Tag: Commonwealth Games
Mike Edward’s plea to IAAF: “Let me compete for Nigeria” at...
Team Nigeria's sole representative in the men's High Jump at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Mike Edwards, is appealing to the...
Sports Ministry rolls out 2018 Commonwealth Games Timetable for participating federations
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has rolled out a timeline for the 10 participating National Sports Federations ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games...
AFN lists Okagbare, Amusan, 35 others for 2018 Commonwealth Games
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria on Thursday released its team of 37 athletes that will be representing the country at the Commonwealth Games billed...
AFN releases standards for Seniors & Juniors ahead of 2018 Athletics...
Following the unveiling of the Calendar of events for the 2018 Athletics season, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has also released the standards...
Five World-Class Athletes Who Ought to be Representing Nigeria!
Nigeria has been known to produce sprinters who dominated the world stage during their era. Ironically, the country remains one of the most affected...
The World’s Top 10 Sprinters of 2014 – Part 2
We bring you the concluding part of the countdown of our Top 10 Sprinters globally in the 2014 athletics season, which kicked off last...
The World’s Top 10 Sprinters of 2014 – Part 1
The Sprints happen to be the most explosive events in Track and Field. Despite the absence of world record holder Usain Bolt from most...
Africa’s TOP 8 Athletes of 2014 – Part 2!
Here's the concluding part of the countdown of our Top 8 African Athletics Performers of the 2014 season, which we kicked off last week...
Africa’s TOP 8 Athletes of 2014 – Part 1!
Many were called at the beginning of the 2014 athletics season. However, few of them were chosen based on their outstanding performance in their...
Botswana – Africa’s rising force in the Sprints and Middle Distances
In times past, countries from the southern part of the African continent were not regarded as good producers of the world’s best runners, but...