The Ministry of Youth and Sports have ordered the sack of Sunday Adeleye from his position as technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria in what appears to be the first in a series of...

Representatives from the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 organisers are set for a third day of showdown talks on Friday as they look to resolve what has become a very public spat over the hosting...

The Ministerial Committee on the Performance of Nigeria’s Athletes at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships, Doha Qatar on Monday submitted their report to the Minister of Youth and Sports Sunday Dare at his office at...

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei shattered Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old world record Sunday, winning the Chicago Marathon in two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds. Kosgei broke the mark of 2:15:25 set by Radcliffe in...

The World Athletics Indoor Championships scheduled to take place in Nanjing, China in March have been postponed until 2021 over fears related to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the sport’s global governing body said on...

Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet has been banned for four years after testing positive for banned blood booster r-EPO (recombinant erythropoietin), the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old Bahrain athlete was suspended in February 2018 after failing...

Double Olympic champion Lee Evans has died aged 74 at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State. American Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m and 4x400m champion had been on life support at the...

The Airtel Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon was concluded successfully on Saturday, 17 July with Kenyans dominating each category of the marathon. The 21km race was won by Hosea Kiplimo who finished in a time...

Sprint legend Usain Bolt has revealed the name of his new born daughter as he posted pictures of her for the first time. The 33-year-old Olympic gold medallist posted pictures of daughter...

Long Jump sensation Ese Brume has set a new African mark in women's long jump after she leapt an astonishing 7.17 metres at the Chula Vista Festival to shatter Chioma Ajunwa's 25-year African record.