Athletes

Olympic champion Allyson Felix to retire after current season

Seven-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix will retire at the end of the current athletics…

12 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded at Tokyo Olympics

A day before the Tokyo Olympics officially opens, organisers reported 12 new coronavirus cases…

Gora tasks sports administrators on grooming young athletes

Elias Gora, a retired sports administrator says grooming young athletes is necessary for the…

22 athletes from MoC Track Club head to AFN All-Comers in Akure

Twenty-two athletes from the Making of Champions (MoC) Track Club will feature at the…

Sport: Expert harps on appropriate diets for athletes

A Nutritionist, Dr. Alex Abegunde, has counseled Nigerian athletes, who wish to compete favorably…

Tokyo 2020: Japanese athletes test run Olympic facilities

Top Japanese athletes test ran the new Tokyo Olympic stadium at a track meet…

Boxing coach decry lack of financial support by Boxing Federation

Boxing coach, Samuel Nwamuda, has decried the lack of financial support for coaches by…

South Sudan: Olympic athlete plans to take home a message of peace

Abraham Majok, a South Sudanese 1,500m runner training in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics,…

15 Nigerian athletes set for 2020 African Wrestling Championships in Algiers [Full List]

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has assembled a team of 15 athletes to fly…

Edo 2020 NSF: KDSG hails athelets’ performance at zonal eliminations

The Kaduna State Ministry of Sports has commended her athletes for good performance at…

Serena Williams tops Forbes’ highest paid female athletes but Naomi Osaka isn’t far behind

Former world No.1 and record Grand Slam winner, Serena Williams has again emerged as…

Unilorin to grant automatic admission to outstanding 5th NYG athletes

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Suleiman Age, on Friday expressed the institution’s…

Cameroon athletes go missing from Commonwealth Games

Five athletes from conflict-hit Cameroon have gone missing from the Commonwealth Games in Australia,…

There is no difference between a prostitute and an athlete, sex worker says

“A prostitute is no different from an athlete or a construction worker.” That’s what…

Russia organise tournament for athletes banned from Rio 2016 Olympics

Russian track-and-field athletes banned from competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics will take part…