Nigerian sprint champion Blessing Okagbare is facing the possibility of a lengthy ban from athletics after three more doping cases surfaced. Blessing Okagbare was barred from participating in the Olympic 100-meter semifinals in July for a doping offence and was handed a four-year ban. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Okagbare tested positive for banned […]

Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma won the men’s London Marathon in a time of two hours, four minutes and one second after breaking away from the leading pack late in the race on Sunday. In cool and dry conditions, Lemma improved on his podium finish last year to surge ahead and seize victory, bouncing back after failing […]

Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare has set a new meet record after winning the 100m women’s event at P-T-S Meeting in Samorin, Slovak Republic in 10.98 secs. With her impressive run in 10.98 secs, Okagbare set a new meet record as no other woman has ever won the race under 11 seconds in the Meet held […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has agreed to step in to host the African Athletics Championships in Lagos. Algeria had been due to host the event but had asked for a postponement due to the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic. The event will now be held between 23 and 27 June, which […]

Now close to Tokyo Olympics qualification Team Nigeria’s relays tour of the United States yielded some positive results yesterday, as the country’s men and women 4x100m teams finished tops in their respective races in Texas. Team Nigeria started the tour of U.S three weeks ago with the PVAMU Invitational in Texas, where the mixed relay […]

The world marathon record holder and reigning Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge made sure of his chances at the Tokyo Olympics by winning a special event at an airport in the Netherlands. After Hamburg, Rotterdam, Chicago, London and Berlin, Kipchoge added the NN Mission Marathon to his list. Organised at the last minute in Enschede, instead […]

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the world half marathon record, clocking a time of one hour, four minutes and two seconds at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon to shave 29 seconds off the previous mark. The 26-year-old, a winner in 2017 and 2019, sprinted away from Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw across the final stages of the […]

Renowned Indian motorcycle racer CS Santosh suffered a crash during the ongoing Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia and was put in a medically-induced coma after being airlifted to a hospital in Riyadh. The 37-year-old Santosh, who was representing the Hero MotoSports in one of the world’s biggest rallies, crashed on Wednesday and is being kept […]

Williams have announced they have expanded their technical relationship with Mercedes from 2022, in a significant step for Formula 1’s struggling former world champions. Mercedes have supplied Williams with engines since the start of the turbo-hybrid era in 2014, but next year’s new deal, in line with F1’s next big rule change, will also include […]

The season-opening Australian Grand Prix could be postponed because of Covid-19 restrictions in Australia. It is due to take place in Melbourne from 19-21 March. The Australian Grand Prix Corporation, the Australian government and Formula 1 bosses are in talks over the Albert Park race. “The government will continue to prioritise public health considerations while […]

Lewis Hamilton has suggested he was so successful on the track this year because he was motivated to discuss the Black Live Matters movement in post-win interviews. Mr Hamilton, 35, took a knee on the grid and wore anti-racism slogans in support of the Black Lives Matter cause during the season which saw him win […]

Formula 1’s governing body the FIA has confirmed the calendar for the longest season in history next year. There will be 23 grands prix held, starting in Australia on 21 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 6 December. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone will be on 18 July and the Brazilian Grand Prix has […]

Lewis Hamilton is hopeful his new contract with Mercedes can be agreed before Christmas. Hamilton is out of contract after winning a seventh Formula One drivers’ championship in 2020, matching Michael Schumacher’s record. But the Briton is keen to stay with the Silver Arrows for next season, which would be his ninth campaign with the […]

The W Series, motor racing’s female-only championship, will be part of next year’s British Grand Prix weekend. The series recently announced it would dovetail with a number of Formula 1 races in 2021. An eight-race calendar has been confirmed, starting in France on 26 June and concluding in Mexico on 30 October. The British round at […]

Aru, 30, has a stellar palmares having finished second and third at the Giro d’Italia, in 2015 and 2014 respectively, and fifth at the Tour de France in 2017. The Italian is a multiple Grand Tour stage-winner including stage five of the Tour de France in 2017, back-to-back Giro d’Italia stage wins in 2015 as […]

The 21-year-old also son of Formula 1 Legend – Michael Schumacher, who will partner Russian driver Nikita Mazepin for Haas next season, is currently top of the F2 championship with one round remaining. Schumacher and Mazepin are replacing Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen. Haas team boss Guenther Steiner said: ‘Mick has won races, collected podiums and […]

The Formula One racing star will be honoured at GQ’s Men of the Year Awards which is set to take place virtually on Thursday, December 3rd, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hamilton will mark his award win in GQ’s upcoming January/February issue. The honour comes days after he won his seventh world championship earlier this […]

Formula One icon Lewis Hamilton has told how the pandemic forced him to slow down and take the time to make some changes. The six-time World Champion was forced to reflect on life in the fast lane during the shutdown, and which he admits ‘opened his eyes’. Hamilton, who has teamed up with Tommy Hilfiger […]

The first week of the British Flat season may have started late and in somewhat surreal circumstances, but there was a comforting sense of familiarity to be found in the Qipco 1,000 Guineas as Love delivered another win in the race for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore. In the last five years O’Brien has now […]

May 2 (Reuters) – Secretariat found his stride down the stretch and emerged victorious on Saturday in a computer-simulated Kentucky Derby, which pitted all of horse racing’s 13 Triple Crown winners against each other. Seattle Slew led for most of the race but had to settle for third after being overtaken by the victorious chestnut […]

Mark Cavendish will not ride in the Tour de France for the first time since 2007 after Team Dimension Data omitted the sprinter from their squad. Britain’s 2011 world road race champion has won 30 stages – four shy of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx’s record. However, in April 2017 the 34-year-old has struggled with illness […]