Athletics

World 200 metres champion Dina Asher-Smith said Saturday she was pulling out of the event at the Tokyo Olympics because of a hamstring injury.

World champion Asher-Smith pulls out of Olympic 200 million

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Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second fastest women’s 100m time ever – in 10.61 – to retain her Olympic title with a record time for the Games at Tokyo 2020.

Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Olympic record in brilliant 100 million defence

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Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has tested positive to banned substance and has provisionally been suspended from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic.

Blessing Okagbare: AFN awaits details of doping suspension

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Kenya’s Mark Otieno, a 100 metres sprinter, has tested positive for a banned substance, Team Kenya said in a statement, and will not take part in the Olympic qualifying heats on Saturday.

Tokyo Olympics: Kenyan sprinter tests positive for banned substance

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Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare has tested positive to banned substance and has provisionally been suspended from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic.

Blessing Okagbare suspended from Tokyo Olympics

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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is enmeshed in another $150,000 scandal as grant received from World Athletic to assist the Federation in the hosting of the 21st African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba in August 2018,

Tokyo Olympics: Ex-AFN vice-president faults sports ministry over Nigeria’s athletes disqualification

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Nigeria athletes staged a protest in Tokyo after 10 of them were disqualified from taking part in the the track and field events of the on-going Olympic Games.

Disqualified Nigerian athletes protest in Tokyo

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The names of all the 10 banned Nigerian athletes By the Athletic Integrity Unit, an independent body created by World Athletics that manages all integrity issues – doping and non-doping – revealed that a total of 18 athletes have been declared ineligible.

Tokyo Olympics: AIU unveils names of banned Nigerian athletes

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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is enmeshed in another $150,000 scandal as grant received from World Athletic to assist the Federation in the hosting of the 21st African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba in August 2018,

Tokyo Olympics: AFN admits ‘lapses’ after disqualification of 10 athletes

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Tokyo Olympics: Blessing Okagbare zooms into 100 metres semi-finals

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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is enmeshed in another $150,000 scandal as grant received from World Athletic to assist the Federation in the hosting of the 21st African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba in August 2018,

AFN appoints new medical, anti-doping chief

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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is enmeshed in another $150,000 scandal as grant received from World Athletic to assist the Federation in the hosting of the 21st African Championships in Athletics held in Asaba in August 2018,

Tokyo Olympics: 12 Nigerian athletes cleared, eligible to compete – official

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Nigeria duo of Divine Oduduru and Blessing Okagbare have been disqualified from taking part in the men and women’s 200m and 4x100m relays of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for breaching of competition rules.

Tokyo Olympics: Blessing Okagbare blames AFN over ban of 10 Nigerian athletes

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Tokyo Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported Sunday, following the historic decision to delay the event due to the coronavirus.

10 Nigerian athletes banned from Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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Usain Bolt believes the only person that can stop his fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce from winning a third Olympic 100 metres title at the Tokyo Games is herself.

Usain Bolt backing Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win third Olympic 100m crown

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