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Athletics Nigeria director claims 2013 victories ‘not a fluke’

The technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Navy Commodore [link id=”148″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Omatseye Nesiama” target=”_blank”], has declared that the recent successes for Nigeria in continental athletics championships are no fluke but dividends of concerted efforts by the Federation as well as other concerned government sports institutions. The AFN technical chief was speaking […]

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Hassan, Ndlovu set African junior championships records in Mauritius

Egypt’s Ahmed Hassan and South Africa’s Sabelo Ntokozo Ndlovu both set Championships records on day two of the [link id=”270″ tax=”post_tag” text=”11th African Junior Athletics Championships”] at the Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Mauritius. [link id=”278″ tax=”post_tag” text=”Ahmed Hassan”] continues Egypt’s supremacy in the throws with a new championships record of 19.59m in the men’s Shot Put […]

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Athletics Nigeria drops nine ‘age cheats’ ahead Mauritius 2013

The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Solomon Ogba, has explained the rationale behind dropping  nine out of the 35 athletes originally selected to represent the nation at the [link id=”6830″ text=”2013 Africa Junior Athletics Championship”] in Bamboo, [link id=”173″ tax=”am_venues” text=”Mauritius”] this week. According to Ogba, who addressed journalist in Lagos, the dropped athletes were […]

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Mauritius to host African Junior Championships 2013

Mauritius has been picked to replace South Africa as the host of the postponed 11th Africa Junior Athletics Championships. The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) confirmed in a statement on its website that Reduit City in Mauritius will be the next stop for the biannual championships, replacing Johannesburg, which pulled out after Athletics South Africa […]

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