Athletics

World Athletics has ordered that the term 'indoor' in track and field be renamed 'short track' to denote events and performances held on a 200m track, thesportsbay.com reports. The World Athletics website issued a press release stating that the new...

Nigerian athletes at the National Junior College Athletic Association NJCAA Championships have posted impressive results on Day 1, thesportsbay.com reports. Hurdler, Miracle Thompson and discus thrower, Vincent Ugwoke topped the list of best performers. Thompson sped to a massive Personal...

Nigerian long and triple jumper, Emmanuel Ineh has been detained and imprisoned in the USA for an alleged rape while an investigation was ongoing, thesportsbay.com reports. According to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department, the former University of Alabama track...

The fastest man in Nigeria, Favour Ashe, the 200-meter national record holder, Favour Ofili, and Godson Brume head the list of the top college athletes that will compete at the South Eastern Conference Championships in the United States of...

World Record run by Nigerian sprinter Tobi Amusan in the 2022 World Championships in Oregon has been included on a list of the best World Championships moments in athletics.  Amusan set a new World Record in the semifinals of the...

Tobi Amusan has been nominated for the Laureus Sports Award in the Breakthrough of the Year category, along with five other athletes. Her nomination makes her the first Nigerian sportswoman to be considered for the world's most prestigious sporting award,...

Nigeria's Favour Ofili has smashed her own record and set a world-leading and African record of 22.36secs to dominate at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, the United States. Ofili’s time of 22.36 seconds is the third fastest time ever run...

Divine Oduduru faces up to a six-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit for allegedly being 'Athlete 2' in Blessing Okagbare's doping scandal case. Nigerian 200m record holder Divine Oduduru, has been provisionally suspended by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), concerning...

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has mandated that all current and future organizers of road races in Nigeria register with them in order to have their events sanctioned. This became essential, according to Tafida Gadzama, vice president of the...

A few hours after being named the fifth-best athlete in the world by the World Athletics, Tobi Amusan has been named Best Female Athlete in Africa for 2022 by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), thesportsbay.com reports. The 25-year-old occupies...