BY KUNLE SOLAJA On this date, 29 July 1996, Falilat Ogunkoya became Nigeria’s first individual woman Olympic medallist when she won bronze medal in 400 metres...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 25 July 1992, the Nigerian camp at the Barcelona ’92 Olympic Games was set agog when the unusual happened. The...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 19 July 1952, the XV Summer Olympic Games opened in Helsinki, Finland. It was the first Olympic Games in which...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 16 July 1988, American sprinter, Carl Lewis broke the 10 seconds barrier in the 100 metres race when he ran...
European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen, who suffered a stroke in March, has passed away at the age of 74. Hansen died at his home in...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday (June 17) rejected world 100-metre champion Christian Coleman’s complaints after it provisionally suspended him over a missed drugs test,...
The prosecution in the French corruption trial of former global athletics supremo, Lamine Diack on Wednesday (June 17) for him to serve four years in prison...
World’s fastest man Christian Coleman is suspended and faces a two-year ban for missing three drugs tests in a year – but he blames testers for...
Former International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has admitted that he “unquestionably” should have been more vigilant during his time at the helm of...
The chairman of Edo 2020 National Sports Festival Committee, Tonobok Okowa has debunked the story making around concerning the new day for the National Sports Festival...