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The long wait is over for Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah, the first African woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games field event. Twenty-five years after, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, redeemed the Government’s pledge of a house to the athlete

World Athletics today announced it was substantially increasing the prize money for athletes at its flagship world championships, starting with the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 next year.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has imposed a four year ban on US track and field athlete Shelby Houlihan. In a statement, CAS said Shelby Houlihan was found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) pursuant to Rule 2.1 and Rule 2.2 of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – World Athletics(WA) has ratified Yang Jiayu’s world 20 kilometres race walk record of 1:23:49, set at the Chinese Race Walking Championships in Huangshan on 20 March.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the death of IOC Honorary Member Fernando F. Lima Bello. He was 89 years old. Mr Lima Bello was a world champion sailor (Snipe) in 1953 and competed at two Olympic Games, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972 (Dragon).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and nWay, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, today announced the upcoming launch of a new Olympic-themed digital entertainment experience consisting of non-fungible token (NFT) Olympic pins and cross-play multiplayer video games developed by nWay as part of a new licensing agreement with the IOC. First set are available on nWayPlay.com starting on 15 June, while Olympic-themed videogame will be launched later in 2021.

The World Athletics Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of 23 Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes in 2021 under Eligibility Rule 3.2 while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended

His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, and Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC have announced the postponement of CHOGM 2021 as a result of the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

The Court of Arbitration(CAS) has founded Russia biathlete affiliated with the Korean Biathlon Union, Timofey Lapshin guilty of Anti-doping rule violation and consequently sanctioned him with a twelve months period of ineligibility starting April 23, 2021

Olympic champion Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four-year term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).  He was elected at the 137th IOC Session held virtually earlier today. The 67-year-old German received 93 yes and 1 no votes from the 94 valid votes.