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East Africans sweep 2021 Lagos City Marathon

East Africans on Saturday dominated the 2021 edition of the Lagos City Marathon with Emmanuel Naibei and Meseret Dinke emerging winners of the race and taking away a cash prize of...... Read more Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Kenya, Ethiopia Elite Runners Arrive

The strong cast of elite runners invited for the 2021 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon are now in town for Saturday’s eagerly-anticipated race. According to an official statement released by Olukayode...... Read more Obasanjo To Flag Off Second Onitsha City Marathon

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has promised to flag off the second edition of Onitsha City Marathon (OCM) scheduled to take place in the commercial city on September 25, 2021. Obasanjo...... Read more Obaseki Adopts 400m Runner, Eraiyokan

Nigeria’s preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games has been given a major boost by the Edo State Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki following his adoption of Quater miler Orukpe Eraiyokan. The...... Read more 9 Nigerian Athletes Compete At Tunis Para Athletics Grand Prix

No fewer than nine Nigerian Para-Athletes on Thursday joined their counterparts at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix series taking place in Tunis, Tunisia. The athletes’ participation was posted on...... Read more Nigeria’s Athletics Queen Blessing Okagbare Enters Guinness Book of World Records

Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the only athlete to have attended the Athletics Diamond Meetings 67 times. Okagbare on Wednesday shared...... Read more Lagos Marathon Holds April 10

The organisers of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Monday announced April 10 as the date for the 2021 edition. The Project Consultant of the race, Bukola Olopade, in a statement...... Read more World Indoor Championships Postponed To 2023

World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China have been postponed to 2023 due to the coronavirus pandemic, World Athletics said on Thursday. “It is with regret that we have agreed with the...... Read more 2021 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Organisers Reduce Number Of Runners

The organisers of the annual Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have announced two major changes to the 2021 edition of the Silver Label race, with the first being that only 10,000...... Read more World’s Fastest Man To Miss Tokyo Olympics

The men’s world 100-metre champion, Christian Coleman, was banned Tuesday for two years for breaching anti-doping rules. “The Disciplinary Tribunal has upheld the AIU’s charge and banned sprinter Christian Coleman of...... Read more Ugandan Teenager Wins 2020 World Half Marathon

Ugandan athlete Jacob Kiplimo bagged a gold medal at the 2020 World Half Marathon in Poland on Saturday. The 19-year-old long distance runner finished the race in 58 minutes and 49...... Read more El-Rufai To Participate In Maiden Kaduna Marathon

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday, says the state is making arrangements to host a half-marathon on Nov. 21, 2020, tagged ‘Kaduna Runs’. According to him, the maiden marathon...... Read more Ex-Head Of World Athletics Diack Sent To Jail For Corruption

The former head of world athletics’ governing body, Lamine Diack, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to spend at least two years...... Read more Kaduna To Hold Maiden International Marathon Race

Kaduna State Government says it is committed to revive sports generally in the state, beginning with the international marathon race slated for November. Mr Jimi Lawal, the Chairman of the committee...... Read more Farah Breaks One-Hour World Record

Mo Farah is a two-time Olympic champion in both the 10,000m and 5,000m Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah broke the one-hour world record on his return to the track at Friday’s...... Read more BREAKING: Sprint Legend Usain Bolt Tests Positive For Coronavirus

World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with...... Read more Uganda’s Cheptegei Smashes 5,000m World Record At Monaco Diamond League

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei produced a brilliant display of solo running to break Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record on Friday. The 23-year-old broke the record by almost two seconds at...... Read more Olympic Champion Van Niekerk Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Italy — Report

South Africa’s Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk tested positive for COVID-19 in Italy last week, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. Van Niekerk, who romped to Olympic gold...... Read more World Champion Cheruiyot Ready To Hunt For Glory On The Track Again

Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot, the 1,500 metres world champion, is hoping to return to competitive running next month after a hiatus caused by the coronavirus crisis. Cheruiyot, a three-time Diamond League winner,...... Read more Ex-World Marathon Record Holder Banned For Four Years For Anti-Doping Rules Violations

Kenya’s former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang has been banned for four years after violating anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Friday. Kipsang, who claimed the world record...... Read more Athlete Faces Jail For Forging Medical Documents

Kenyan marathon runner Florence Jepkosgei Chepsoi is facing a jail term for presenting false medical documents to support her case against doping, the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) said on Thursday....... Read more Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Organisers, Athletes Quarrel Over Delayed ‘Prize Monies’

Organisers of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have expressed disappointment at the ‘attitude’ of some athletes, who are said to be grumbling over delay in payment of their entitlements five...... Read more Rome Diamond League Goes Home

Rome’s Diamond League meeting, which had been shifted to Naples when the Olympic Stadium was earmarked for the European football championships, will now be held in the capital city after all....... Read more World Athletics Suspends Tokyo Olympics Qualifying Until Dec

World Athletics announced on Tuesday track and field qualification for next year’s Tokyo Olympics has been suspended until December 1 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Games have already been pushed...... Read more I Can Win Gold In Tokyo At 39 — Gatlin

Former Olympic and world 100m champion Justin Gatlin says he can win gold at the Tokyo Olympics despite him likely being 39 when the postponed Games take place. The Olympics, due...... Read more