Why I Switched Allegiance From Nigeria To Turkey – Favour Ofili. She cited Olympic negligence in Tokyo and Paris as her breaking point. Ofili remains focused on her career after setting a 150m world record. World record holder in the women’s 150m, Favour Ofili, has officially confirmed her decision to switch her sporting allegiance from … Read more
AFN has denied allegations that it abandoned Blessing Okagbare in Tokyo The sprinter was suspended over drug issues at Tokyo Olympic games Ekohotblog reports that Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has denied allegations that it abandoned Blessing Okagbare in Tokyo. Blessing Okagbare was suspended on the eve of her 100m race at the Tokyo Olympics … Read more
“The AFN bears responsibility for any lapses that may have occurred during the process…” The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on Thursday, admitted “lapses” on its part over the disqualification of 10 athletes from the Tokyo Olympics for not complying with out-of-competition drug testing requirements. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) had announced the disqualification of … Read more
President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Ibrahim Gusau, has rejected his dismissal as Chairman, Zamfara State Athletics Association. Zamfara State Directorate of Sports Development on Monday, in a statement, announced Gusau’s removal. The statement, signed by the state Director of Sports, Isikaya Shameel, said Gusau was removed as the Zamfara athletics boss after “extensive deliberations” by … Read more
The organisers of Ogbomosho 10km road race has announced that the race will now hold on Saturday, November 28,2020. The first road race to be held in the ancient city was originally scheduled to hold last May but was shifted due to COVID-19 enforced nationwide lockdown. Chairman of the organising committee Prince Oyebamiji Aderemi revealed … Read more
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has sacked the Technical Director of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Sunday Adeleye, making him the first casualty of radical reforms taking place in the sports ministry. Special Assistant to the Minister, Kola Daniel, said in a statement that Dare also ordered the recall of … Read more