As the athletic world curiously await the ruling of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) said it is expecting the verdict in the next six days ahead of the 2023 World Championships, which will hold from 19th to 27th August in Budapest, Hungary. With eight days …

Women’s hurdles world record-holder, Tobi Amusan, on Wednesday said she has been charged with an alleged anti-doping rule violation, casting doubt on her participation in next month’s world championships. “Today the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has charged me with an alleged rule violation for having 3 missed tests in 12 months”, she said in a post on Instagram. The Nigerian …

World Record holder, Tobi Amusan has won the Silesia Diamond League Women’s 100m Hurdles, breaking meet record after finishing the race at 12.34 seconds. American Kendra Harrison came a close second after Amusan caught up with her in a nail-biting race to the finish line. Newly crowned US champion Nia Ali came third in 12.38s while Jamaican champion Megan Tapper …

Nigeria’s women’s 4×100 metres relay team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been stripped of their gold medal following the disqualification of Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, who was found guilty of doping by the Commonwealth Games Federation Court. England have now been promoted to first place, followed by Jamaica and Australia. Nwokocha had run the anchor leg as Nigeria crossed …

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the Stockholm Diamond League, with an impressive time of 12.52 seconds. She beat Sarah Lavin who clocked a personal best of 12.73 seconds for second and Pia Skrzyszowska in 12.78 seconds in third place. Tobi finished in second position in the 100 metres hurdles event at the Lausanne Diamond …

A Texas therapist faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty on Monday to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes, including banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, United States authorities said. Eric Lira, a “naturopathic” therapist based in the city of El Paso, is the first individual to be convicted under a new US law introduced in the wake of …

Nine secondary schools from Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State featured at the 2023 Commonwealth Grassroots Sports Development programme recently held at the Olympafrica Centre, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos. The schools included Sanya Senior Secondary School, Covenant Child Academy, Meritplace College, John Kennedy International School, Westminster College, Ijeshatedo Senior Secondary School, Prestige School, God’s Own Private School Andrew Brightfield …

Nigeria’s long jump star, Ese Brume, has won the long jump event at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix with a world-leading distance of 6.77m She began her outdoor games to win the women’s long jump event at the event. Brume defeated Burkina Faso’s Marthe Koala, who had led until that moment with 6.69m in the third round. The victory record …

Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma shattered the 25-year-old world 3,000m indoor record on Wednesday by more than one second at the Lieven meeting as Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis won his third successive pole vault event. Girma clocked 7min 23.81sec to better the old mark of 7min 24.90sec set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen at Budapest in February 1998. The Ethiopian raced alone over the …

Over 2,000 international elite athletes from across the world have registered for the Gold-Label Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, setting a record of entries for any marathon in Africa. The race holds on Saturday, 4 February. The General Manager of the race, Yussuf Alli said at the weekend that: “The elite entries would have been more, if the organisers had …