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Doha 2019: Okowa hails Ese Brume for Nigeria’s only medal

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2019 0

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated long jumper, Ese Brume, for winning Nigeria’s only medal at the just-concluded International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) competition in Doha. The Delta-born Africa’s reigning long jump queen lept 6.91 metres on

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Just in: Nigeria announces team for IAAF World Championships Doha 2019

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2019 0

Ahead of the seventeenth edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held between 27 September and 6 October 2019 in Doha, Qatar the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has made a list of qualifying athletes. Nigeria has joined the growing list of countries that had named its contingent for the 2019 IAAF […]

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IAAF hails ‘parity and clarity’ after Caster Semenya ruling

Ihesiulo Grace 1 August 2019 0

A Swiss court ruling that blocks South African Caster Semenya from defending her world 800m title in Doha in September creates much-needed “parity and clarity” in athletics, the sport’s governing body said Wednesday. A judge at the Swiss Federal Tribunal on Monday revoked a temporary suspension on the IAAF’s controversial testosterone-curbing rules, meaning two-time

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IAAF lists nominees for Male World Athlete of 2018 award

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2018 0

he International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Tuesday released a list of 10 nominees for the Male World Athlete of the Year award. The world athletics governing body had this week opened the voting process for the 2018 World Athletes of the Year awards. This was done ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018 […]

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IAAF Award: Caster Semenya, Beatrice Chepkoech, 8 others nominated in female world athlete category

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2018 0

South Africa’s Caster Semenya and Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya, have been nominated alongside eight other female athletes for the 2018 Female World Athlete of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). The IAAF media department said on Monday that this week marked the opening of the voting process for the 2018 World […]

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Reps probe disappearance of N54m grant from IAAF

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2018 0

*Summon sports minister, AFN officials The House of Representatives on Wednesday, condemned the disappearance of over N54million from the coffers of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) being grant from the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). Passing a motion sponsored by Rep. Duru Douye on the over payment of its annual grant to national federations

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Casting stones after the World Championships’ failure

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2017 0

The recently concluded IAAF World Championships in London have come and gone, and in their wake, they have brought up familiar recriminations among Nigerians. Unfortunately, we tend to ask these questions at the wrong time, and as always, we ask questions that we have answers to. Nigeria ended the tournament without any medals despite competing […]

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Road Race: MOC Shift Base to Okpekpe

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The Main Organising Committee (MOC) for the 3rd Okpekpe 10km road race has begun the final countdown for the IAAF bronze label race scheduled to hold in Okpekpe near Auchi in Edo State on May 16. Disclosing this to Extra Time, former Nigeria track and field international and two-time IAAF World Championships long jump finalist, […]

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Okpekpe Race Attracts 3000 Runners

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2015 0

Over 3000 runners are expected to participate in next month’s 3rd Okpekpe 10km road race scheduled to hold in Okpekpe, Auchi in Edo State,organisers of the race have confirmed. Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Technical Director Yusuf Alli said a lot of entries have come from across the world for the Okpekpe race. “We are […]

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Protect Your Legacy, Mills Tells Bolt

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

Coach Glen Mills has charged Usain Bolt to protect his legacy, ahead of his three-year swansong, which gets going with a return to Beijing for this year’s IAAF World Championships. Now with six Olympic gold medals, 10 World Championships medals (8 gold), records in the 100m (9.59), 200m (19.19) and the 4x100m (36.84) to his […]

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Montsho to appeal Doping Ban

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2015 0

Former 400m world champion Amantle Montsho has revealed she will appeal against the two-year ban handed down to her for doping after testing positive at last year’s Commonwealth Games. The 31-year-old from Botswana tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine after the 400m final in Glasgow, where she finished fourth. Her “A” and back-up

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James, Merritt clash in Shanghai

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2015 0

The world’s two leading one-lap runners will go head-to-head for the first time in 2015 at the Shanghai IAAF Diamond League meeting on May 17. World 400m champion LaShawn Merritt and Olympic champion Kirani James will clash at the second meeting on this year’s IAAF Diamond League calendar with important bragging rights to be won […]