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Amusan Leads Nine-Strong Nigeria Charge at World Athletics Ultimate Championships

Tobi Amusan leads Nigeria’s nine-athlete contingent into the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, where elite athletes face a compressed three-night format....

Tobi Amusan Secures Diamond League Final Spot

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Tobi Amusan has secured her place in the 2026 Wanda Diamond League Final after collecting 28 points from five women’s 100m hurdles meetings, according to the supplied report....

Kayinsola Ajayi Hits World Athletics Overall Top 100 in Nigerian Sprint Breakthrough

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Kayinsola Ajayi is listed at No. 83 in the men’s overall World Athletics rankings and No. 5 in the men’s 100m rankings, while the supplied report says he is the first Nigerian sprinter to enter the overall top 100....

Brume Sentence Puts Nigerian Sprint Career At Crossroads As Deportation Risk Looms

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Nigerian sprinter Godson Oghenebrume’s athletics future has been thrown into deep uncertainty after he was sentenced to 27 months in a United States federal prison......

Nigeria World Relays Squad Heads To Gaborone With Qualification Pressure Rising

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Nigeria’s 24-athlete World Relays squad will travel to Gaborone with qualification, podium ambition and relay depth on the line. Entered in all six events, the team faces a two-day championship that could shape Nigeria’s route to Beijing 2027, test its sprint pipeline, and decide whether this relay generation can move from promise to authority....

Favour Ofili returns to top of Nigeria’s 200m rankings

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Favour Ofili Nigeria 200m rankings lead has been restored after the sprinter clocked 22.46 seconds at the Tom Jones Memorial meet, moving back to the top of the national list for 2026....

👟 Tobi Amusan Storms to Fifth National Title in 100m Hurdles

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Tobi Amusan secured her fifth national title in the 100m hurdles at the AFN Trials in Lagos, finishing in 12.57s as she builds momentum for Tokyo 2025....

Imaobong Uko Breaks Silence on Doping Ban as AFN Defends Procedure

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Imaobong Uko challenges her 4-year doping ban, alleging ambiguity and unfair process. AFN maintains that international anti-doping standards were upheld....

AFN Elections Face Legal Storm as Gara-Gombe Alleges Constitutional Breach

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Newly elected AFN board faces legal fire as Gara-Gombe alleges disregard for court order and constitutional violations....

Samuel Ogazi Breaks 26-Year Record to Win Historic NCAA 400m Title for Nigeria

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Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi blazed into history, becoming the first Nigerian in 26 years to win the NCAA men’s 400m title, clocking 44.84 seconds....

Nigerian athletics

Amusan Leads Nine-Strong Nigeria Charge at World Athletics Ultimate Championships

Tobi Amusan Secures Diamond League Final Spot

Kayinsola Ajayi Hits World Athletics Overall Top 100 in Nigerian Sprint Breakthrough

Brume Sentence Puts Nigerian Sprint Career At Crossroads As Deportation Risk Looms

Nigeria World Relays Squad Heads To Gaborone With Qualification Pressure Rising

Favour Ofili returns to top of Nigeria’s 200m rankings

👟 Tobi Amusan Storms to Fifth National Title in 100m Hurdles

Imaobong Uko Breaks Silence on Doping Ban as AFN Defends Procedure

AFN Elections Face Legal Storm as Gara-Gombe Alleges Constitutional Breach

Samuel Ogazi Breaks 26-Year Record to Win Historic NCAA 400m Title for Nigeria

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