Tag: AFN
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Sports commission clarifies Ofili’s allegiance switch status
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has clarified that it has not received any official communication from Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili regarding her alleged switch of allegiance to Turkey.
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AFN express shock over Favour Ofili’s switch of allegiance to Turkey
Tonobok Okowa, President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has expressed shock over reports that 150m women’s world record holder, Favour Ofili, has switched her nationality to Turkey.
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Okowa re-elected AFN President
Tonobok Okowa was on Thursday returned unopposed as President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), by the majority of the congress in Abuja.
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AFN Performance Director, Okorie praises athletes, others, as Team Nigeria returns Friday
Team Nigeria Athletics will return to the country from Douala, venue of the just concluded 23rd African Senior Athletics Championships, on Friday, (tomorrow). Team Nigeria won one more gold and silver medal on the final day to finish third behind South Africa and Kenya on the medal table.
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AFN excited to see Amusan back on track
President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Tonobok Okowa, was in cloud nine on Monday evening, watching World Record Holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobiloba.
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Amusan, Brume 38 others listed for African Athletics Championship
40 athletes have been listed by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, (AFN) to represent the country at the 2024 African Senior Athletics Championship in Douala, Cameroon.
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National Trials: Nigeria Athletics team lands in the Ancient city of Benin
The creme de la creme of Nigerian athletes land in Benin City, the Edo State capital and Nigeria’s fourth largest city for the National Athletics Championships Trials.
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Why we fixed National trials for Salah day – AFN
The Board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has again, said that it is not undermining the Salah Day celebration in the country following a clash in date with the National Trials to select the nation’s athletes for both the African Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon and the Paris Olympics.
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President of AFN explains the clash in date between National Trials and Eid el Kabir
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Chief Tonobok Okowa says the clash in date of the 2024 AFN National Trials in Benin City and the Eld el Kabir celebration is a pure coincidence not deliberate.
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Don’t mislead the public – AFN tells Gara Gombe
The AthIetics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), says the comments and actions of the chairman of Gombe State Amateur Athletics Association (GSAAA), Alhaji Gara Gombe is unhealthy, retrogressive, misleading, inimical and damaging to the sport of athletics and sports in general.