Category Archives: Athletics

South Africa Name Senmaya, 64 Others In Preliminary Squad

June 23 Athletics, Sports 14 comments

.For Asaba 2018 Athletics Championships – A full-strength Preliminary Team has been unveiled by Athletics South Africa (ASA) for the 2018 CAA African Senior Championships to be held in Asaba, Delta State between 1-...

RevolutionPlus Joins Access Bank Marathon In N500m Deal

April 2 Athletics, Sports 19 comments

One the nation’s foremost Real Estate company, Revolution Plus Property Development Company has joined the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon train as the official Real Estate Partner. Project Consultant Access Bank Lagos C...

Access Bank Lagos Marathon: Nigerian Champs Vow To Defend Titles

February 7 Athletics, Sports 15 comments

The top Nigerian finishers at the 2017 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, Iliya Pam and Olude Fadekemi have both promised to do all within their reach to retain their number one positions in Saturday’s 2018 ...

2018 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Over 100 Top Runners Ready For R...

January 15 Athletics, Sports 5 comments

The interest shown in the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is growing with each edition and this is evident in the number of top runners from across the world seeking participation in the one-day event. For the forthcomin...

Access Bank Marathon: Elite Runners, Non-Resident In Nigeria Barred Fr...

December 20 Athletics, Sports 7 comments

Elite athletes and road runners not resident in Nigeria are not eligible to participate in the February 10, 2018 Access Bank Lagos Marathon 10-kilometre race which starts at the foot of the Ikoyi-Lekki Link Bridge and en...

IAAF/AIMS Certify 2018 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Route

September 10 Athletics, Sports 1 comment

After six days’ hard work on and off the course, the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon route has been certified by the world governing body of athletics IAAF and the global body that governs marathons and road races, AIMS....

Bolt Dusts Gatlin For Rio Olympic 100m Gold

August 15 Athletics, Sports 35 comments

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin to gold at Rio 2016. Bolt, 29, ran 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics to replicate his success at Bei...

Team Nigeria Land In S/Africa For Athletics Championships

June 22 Athletics, Sports 25 comments

26 track and field athletes will represent Nigeria when the 20th Africa Senior Athletics Championships get off the blocks on Tuesday in Durban South Africa. That last batch left the country Monday night while 15 came in ...

Semenya Wins 800m At First Diamond League In Africa

May 23 Athletics, Sports 41 comments

South Africa’s Caster Semenya won the 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat, Morocco – the first to be held in Africa. Semenya, 25 – who underwent gender testing after winning gold at the 2009 Wor...

World Champion Aregawi Fails Drugs Test

March 1 Athletics, Sports 28 comments

World indoor 1500m champion Abeba Aregawi has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance. The Ethiopia-born Swede, 25, failed an out-of-competition test conducted by governing body, the IA...

Olympics: AFN invites Brume, 15 Others To Port Harcourt Camp

February 23 Athletics, Sports 25 comments

.AFN boss Solomon Ogba. – Glasgow 2016 Commonwealth gold medalist in long jump Ese Brume and 15 other athletes are to report at the Port Harcourt camp of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, for the Rio 2016 O...

What A Rush: 150 Elite Athletes, 20,000 Runners Sign For Access Bank L...

February 2 Athletics, Sports 989 comments

Reports from the organisers of the inaugural edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon say close to one hundred and fifty local and international elite runners have signed on for the race. As at close of work on Sun...

Sound Sultan Applauds Lagos Marathon, Signs For Race

January 30 Athletics, Sports 1 comment

Foremost Nigeria Hip Hop artist Fasasi Olarenwaju a.ka Sound Sultan has signed on for the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Race billed to take place on 6 February, 2016 in the Centre of Excellence. Sound Sultan and some o...

Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Athletes Gets Bib Numbers

January 26 Athletics, Sports 4 comments

.Yussuf Alli, GM, Access Bank Lagos City Marathon – Athletes that have registered their ambition to be part of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will from Tuesday, 26 January, 2016 start collecting their bib numb...

Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Begins With Expo

January 26 Athletics, Sports 2 comments

Though the main act, the 2016 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, will not flag off until 6 February, the main lead up activities to the first full international marathon in Nigeria in 30 years, Lagos City Marathon Expo, st...

Ogba Confirms IAAF Boss Coe For Access Bank Lagos City Marathon

January 23 Athletics, Sports 20 comments

The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Evangelist Solomon Ogba has confirmed that the IAAF President Lord Sebastian Coe will be in Lagos for the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Speaking from Dubai on...

Olamide, Others Sign For Access Bank Lagos City Marathon

January 22 Athletics, Sports 4 comments

The secretariat of the Lagos City Marathon was a beehive of activities on Thursday as music star Olamide Adedeji popularly called Olamide, media celebrity Jimi Disu, Rapper Ogunbote aka Jaayglow and national champion in ...

Transponders For Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Arrive

January 21 Athletics, Sports 5 comments

The Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Wednesday scored another first as transponders imported for the race arrived the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. February 6, 2016...

NSC Eats Own Words As Okagbare Tops Nigeria Athletics Team To Congo

September 10 All-Africa Games, Athletics, Sports 1 comment

The National Sports Commission, NSC, which earlier placed a ban on Africa’s fastest woman Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor Mfr, may have eaten its words after all, as she now leads the Nigeria athletics team to the A...

Fraser-Pryce Retains World 100m Title

August 24 Athletics, Sports 5 comments

Double-Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continued the Jamaican sprint dominance of the Bird’s Nest as she retained her world 100m title in blistering fashion at the World Championships. Twenty-four hours on...

Seb Coe Elected As New IAAF President

August 19 Athletics, Sports 13 comments

Two time Olympic 1500m champion British Seb Coe was on Wednesday, 19 August, 2015 elected president of the Athletics governing body IAAF, beating Ukrainian Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in Beijing, China. Coe, 58, succ...

Okagbare Leads Team Nigeria To IAAF Championships

August 12 Athletics, Sports 5 comments

The 15th IAAF Championships will kick off on 22 August and Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor will lead Nigeria’s charge for medals along with 22 other athletes who have been invited to represent the country by the Athletics...

Ogunkoya, Ali Task Corporate Nigeria On Athletics

July 14 Athletics, Sports 3 comments

Africa’s foremost former women’s quarter-miler, Falilat Ogunkoya and Nigeria’s long jump record holder, Yusuf Ali have called on corporate bodies in the country to support athletics and other sports by sponsoring events ...