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Latest news and results from Nigeria – Live updates from the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) events and Golden League meetings.
Nicholas Imhoaperamhe and Wisdom Isoken Igbinosun dominated the 100m races at the 1st Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League 2015 series held at the Rojenny Stadium in Oba on Thursday.
Continue readingAthletics Federation of Nigeria adds three new meets to its Golden League series to further prepare the national athletes for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing and the African Games in Brazzaville.
Continue readingNigeria wins the women’s 4x200m gold in dramatic fashion while Kenya settles for silver in the women’s distance medley on the first day of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015.
Continue readingThe 2015 Warri Relays/CAA Grand Prix has been rescheduled to July 24, 2015 at the Warri Township stadium in Delta-State, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has confirmed.
Continue readingOrganisers of the 3rd Okpekpe 10km Road Race announces a quantum increase in the prize money for the first nine Edo-state born finishers in the men’s and women’s races.
Continue readingAthletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) have selected a team of 27 athletes for the second CAA Africa Youth Championships 2015 in Reduit, Mauritius from April 23 – 26, 2015
Continue readingThe maiden Easter Open Athletics Championship is scheduled to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April, 2015 in the former Nigerian capital city.
Continue readingNigeria’s leading marathoner, Deborah Pam, hopes to spring a surprise on the East Africans at the 2015 edition of the Okpekpe 10km Road Race in May.
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The 2004 Olympics relay bronze medalist, Deji Aliu, has cautioned Nigerian sports administrators not to play politics with sports and athletes future.
Continue readingPlateau State’s duo Deborah Pam and Harris Ismail both smashed the course records to win at the 2015 Splash FM Integrity Marathon race in Ibadan, Nigeria on March 22.
Continue readingAthletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) names 40 young athletes and 9 seniors for preparation camps ahead of the 2015 CAA African Youths, IAAF World Youths and IAAF World Relays championship events.
Continue readingNigerian athletes hoping to take part in the 3rd edition of the annual Okpekpe Road Race have been assured of local races to prepare them for the 10km race.
Continue readingEse Brume’s championships record and Yomif Kejelcha classy run highlights the final day of the African Junior Athletics Championships 2015 in Addis Ababa on Sunday.
Continue readingAfter making appreciable impact on the tracks in 2014, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, has released a loaded calendar of activities for 2015
Continue readingCommonwealth and African sprint queen Blessing Okagbare voted the Nigerian Sportswoman of the Year at the Nigerian Sports Awards 2014, which was held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Continue readingKenya’s Hillary Kipkorir Kemboi and Ethiopia’s Genet Yalew claimed the men’s and women’s titles at the 2014 Obudu International Mountain Race in Cross Rivers State, Nigeria on Saturday.
Continue readingThe International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has conferred the IAAF Bronze label status on the Okpekpe 10km Road Race held annually in Edo State, Nigeria.
Continue readingNigerian-born Qatari sprint champion, Femi Seun Ogunode, says the decision to leave his fatherland and move to Qatar was a calculated risk and he’s so glad it all worked out in the end.
Continue readingNigerian athletes dominate the selection list to represent Africa at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco next month, with African 200m champion Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast omitted.
Continue readingNigerian sprinter Gloria Asumnu has been selected as one of the inductees into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2014 to be held on Thursday November 13, 2014.
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