’s U-18 men’s handball team finished second at the IHF Trophy’s Intercontinental Phase following a 34-30 loss to Kosovo after overtime in the final of the competition on Sunday in Pristina, Kosovo....... Read more Amusan, Brume, Ofili absent from World Athletic indoor final list

World Athletics has released the final entry list for the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships, but top Nigerian athletes Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, and Ese Brume are notably absent from Team Nigeria, PUNCH...... Read more