Tag: Athletics
Uganda’s Negesa Battles Semenya For 800m Gold
Uganda’s top female athlete Annet Negesa will have to work harder if she is to win the 800m at the…
Metu wins again
Adebobola Alawode/Calabar Nigeria’s fastest man, Obinna Metu of the Prison Service, Thursday evening at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar,…
Athletes Applaud Organisers
As this year’s Olympic trials end today in Calabar, Nigeria’s home-based and home-based athletes, who featured at the athletics meet…
Okagbare still Nigeria’s fastest woman
Adebobola Alawode, Calabar Nigeria’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare Tuesday evening retained her title in the women’s 100m final of the…
London 2012: Calabar Agog For Olympic Trials
Calabar, popularly known as the Canaanland is ready to host the 66th Cross River State All Nigeria Open Athletics Championships.…
NSC Not Setting Targets For AFN At London Games
Despite promising to reward members of Team Nigeria contingents to the London 2012 Olympics next month with cash rewards, the…
Ethiopian Gebrselassie to miss London Olympics
Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie failed to qualify for the London Olympics in the race in Hengelo, Netherlands on Sunday…
Curtain Falls On Ibile Games
The grand finale of the Lagos State Sports Festival, tagged Ibile Games 2012 will hold tomorrow at the Teslim Balogun…
IAAF Kids Project Hit Egypt
International Association of Athletics Federation, IAAF activities to promote athletics as a sport for the future generation continue to develop.…
MFM To Burn Yaba Tracks
The tracks of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos will come alive today and tomorrow as athletes participating in the…
Obijiaku Tipper For Greatness
Streatham’s Michella Obijiaku emulated Olympic medallists Kelly Sotherton and Mark Lewis-Francis last week by finishing second in the all-rounder rankings…
Segas Suspends Preparation For Olympics
The economic crunch in Greece has hit hard on the country’s athletics. Greece’s athletics federation (Segas) has suspended domestic events…
Egbunike Can’t Handle Nigerian Athletes —Okagbare
One of Nigeria’s brightest medal prospects in athletics at the 2012 London Olympics, Blessing Okagbare, believes that their Chief Coach,…
Weigopwa Banks On Athletics For Olympic Medals
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sports that has brought much joy to Nigerians and remains Nigeria’s hope of winning…
Senior Rugby Seven League Begins In Ghana
The maiden edition of the Ghana Rugby Association (GRA) organised senior rugby sevens league begins at the Athletics Oval of…
Teenage Athlete Discovered At Doregos Inter-House Sport
Top athletics coach in Nigeria, Uruemu Adu, has discovered another young budding talent that can take over from one of…
Ogba Assures Of Good Outing At London Olympics
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Solomon Ogba, has said athletics will give Nigeria a lift at next…
Sule Rates Nigerian Athletes High
Nigerian athletes in the long and triple jump events have been given pass mark because of their outstanding performances at…
Para-Athletics Trials Begin In Ibadan
The Nigerian Para-Athletics Federation rose from its meeting in Lagos State recently to fix 22-26 March for the National Open…
Athletics: Coach Slams Authorities
Athletics coach, Uruemu Adu, says Damola Osayomi, should not be blamed for taking performance enhancing drugs at the Commonwealth Games …
All African Games: AFN Plans Foreign Tour For Athletes
If the statement of the Technical Director of Athletics Federation, AFN, Sunday Bada, is anything to go by, there are…