On Day 2 of Athletics at the ongoing National Sports Festival, there were a couple of scintillating performances on the track as well as the field. From the men and women in the 400m Semi-Finals, 100m Semi-Finals, and the 100m…
Adegoke, Brume named 2021 Athletes of the Year
Tokyo 2020 Olympics 100m finalist Enoch Adegoke and long jump bronze medal winner Ese Brume have been named the male and female Athletes of the Year respectively at the 2021 Athletic Heat Track and Field Awards held at the Ebonylife…
Anigbata, Adegoke, Uniport Others Win 2nd Athletic Heat Awards
Grace Anigbata, the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships 4x100m silver medalist, Enoch Adegoke, the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, para-athletics coach Feyisetan Are, and others were among the lauded winners at the second Athletic Heat Awards, which were…
Athletic Heat hosts first ever Track and Field Awards in Nigeria
After a long 2017 season which included the World Athletics Championships and other meets across Nigeria, the executive board of Athletic Heat decided to organize an event that recognizes the best of Nigerian athletes ranging from Youths to Junior and…
Tobi Amusan makes it a back to back Diamond League win in Zurich
Reigning world champion and world record holder Tobi Amusan raced to a brilliant 12.29s beating an impressive line up of world class hurdlers including reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, former world champion Nia Ali and reigning world silver medallist Brittany…
Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume bags 3yr endorsement deal with Premium Trust Bank
After a long season, the Nigerian athlete, and World record holder, over the women’s 100mH, Tobi Amusan, and Ese Brume, the women’s long jump World Championship silver medalist, Commonwealth Games Winner and Record Holder, has just signed a partnership…
Birmingham 2022: Nigerian duo caps it off at CWG with double Gold
World record holder in the women’s 100mh took the win in the finals in a blistering 12.30s confirming that her times in Eugene two weeks ago were no fluke. She was unarguably the favorite and rose to the occasion as…
Cali2022: Team Nigeria ends World U-20 campaign with 5th place in Sprint relay
The Nigerian men’s 4×100m quartet raised Nigerian hopes for a medal when they ran 39.41s a season’s best performance to win heat 2 of the Sprint relays. They’d advanced to the finals with the third fastest time across all heats.…
Cali 2022: Nigerian men’s quartet secures a spot to the 4x100m final
The quartet of Nicholas Fakorede, Nicholas Mabilo,Ajayi Kayinsola and Musa Nurain stormed to the win in heat 2 of the men’s 4×100m in a season’s best time of 39.41s just a tenth of a second outside the national record they…
Cali 2022: Tima Godbless wins Nigerian hearts in a bid to secure a medal
At the ongoing World U-20 championships in Cali, Nigeria had two representatives in the women’s 100m, Tima Godbless and Ofoku Praise. While the latter bowed out in the semis,the former advanced to the finals having run two of her fastest…