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I’m Not Under Pressure to Break Ajunwa’s Record, Says Brume

Nigeria’s long jump sensation, Ese Brume, has been tipped to win the gold at Africa Games which is expected to go in full swing today in Rabat, Morocco. Brume leads the...... Read more Semenya to Miss Doha Worlds after Swiss Court Ruling

Caster Semenya will not defend her world 800m title in Doha in September after a Swiss judge overruled a temporary suspension on the IAAF's controversial testosterone-curbing rules, her representatives said Tuesday....... Read more Kenyan Marathoner Biwott Banned for Eight Years

Kenyan marathoner Salome Jerono Biwott has been banned for eight years after being found guilty of committing a second doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday in another...... Read more IAAF Seeks to Overturn Semenya Decision

Athletics’ world governing body has submitted a request to overturn an order allowing Caster Semenya to temporarily compete without taking testosterone-reducing medication. Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court had suspended an IAAF ruling...... Read more Nigeria Set For World Para-Athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia

Team Nigeria’s para-athletics squad will on Tuesday depart for Tunisia for the World Para-Athletics Grand Prix billed to hold from June 26 to July 1, 2019. Made up five athletes and...... Read more IAAF Used Me as a Human Guinea Pig: Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya says athletics’ world governing body “used” her like “a human guinea pig” by insisting she takes medication to control her testosterone. South Africa’s Semenya, 28, is in legal dispute...... Read more Okagbare shines in Rabat, wins women’s 100m title

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare–Ighoteguonor was the toast of spectators, as she ran her season’s best to win the women’s 100m event at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League series on Sunday at the...... Read more Semenya Denied Entry into Rabat 800 Metres Race

Caster Semenya has been denied participation in her favoured 800 metres race in Morocco, the athlete said on Thursday, despite Switzerland’s highest court rejecting an IAAF request for eligibility regulations to...... Read more Oduduru Qualifies For 100m, 200m Finals In U.S.

Reigning NCAA Division 1 200m champion, Divine Oduduru started his quest to become the second Nigerian man to successfully complete a sprint double at the Championships on an explosive note. The...... Read more AFN President, Gusau Impeached over IAAF’s ‘Missing’ $135, 000

The President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Ibrahim Gusau, paid the big prize yesterday, as he was impeached by the board following his alleged role in the ‘missing’ $135,000 erroneously...... Read more Olympic Marathon Silver Medallist Kirwa Suspended For Doping

Bahrain’s Olympic women’s marathon silver medallist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a statement. Kenyan-born Kirwa, who switched allegiance...... Read more Why IAAF May Ban Nigeria

Nigerian athletics is facing an imminent ban by the world athletics ruling body IAAF, following the misappropriation of a US$150,000 grant paid to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The IAAF had...... Read more Semenya Loses Appeal over Testosterone Rules

Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her appeal against rules that mean female athletes with high natural levels of testosterone must take medication to reduce it. The Court of...... Read more Semenya Decision To Be Announced By CAS on Wednesday

The decision on Caster Semenya’s challenge to continue competing without any restrictions will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at 1100 GMT on Wednesday. The double Olympic...... Read more Semenya Says 'No Threat' To Women's Sport

Double Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya says she is “no threat” to women’s sport and that recent comments from International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe have reopened old...... Read more Nigerian Athletes Get IOC Scholarship Ahead of Japan 2020 Olympics

The journey to the Japan 2020 Olympics has begun for 11 Nigerian athletes as they have been captured in the latest International Olympic Committee (IOC) scholarship scheme. The list is headlined...... Read more Arrest Warrants Issued for Former Russian Athletics Officials

France has issued arrest warrants for two former Russian athletics officials as part of an investigation into a doping cover-up. Valentin Balakhnichev is a former head of Russian athletics and Alexei...... Read more IAAF Announce Major Changes to Diamond League 2020

The number of events at Diamond League meetings will reduce from 32 to 24 next year, officials from the IAAF announced on Monday. In a year-long review, the international athletics governing...... Read more South African Govt. Rallies Behind Semenya on IAAF’s New Gender Rules

The South African government on Friday threw its weight behind Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya ahead of next week’s landmark hearing against proposed rules that aim to restrict testosterone levels...... Read more Runners Rate Access Bank Lagos Marathon Organisation Poor

Some participants who featured at the 4th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon rated the organisation of the 42km poor. Some of them told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they...... Read more IAAF slams 8-year doping ban on Kenya’s Olympic champion Jemima Sumgong

Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong has had her doping ban doubled to eight years after being found guilty by the IAAF of providing false information while defending herself against her...... Read more Defending champion Kipchoge to run 2019 London Marathon, faces Farah test

Kenya’s world record holder and defending champion Eliud Kipchoge will return to the London Marathon this year, setting up a mouth-watering clash with Britain’s Mo Farah. Kipchoge made it three wins...... Read more IAAF upholds Russia’s ban from athletics into 2019

Russian athletes will remain banned from international competitions after the IAAF upheld the country’s suspension into 2019. Athletics’ governing body banned Russia in November 2015 because of evidence of state-sponsored doping....... Read more Ineta Radevica fails Olympic doping retest

Former European long jump champion Ineta Radevica has tested positive for the steroid oxandrolone in a retest of her sample from the 2012 Olympics. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which processes doping...... Read more Kenyan medalist Bett gets four-year doping ban

Kenyan world 800 metres bronze medalist Kipyegon Bett has been handed a four-year ban for doping, the IAAF Athletics Integrity Unit said in a statement on Friday. Bett, 20, refused to...... Read more