British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing, hosted a farewell reception for Birmingham Commonwealth Games bound Nigerian athletes, alongside the Minister of Sports and the President of the Nigerian Olympic Committee in Abuja.
The medals, which have been designed locally by students from the host city’s School of Jewellery for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, was revealed to the public for the first time.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to deliver e-learning course for athletes and coaches ahead of 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK.
Victoria 2026 will be staged in March 2026 across multiple cities and regional hubs including Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland.
Birmingham 2022 is one year away, with the Main Ballot open to everyone from 8 September 2021.
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare smashed the 12-year-old Commonwealth Games Record to win the women’s 100m in 10.85 secs at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow.
Namibia’s Helalia Johannes won a historic women’s marathon on the final day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday, becoming the first Namibian woman to win a Commonwealth title in any sport.
IAAF World champions Hellen Onsando Obiri and Elijah Manangoi led Kenyan 1-2 finishes in their respective events on the last day of track and field competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday
LIVE Blog of Day SEVEN of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Saturday 14 April, 2018.
Oluwatobiloba Amusan wins Nigeria’s first ever sprint hurdles gold in a time of 12.68 secs, beating Jamaica’s duo Danielle Williams (12.78) and Yanique Thompson (12.97) into the minor places at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Friday.
Uganda’s Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei completed a Commonwealth Games double in a new Games record on the sixth day of athletics competition with a resounding victory in the men’s 10,000m in Gold Coast on Friday.
South Africa’s Caster Semenya stormed to another commanding victory on Friday, winning the women’s 800m title at the Commonwealth Games and taking home double gold from Australia’s Gold Coast after winning the 1500m final earlier in the week.
Amantle Montsho pips a Jamaican double-act, who have to settle for silver and bronze, to earn Botswana a rare 400m double by taking the women’s 400m gold in the Gold Coast on Wednesday night.
LIVE Blog of Day SIX of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Friday 13 April, 2018.
World champion Luvo Manyonga leaped to another major international title, taking gold in the Long Jump Men final as the SA athletics team bagged four more medals, on the fourth day of Track and Field competition at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Wednesday.
LIVE Blog of Day FIVE of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Thursday 12 April, 2018.
LIVE Blog of Day FOUR of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Wednesday 11 April, 2018.
South Africa’s golden girl Caster Semenya secured her first Commonwealth Games title, earning Team South Africa’s fifth Track and Field medal at the multi-sport spectacle at the Gold Coast, Australia on Tuesday.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala has achieved what he set out to do, winning his first major championship gold medal with a well-executed 44.35 in the men’s 400m final at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
LIVE Blog of Day THREE of Athletics action at Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from the Carrara Stadium, in Gold Coast, Australia – Tuesday 10 April, 2018.
Akani Simbine stopped the clock at 10.03, with Henricho Bruintjies finishing 0.14 off the pace. Jamaican Yohan Blake nicked the bronze medal from Nigeria’s Seye Ogunlewe in a photo finish, with both athletes timed at 10.19 at Gold Coast 2018.
Uganda’s Stella Chesang wins the women’s 10,000m women’s gold medal and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi earns Nigeria a first medal, a silver, with a best throw of 21.14m in the men’s Shot Put at the on-going 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Monday.
Live Blog of Day TWO of action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) taking place inside the Carrara Stadium, in Gold Coast, Australia – Monday 9 April, 2018.
A trio of South African athletes had no trouble in the preliminary rounds on Sunday, booking their places in medal contests at the Commonwealth Games as the athletics competition got under way at Gold Coast, Australia.
As it happens…Live Blog of Day ONE of action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) taking place inside the Carrara Stadium, in Gold Coast, Australia – Sunday 8 April, 2018.
Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected a strong team with a good blend of youth and experience for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Kenyan trials held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.
SASCOC have named a 169-member team, including 13 athletes and 8 para-athletes, to represent South Africa at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia between 4-15 April.
The Bid Committee for the Commonwealth Games in Durban 2022 has reiterated their commitment to deliver a cost effective Games that will leave a lasting legacy for the city.
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of African athletes competing at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland – July 27 to August 2, 2014
Series of mixed-zone audio interviews with top African athletes at the just concluded 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland – August 2014.
Kenyans Joyce Chepkirui, Florence Kiplagat and Emily Chebet blew the field away for a clean sweep of the women’s 10,000m medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Photo Gallery – Some of the incredible images as the Queen’s Baton Relay made its way across 18 African Commonwealth nations and territories in Africa
Blessing Okagbare smashes the Commonwealth Games 100m record to give Nigeria her first Athletics gold medal of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Monday.
Kenyan Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku won the men’s 5,000m gold and compatriot Flomena Cheyech Daniel took the women’s marathon gold on day 1 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Follow #AthleticsAfrica Live Coverage from the 20th Commonwealth Games Athletics competition at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland – July 27-August 3, 2014.