Athletics Africa Magazine

The Board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has approved the dates of July 22 to 27 to hold its annual All-Nigeria championships and national trials at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna ahead of major International competitions coming up this year. Among such competitions is the ECOWAS Region 2 Athletics Junior Championship in Niamey, Niger Republic, the 12th All Africa Games in Morocco and the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar. According to a statement released by Marcus Amanzi, the chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of AFN, the AFN Board promised to work assiduously with relevant stakeholders toward ensuring Nigeria’s successful participation at the competitions while pledging its commitment to grassroots development of athletes. Technical Director of AFN, Sunday Adeleye presented a long list of 91 Athletes in preparation for the All Africa Games which was deliberated upon by the Board before its eventual submission on Tuesday, 3rd June, 2019 to t...

Across 24 hours, six continents and 15 time zones, more than 15,000 runners took up the challenge of running one mile on Sunday (2) as part of the IAAF Run 24-1 worldwide campaign to celebrate Global Running Day. In the second year of the project to inspire and motivate individuals and communities to participate in the world’s most accessible sport and to experience the joy of running, the celebration was extended from a single day to a week. Lanzhou, host of last weekend’s IAAF Global Running Conference, provided the prelude to Sunday’s 24-hour relay around the world, followed by 22 cities and a host of global athletics stars, who served as city captains in their respective hometowns. At dawn in the South Pacific, Fiji kicked off Sunday’s mile runs at the Seawall Walkway before handing the baton to Melbourne and the relay continued through Asia, Europe, Africa and South America, finishing at Atlanta’s Phoenix Park in the United States at the end of the day. By then, more ...