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 …

Reigning world 100 metres hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan tops the list of six Nigerian track and field athletes who made the top 20 ranking in their respective events following the last update for the outgoing year by World Athletics. Amusan was ranked the best sprint hurdler in 2022 following her incredible performances in the outgoing year highlighted …

The Technical Director of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Mr Yusuf Alli has reaffirmed that the 2023 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will hold on Saturday 4th February 2023. Alli issued a statement on Tuesday dismissing an online media report that the race has been moved to 12th February. The three-time Olympian and 1990 Commonwealth Games …

The world record holder and 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan has been nominated for 2022 Women’s World Athlete of the Year. Nine other athletes are in the list with the winner announced early December. Announcing the nominees for the award, the World Athletics explained that the 10 nominees were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, from all its …

The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has submitted an application for an upgrade to become the biggest and highest rated full road race in Africa. The Technical Director of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Yusuf Ali, who submitted the request at the headquarters of the World Athletics in Monaco, France, said in Benin City, Edo State over the weekend that …

Nigeria’s world record holder Tobi Amusan set a new record on Thursday as she won another trophy after finishing in 12.29s to successfully defend her Diamond League title. She won the women’s 100 meters hurdles at this year’s Diamond League in Zurich. Kendra Harrison of the United States and Britany Anderson of Jamaica finished second and third. In August, Amusan, …

Nigeria may be  stripped of the women’s 4x100m relay gold won at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, after an unnamed member of the quartet failed a doping test. The gold winning team comprises Tobi Amusan, Rosemary Chukwuma, Favour Ofili and Grace Nwokocha. In winning the race on 7 August, the quartet set a new African record of 42.10s to …

The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has named renowned sports journalist, Mr Dapo Sotuminu as the Director of Media for the event. Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Chief Bukola Olopade, who made the announcement over the weekend, said that Sotuminu would double as the Director of Media for Nilayo Sports Management Limited, the owners of the Access Bank …

Team Nigeria’s highest gold medal haul in the Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ends today with Nigeria not in the finals of any of the six events, which include Table Tennis, Hockey, Badminton and Squash. But the team – particularly the women – have already hauled 12 gold medals, the highest in Nigeria’s 15th appearance at the Games. …