Athletics

Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reiterated today the IOC’s strong condemnation of the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the …

World Athletics is appalled by developments in Ukraine and condemns the Russian military invasion. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has spoken with his senior vice-president Sergey Bubka and …

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, will hold an All Comers competition next weekend in Akure. The event whick kickstarts the federation’s track and field season,according to Prince …

Recently appointed Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission Yussuf Alli has commended the efforts of Tobi Amusan and Abiola Onakoya to give back their community by …

A Winter Olympian suffered an “unbearably” painful frozen penis after completing the men’s 50km mass start cross country skiing race. Finland’s Remi Lindholm spent just under an hour …

The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run event and a “safe Games” in the midst of the COVID pandemic, but …

The information in this advisory has been compiled to assist media in following the main developments in athletics over the coming week. It summarises the competitions and stories …

Great Britain were Friday stripped of the silver medal they won in the men’s 4×100 metres relay at last year’s Tokyo Olympics after CJ Ujah was found to …

Nigeria’s sprint star Blessing Okagbare has re-echoed her denial of the fact that she never used any probibited substance to enhance her performance. Okagbare who was denied the …

It’s easy to forget that Jakob Ingebrigtsen is still just 21 years old. Keen followers of the sport have been aware of his talent for several years now. …