Legendary sprinter Jim Hines, famed as the first man to complete a 100-metre race in less than 10 seconds, has passed away aged 76. His demise was confirmed by World Athletics on Monday after several reports claimed he died over the weekend. John Carlos, a 1968 US Olympic teammate also announced his death during the weekend on a Facebook post in which he said, “I understand...
The maiden edition of the Abuja International Marathon, the only full marathon authorised by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), is set to hold on April 29, 2023, as announced by race organisers Unicentral Resources Generation Limited. The marathon was postponed from its initial date of December 17, 2022, due to security threats issued by the American Embassy and other foreign embassies in Nigeria last October...
Male athletes have been granted permission to compete in the artistic swimming events for the first time ever at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to a statement released by World Athletics on Thursday. This follows the International Olympic Committee's decision to approve the request made by the world swimming body to include men's participation in the event at the Games. Artistic swimming, formerly known...
Nigeria star Tobi Amusan has been ranked as the fifth best female athlete for the year 2022 by the World Athletics. The reigning World, Commonwealth, and African champion is one of three Africans that make up the top ten of the newly released ranking; Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya are the other two Africans. The World Athletics ranks the athletes with the...
In spite of several doping cases involving the country's athletes, Kenya Athletics has managed to avoid being blacklisted by World Athletics. The world athletics body stepped down further punishments as there are currently 55 Kenyan athletes serving doping bans, threatening the integrity of the sport in the nation. Kenya was grouped as a 'Category A' nation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) earlier this year –...
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