Olympics

A new documentary looks at what Nigeria’s success in the 1990s meant to its people, including the daughter of the executed activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. It may be more than 25 years since Celestine Babayaro was part of the Nigeria men’s…

Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge believes he can get even closer to a possible sub-two hour marathon after narrowing the gap by 30 seconds when setting his recent world record in Berlin last month. The 37-year-old ran a time of two hours,…

"For us here in Tanzania, it would have been the end of the world." The father of Tanzania's first Olympic swimmer is talking to his daughter, confessing in truth, as he tries to explain why he hid a condition that killed at least five…

Thunderous chants of "Ali, Ali, Ali" from a boisterous crowd reverberated around the O2 Arena when Ramla Ali continued her unbeaten professional boxing career last month. It was a sight, and sound, to behold. "The amazing thing about…

My name is Patrick Sang, a former athlete and now coaching the likes of Faith Kipyegon, the two-time Olympic champion and two-time world champion, and Eluid Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner that we know, amongst so many other great…

Before Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson-Herah, there was Wyomia Tyus, the first person to ever retain the Olympic title in 100m. Wyomia Tyus is a black American woman born in Griffin, Georgia in…

The joy of being the only person in the world to hold the record for both the 400m and 200m races in the Olympics is a feeling no-one has ever had, except Michael Johnson. US athlete and Olympic champion Michael Johnson is one of the…