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Team Nigeria Continues Fine Run, Tops Medal Table At CAA Region II Championships

Some of the medalists are young between ages 16 to 21 which suggests a good future for Nigeria Athletics.

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13 African Games: More Medals For Team Nigeria As Ogunmakiju, Anyancho, Others Stun Crowds

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  • March 21, 2024

By Jonathan Ugbal As predicted, Team Nigeria has picked up on the medals table as the Athletics segment commenced earlier this week at the 13th African Games ongoing in Ghana. Tobi Amusan anchored the Nigerian women’s 4X100m team comprising Justina Eyakpobeyan, Olajide Olayinka, and Fore Abinusawa to win gold on Wednesday. The quartet dusted their

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Cross River Born Athlete Set To Win 200m Olympic Medal For Bahrain

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  • August 17, 2016

By CrossRiverWatch admin Cross River born Edidiong Ofonime Odiong, yesterday topped her group in a time of 22.74 seconds and a new personal best, to win heat 9 in the women’s 200 metres for her adopted Country, Bahrain, at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro to qualify for the semi-finals tomorrow at 4.16am Bahrain

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Cross River Has Not Pulled Out Of Sponsoring Athletics Championship – AFN

By Tony Ushie The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has debunked media reports that the Cross River State Government has pulled out of the sponsorship of the All Nigeria AFN/CRS Athletics Championships. Some sections of the media recently quoted a Cross River Sports Commission source as saying, “There is a dark cloud over the championships.

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GOtv To Sponsor 5th Cross River Athletics/Swimming Championship

by crossriverwatch admin GOtv has announced its partnership with the Cross River State government on the 5th Athletics and Swimming Championship for primary and secondary schools. This announcement was made at the Transcorp Hotel in Calabar on Tuesday, 8 July 2014. The sporting event will involve representatives from eighteen local government areas in Cross River

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Calabar 2013 Not All Comers Affair – AFN President

by crossriverwatch admin Athletics Federation of Nigeria President, Mr Solomon Ogba said in Calabar on Tuesday where the National Athletics Championship is taking place that the 2013 championship will be remarkably different from the past events as the standard will be raised to allow only athletes who have known time record to participate. He said

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