Athletics Archives - ACLSports https://aclsports.com/athletics/ Your Sports Memo Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:36:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://aclsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-ACL-Sports-Logo-32x32.jpeg Athletics Archives - ACLSports https://aclsports.com/athletics/ 32 32 156891022 MTN CHAMPS launches with over 1000 medals, 32 team titles & 10 MoC Academy spots for grabs https://aclsports.com/mtn-champs-launches-with-over-1000-medals-32-team-titles-10-moc-academy-spots-for-grabs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mtn-champs-launches-with-over-1000-medals-32-team-titles-10-moc-academy-spots-for-grabs https://aclsports.com/mtn-champs-launches-with-over-1000-medals-32-team-titles-10-moc-academy-spots-for-grabs/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:25:20 +0000 https://aclsports.com/?p=46660 More than 7000 athletes and 500 schools are set to battle for over 1000 medals and 32 school/team titles in the first edition of the Schools’ Athletics Championships, now renamed MTN CHAMPS, which will take centre stage across four locations: Benin, Uyo, Ibadan and Abuja. A press conference was held on Wednesday, 4th October, 2023, […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/mtn-champs-launches-with-over-1000-medals-32-team-titles-10-moc-academy-spots-for-grabs/feed/ 0 46660 NYG 2023: Delta Promises Youth Games like never before https://aclsports.com/nyg-2023-delta-promises-youth-games-like-never-before/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nyg-2023-delta-promises-youth-games-like-never-before https://aclsports.com/nyg-2023-delta-promises-youth-games-like-never-before/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:31:17 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=46414 With a few days to the opening ceremony of the 7th National Youth Games, the Delta State Government had promised top-notch organisation and a sporting experience like never before for the participating athletes, officials and members of the public. Chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa, also Chairman of the Local Organising […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/nyg-2023-delta-promises-youth-games-like-never-before/feed/ 0 46414 Francis James: Kenyan athletes are beatable https://aclsports.com/francis-james-kenyan-athletes-are-beatable/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=francis-james-kenyan-athletes-are-beatable https://aclsports.com/francis-james-kenyan-athletes-are-beatable/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:43:39 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=46179 Nigerian marathoner, Francis James has vowed to defeat his East African counterparts in subsequent marathon races held in Nigeria. Francis James finished fifth overall and won Nigeria’s men’s category with a time of 31:08s at the 2023 Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Race in Ogun state. James told www.aclsports.com that his coach has plans to give […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/francis-james-kenyan-athletes-are-beatable/feed/ 0 46179 Kipsiror: I am ready for the Valencia Half Marathon https://aclsports.com/kipsiror-i-am-ready-for-the-valencia-half-marathon/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kipsiror-i-am-ready-for-the-valencia-half-marathon https://aclsports.com/kipsiror-i-am-ready-for-the-valencia-half-marathon/#respond Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:38:48 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=46139 Kenya’s Shamilah Tekaa Kipsiror has declared her readiness for the Valencia Half Marathon 2023 next October. Kipsiror won the women’s elite race with a time of 32:22 at the recently concluded Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Race in Ogun state. She told www.aclsports.com that the 10km race in Nigeria has put her in a better shape […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/kipsiror-i-am-ready-for-the-valencia-half-marathon/feed/ 0 46139 2023 National Games: Kwara to participate in Athletics https://aclsports.com/2023-national-games-kwara-to-participate-in-athletics/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2023-national-games-kwara-to-participate-in-athletics https://aclsports.com/2023-national-games-kwara-to-participate-in-athletics/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:54:08 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=45850 Kwara state will be allowed to participate in the athletics event at the forthcoming 2023 National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta state, www.aclsports.com gathered. This is following the lift of the indefinite ban slammed on Kwara State Athletics Association by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). A letter signed by Rita Moshindi, Secretary General of […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/2023-national-games-kwara-to-participate-in-athletics/feed/ 0 45850 X users react to Tobi Amusan clearance by tribunal https://aclsports.com/x-users-react-to-tobi-amusan-clearance-by-tribunal/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=x-users-react-to-tobi-amusan-clearance-by-tribunal https://aclsports.com/x-users-react-to-tobi-amusan-clearance-by-tribunal/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:40:57 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=45518 Nigerians on the popular microblogging platform, X, were in a joyous mood after the Women’s 100m Hurdles World record holder, Tobi Amusan, was cleared by the disciplinary tribunal and her suspension was subsequently lifted. Amusan was temporarily suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in July for missing three tests within a calendar year. She […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/x-users-react-to-tobi-amusan-clearance-by-tribunal/feed/ 0 45518 Tobi Amusan reacts to clearance by disciplinary tribunal https://aclsports.com/tobi-amusan-reacts-to-clearance-by-disciplinary-tribunal/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tobi-amusan-reacts-to-clearance-by-disciplinary-tribunal https://aclsports.com/tobi-amusan-reacts-to-clearance-by-disciplinary-tribunal/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:09:24 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=45507 Women’s 100m Hurdles World record holder, Tobi Amusan has reacted to her clearance by the disciplinary tribunal who ruled that she hasn’t committed any Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV). Tobi Amusan was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in July for missing three tests within a calendar year. Through it all, she reiterated her […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/tobi-amusan-reacts-to-clearance-by-disciplinary-tribunal/feed/ 0 45507 Amusan vows to contest alleged rule violation https://aclsports.com/amusan-vows-to-contest-alleged-rule-violation/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amusan-vows-to-contest-alleged-rule-violation https://aclsports.com/amusan-vows-to-contest-alleged-rule-violation/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:49:48 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=45151 Nigeria’s Athletics superstar and World record holder in the 100m hurdles event, Tobi Amusan vows that she will contest an alleged rule violation charge by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) barely a month before the 2023 World Athletics Championship, www.aclsports.com reports.   Tobi Amusan, 26, is coming off a successful time at the Gyulai István Memorial […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/amusan-vows-to-contest-alleged-rule-violation/feed/ 0 45151 AFN ban: Suspended Coach deceived us says Awe https://aclsports.com/afn-ban-suspended-coach-deceived-us-says-awe/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afn-ban-suspended-coach-deceived-us-says-awe https://aclsports.com/afn-ban-suspended-coach-deceived-us-says-awe/#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2023 01:01:01 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=44534 The coach of Kwara State Athletics Association, Adeniyi Awe has explained that the suspended coach of the association, Hammid Muritala, deceived him into joining Kwara’s athletics contingent to Benin for the 2023 AFN Golden League. Speaking to journalists in Ilorin on Monday, Awe said he only allowed the banned coach to join them on the […]

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]]> https://aclsports.com/afn-ban-suspended-coach-deceived-us-says-awe/feed/ 0 44534 AFN ban Kwara Athletics Association indefinitely https://aclsports.com/afn-ban-kwara-athletics-association-indefinitely/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afn-ban-kwara-athletics-association-indefinitely https://aclsports.com/afn-ban-kwara-athletics-association-indefinitely/#respond Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:03:06 +0000 http://aclsports.com/?p=44474 The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has suspended Kwara State Athletics Association indefinitely from all athletics activities in the country. The suspension was following the appearance ban Track and Field Coach, Hammid Muritala at the just concluded 2023 AFN Golden League in Benin, Edo State. Coach Muri, as he is fondly called was banned for […]

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