President, International Association of Athletics Federations has announced that athletes already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before the Games were postponed will get to keep their spots in the rescheduled 2021 competition, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report About 6,200 of the 11,000 s... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is allegedly enmeshed in another $150,000 scandal as grant received from World Athletics to assist the Federation in the hosting of the 21st African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba in August 2018, which remains unaccount... Read more...
By Our Correspondent The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has confirmed that it has received in full a payment it mistakenly lodged into the account of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report A spokesperson for the IAAF, according... Read more...
By Our Correspondent In a swift move to ensure that the inglorious performance of Team Nigeria in the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar does not reoccur, the as ministry of youth and sports has removed the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, AFN Technical Director, Sunday Adeleye... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Determined to rebrand Nigeria's battered image in global athletics, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, Wednesday approved funds to repay IAAF, for the excess fund the World Athletics body mistakenly transferred to Nigeria, bestchoicesports.com.ng can ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has applauded Ese Brume for winning Bronze Medal in Long Jump event for Nigeria and Tobi Amusan for her performance in the just concluded World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar. In a message via his Twitter h... Read more...
By Deji Ogeyingbo Here’s the full schedule of ALL Team Nigeria Athletes competing on DAY 9 (October 5th) at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. 3:47pm – Women’s 100m Hurdles – African Championships and Commonwealth Games Champion Tobi Amusan vs 2019 NCAA Champion Janeek Br... Read more...
The camp of Team Nigeria participating at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha is in disarray over the recall of the Techical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Sunday Adeleye. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare in a statement on Sunday asked for the r... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has demanded for explanations following the disqualification of Nigeria athletes, Divine Odudu and Blessing Okagbare from thr 100 and 200m races at the on-going 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar, bestchoicesports.c... Read more...
Caster Semenya will not defend her world 800m title in Doha in September after a Swiss judge overruled a temporary suspension on the IAAF's controversial testosterone-curbing rules, her representatives said Tuesday. The ruling means the 28-year-old can no longer compete in events between the 400... Read more...