Paris 2024 Olympics-bound Nigerian track and field stars Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Udodi Onwuzurike, and Chioma Onyekwere will today participate in USATF NYC Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium, New York, USA. The list of super stars to feature in the women’s 100m hurdles of the marquee event includes Amusan, who set a stunning world record of 12.12 to win the …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has explained that, in sponsoring the Rivers International Marathon 2024, lots of challenges were overcome to ensure it was successfully hosted to open up the economy of the state to global investment opportunities. Fubara also said that his administration was already committed to youth development by expanding the space and exposing them to a …

Nigeria ‘Star Girl’ Favour Ofili will return to 100m racing action at the Edwin Moses Legends Meet today, seeking an automatic Paris Olympic qualification in the event. Ofili’s last time out in the 100m saw her clock a blistering wind-aided 10.78s (2.2m/s) at the LSU Invitational last month, so will be gunning to run a legal sub-11s for an automatic …

The number of Nigerian athletes who have qualified for the track events of the Paris 2024 Olympics, which will be held from 26 July to 11 August, keeps growing as sprinters, Rosemary Chukwuma and Tima Godbless punched their tickets at the National Collegiate Athletics Association regional finals on Saturday. African U-20 Championships gold medallist, Chukwuma qualified for the Olympics in …

World record holder Tobi Amusan, is the fastest woman in the women’s 100m hurdles this year after running a blistering 12.40s to win the first Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston, to win the race ahead of Jamaican and world champion, Danielle Williams. For most part of the race, Amusan was behind reigning world champion Williams and America’s Nia Ali but …

Nigeria’s quarter-miler, Ella Onojuvwevwo, became the latest Nigerian track and field athlete to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday after running 50.57secs  to finish second in the women’s 400m heat at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Florida, USA, in the early hours of Saturday. The LSU student beat the Olympic qualifying standard of 51.00secs  and also broke the …

Nigeria’s quartet of Samuel Ogazi, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Chidi Okezie, and Esther Elo Joseph competing in the mixed 4x400m event of the ongoing World Relays in the Bahamas have qualified for the Paris Olympics holding later this year. The time ran a time of 3:13.79 in Heat 2 to finish second behind the United States of America to book one of …

Team Nigerian will begin their quest for tickets to all five relay events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in other countries at the World Athletics Relays, which begins on Saturday (today) in Nassau, Bahamas. The two-day global event will see 893 athletes from 54 countries vie for slots at the centenary games on Saturday and Sunday, as confirmed by …

Nigerian Olympic gold medallists, Chioma Ajunwa and Enefiok Udo-Obong believe the World Athletics has taken a brilliant step and are on the right path after the body announced prize money to gold medalists at the world’s biggest sports event later this year. The duo, both retired sprinters also said the move would further enhance competition in athletics events in Paris …

Three-time African Games champion and world record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, will begin her Wanda Diamond League season in Xiamen on 20 April. Amusan has been listed among 12 Olympic gold medallists and 27 world champions who will light up the spectacular Egret Stadium in Xiamen. The 26-year-old will face three reigning global champions in the sprint …