The Nigerian 4 x 400 relay team have been disqualified from the event, despite finishing second in the semi-final heat on Friday. The quartet, comprising Emmanuel…
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Muzal Samukonga won bronze in the men’s Olympic 400 metres, marking Zambia’s first Olympic medal in 28 years. In front of a 69,000-strong crowd at the…
Nigeria’s Favour Ofili was in tears after storming into the final of the women’s 200m race at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ofili secured her spot in…
From Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele in 2008 to Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon in 2020, Africans have set and continue to hold onto Olympic records in athletics that may…
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon gave herself a timely confidence boost ahead of the Paris Olympics after she set a new world record in the women’s 1500 metres…
Ethiopian athlete Zerfe Wondemagegn who was a Tokyo Olympic 3,000-meter steeplechase finalist has been banned for five years after testing positive for two banned substances. A…
The good times appear to be back for athletics in Nigeria, especially in women’s sprints, as the country’s athletes scattered across colleges in the United States…
Nigeria’s Oluwatobiloba Amusan has become the first Nigerian athlete in history to win a Diamond League Trophy, storming to victory in the women’s 100m Hurdles in…
Sitting 34th on the Olympics medal table, Kenya is not just a prominent athletics nation, it is a giant in the sport. The East African nation…
Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir and Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo won gold medals at the World Athletics Half-Marathon Championships in the Polish seaside city of Gdynia. 27-year-old Jepchirchir earned…