Nigeria exported more than 50 athletes on scholarship to U.S. Colleges in 2023 alone, the former technical director of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (rtd) has revealed. Nesiama, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of…
Tori Bowie: American 3-time Olympic medallist died from complications in childbirth
American sprinter Tori Bowie died from complications in childbirth, her agent has said. Bowie, who won 4x100m relay gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016, plus 100m silver and 200m bronze, died at her home in Florida in May at…
Jim Hines, 1st sprinter under 10 secs, dies aged 76
US sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to break the 10-second barrier for 100m, has died at the age of 76, World Athletics said on Monday. At the 1968 US Championships in Sacramento, Hines became the first man to officially…
Farah returns for London Marathon before likely 2023 retirement
Britain’s four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah on Tuesday said he expected 2023 to be the final year of his career. This was after confirming he would give his home London Marathon “one more shot” in April. Farah, who withdrew from…
David Rudisha: 2-time Olympic 800m champion survives plane crash in Kenya
Kenya’s two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha is reportedly unharmed after a plane he was travelling in crash-landed on Saturday evening. The plane carrying the 33-year-old, who won gold at both London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016, and five…
Athletics: McLaughlin-Levrone, Duplantis win World Athlete of the year awards
World champion American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, both 23, won the World Athlete of the year awards on Monday. McLaughlin-Levrone broke the world women’s 400m hurdles record twice while Duplantis set three new world highs…
Usain Bolt moves to trademark signature victory pose
Athletics icon Usain Bolt has moved to trademark a logo showing his signature victory celebration pose. The retired Jamaican sprinter submitted an application in the US last week. He is known globally for the move – in which he leans…
Allyson Felix: World Athletics Championships record-breaker on life-changing year (BBC)
Becoming the most successful athlete in World Championships history – as she did in Doha – would once have been all-consuming for Allyson Felix. The past 12 months have changed her beyond measure. Having a baby has also given birth…
World Athletics Championships: Kenyan grabs gold from Ethiopian by millimetres (BBC)
Just one one-hundredth of a second separated Kenya’s Conselsius Kipruto from Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma in the 3,000m steeplechase final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. Girma led as he hurdled the last barrier in the home stretch. But Kipruto,…
World champion Pearson makes hurdles return in Sydney (Euronews)
World high hurdles champion Sally Pearson returned to competition in her pet event for the first time in 14 months at the Australian national championships on Sunday, winning her heat before skipping the final because of fatigue. The London Olympic…
