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Team Nigeria Shines at 2025 World Para Athletics Grand Prix

Team Nigeria delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 World Para Athletics Grand Prix held ...

  • 20 June 2025
  • Athletics (Track and Field)
Jacob Kiplimo

Jacob Kiplimo Breaks Half Marathon World Record in Barcelona

Ugandan long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo made history on Sunday, March 3, by setting a new ...

  • 4 March 2025
  • Africa
Ágnes Keleti

World’s Oldest Olympic Gold Medalist, Ágnes Keleti, Passes Away at 104

Ágnes Keleti, the world’s oldest Olympic gold medalist and Hungarian gymnastics legend, dies at 104. ...
  • 2 January 2025
  • Athletics (Track and Field)
Paris to name sports venue after dead Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei

Paris to name sports venue after dead Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei

Paris will honor Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who tragically passed away after being set on ...

  • 27 August 2023
  • Athletics (Track and Field)
Christine Mboma

Injuries Keep Namibian Sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi Out of African Senior Athletics Championships

Namibian sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi will not participate in the upcoming African Senior ...

  • 15 September 2022
  • Athletics (Track and Field)

Tobi Amusan Wins Gold at Diamond League Final

Nigerian sprinter Tobi Amusan wins gold in the 100m hurdles at the Diamond League Final ...
  • 9 September 2021
  • Athletics (Track and Field)

Blessing Okagbare Wins 100m Semi-Finals at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare wins the 100m semi-finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a ...
  • 30 July 2021
  • Athletics (Track and Field)

17-Year-Old Favour Ofili Sets Nigerian National Record in 200m

Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili sets a new national record in the 200m with a time ...
  • 22 May 2021
  • Athletics (Track and Field)

Nigerian Athletes Shine at 2021 National Sports Festival

Nigerian athletes excel at the 2021 National Sports Festival, showcasing exceptional talent across various disciplines ...
  • 14 April 2021
  • Athletics (Track and Field)
Athletics

Athletics: Dominance of Kenyan and Ethiopian Runners

Kenya and Ethiopia have become synonymous with long-distance running. These two nations dominate marathons, the ...

  • 17 October 2014
  • Athletics (Track and Field)

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July 6th is the day in 1986 that Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.

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