Tokyo 2020: Ese Brume Restores Nigeria’s Pride With Bronze In Women’s Long Jump
Long Jump queen Ese Brume won Nigeria's first medal in Athletics at an Olympics in 13 years as she took bronze in the women's Long Jump in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Brume leapt 6.97m to...
2020 Olympics: Adegoke Gets $10,000 And SUV Promise For Gold Medal In Tokyo
Nigerian sprinter Enoch Olaolu Adegoke has been promised a Sports Utility Vehicle if he wins gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Shehu Ibrahim Gusau issued the promise...
Tokyo 2020: World Athletics Confirm Nigeria’s Qualification For Mixed 4×400 Relay
Nigeria's place in the Mixed 4x400m Relays at the delayed Tokyo Olympics have been confirmed by World Athletics which ratified the country's qualification on Tuesday.
The ratification means Nigeria which holds the African Record...
Chioma Ajunwa: 25 Years After, Gov. Sanwo-Olu Redeems House Pledge To Olympics Gold Medallist
It might have come 25 years late but the Lagos State Government has finally redeemed its house pledge to Nigeria's only individual Olympics gold medallist Chioma Ajunwa.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced that...
AFN Trials: Tobi Amusan’s Record Bid Foiled By Faulty Electronic Timer
Tobi Amusan eased to victory in the women's 100m hurdles at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Olympics Trials at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos on Friday but a faulty electronic timer meant her race-winning time went...
Athletics: Adegoke Seals Tokyo Spot, Okagbare Denied 100m Record
Enoch Adegoke posted a time of 10.00s at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Olympics Trials held at the Yaba College of Technology Lagos on Thursday to book a place in the 100m event at the 2020 Tokyo...
Lagos Athletics Association To Organise 2020 Olympics Qualifying Meet
The Lagos State Athletics Association will stage an Athletics Meet on Thursday 24, June 24, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
Yussuf Alli, the Meet Director for the Lagos Open Athletics Championship disclosed this on...
Athletics: Ibrahim Shehu Gusau Reelected As AFN President, Adeleye, Anibeze Emerge VPs
Ibrahim Shehu Gusau has been re-elected President of the Athletics Federation at the 2021 Elective Congress held in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state on Monday 14 June.
Gusau polled 20 votes while Uche Muoma got...
Athletics: Electoral Committee Affirms Readiness For AFN Polls
The 2021 Elective Congress of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria will hold without hitches Electoral Committee Chairman Jambright B.T Sumanu has said.
Elections for a new AFN board will hold on Monday, 14 June...
Nigeria Loses African Athletics Championships Hosting Rights – Reports
The African Athletics Championships will no longer hold in Nigeria after the country was stripped of hosting rights by the Confederation of African Athletics after local health authorities declined to approve the event according to reports.
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