Favour Ofili News & Updates

Favour Ofili announces allegiance switch from Nigeria as she expresses disappointment in the athletics federation for negligence

Favour Ofili announced her decision to make an allegiance switch from Nigeria weeks before the comme...

Sep 01, 2025 • Sportskeeda

Nigeria's Favour Ofili expresses concern after authorities fail to enter her name in 100 meters at the Paris Olympics

Favour Ofili of Nigeria received a rude shock days before the commencement of track and field events...

Jul 31, 2024 • Sportskeeda

Sprinter Favour Ofili's switch from Nigeria to Turkiye denied by World Athletics

Nigeria sprinter Favour Ofili, who competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, tried switching her ...

Apr 17, 2026 • ESPN

Why World Athletics denied Favour Ofili’s request to switch allegiance from Nigeria to Turkey

Global athletics governing body World Athletics has rejected Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili’s requ...

Apr 16, 2026 • Naija Gist - Latest

Ofili won’t run at Commonwealth Games trials – Coach

Favour Ofili's coach confirms she will not compete at the AFN Commonwealth Games Trials, despite rep...

Jun 20, 2026 • The Punch

Nigeria's Favour Ofili victorious in women's 200m at Los Angeles Grand Prix

Favour Ofili of Nigeria finishes first in the women's 200-metre final at the World Athletics Contine...

Jun 14, 2026 • CBC.ca on MSN

Ofili in control in women's 200m at LA Grand Prix

What the LA Grand Prix's women's 200m final with Favour Ofili in total control throughout the race f...

Jun 14, 2026 • NBC Sports

Paris 2024: Favour Ofili makes History, qualifies for 200m final

Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has secured a spot in the final of the women’s 200m event at the on...

Aug 04, 2024 • Premium Times

Paris 2024: Favour Ofili finishes sixth in 200m final

Nigeria’s Favour Ofili concluded her 200m campaign at the Paris Olympic Games with a sixth-place f...

Aug 05, 2024 • Premium Times

LSU's Favour Ofili has brush with bronze but finishes a close sixth in Olympic women's 200

SAINT DENIS, France — As the field made the turn for home in the women’s 200-meter final on Tues...

Aug 05, 2024 • NOLA.com

Olympic sprinter Favour Ofili confirms controversial nationality switch from Nigeria to Turkiye

Nigeria sprinter Favour Ofili, who competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, is switching her nat...

Sep 02, 2025 • ESPN

With Favour Ofili confirming allegiance switch, complete list of all athletes from Jamaica and other countries who will be competing for Turkey

Favour Ofili has joined the allegiance switch bandwagon, with her decision to move from Nigeria to T...

Sep 01, 2025 • Sportskeeda

2026 USATF LA Grand Prix results

Results from the 2026 LA Grand Prix track and field meet....

Jun 14, 2026 • NBC Sports on MSN

LSU's Favour Ofili lights up track in 200 meters prelim at NCAA indoor meet

LSU star sprinter Favour Ofili didn't mess around Friday in her bid to win an individual title at th...

Mar 09, 2023 • The Advocate

ATHLETICS: Favour Ofili listed in Bowerman preseason indoor watchlist for 2023 season

Favour Ofili named in the 2023 preseason indoor watchlist of the most prestigious US college track a...

Jan 11, 2023 • Naija Gist - Latest

Favour Ofili Drawn in Star-Studded 100m Field for Diamond League Rome

Favour Ofili gets Lane Two in Rome as Diamond League women’s 100m features Olympic champion Julien...

Jun 03, 2026 • ZAlebs

Favour Ofili not entered in to 100m dash at 2024 Paris Olympics, to miss event

Favour Ofili was preparing to run in the 100m dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday after qualif...

Jul 30, 2024 • Yardbarker

Nigerian sprinter vents fury after federation fails to enter her in 100m

The Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has furiously hit out at her national federation after a huge adm...

Aug 01, 2024 • Yahoo! Sports

Ofili, Nathaniel lead Nigerian entries for Lone Star Grand Prix

'rendered': 'Four Nigerian athletes, including 150m world record holder Favour Ofili, African 400m h...

Jun 04, 2026 • The Punch on MSN

Why Stars Like Rajindra Campbell and Favour Ofili Are Switching to Turkey

Rojé Stona, Rajindra Campbell, Jaydon Hibbert, Wayne Pinnock, and Favour Ofili, besides being world...

Jun 24, 2025 • FloTrack

LSU and Olympic sprinter Favour Ofili switching allegiance from Nigeria to Turkiye - reports

Nigeria sprinter Favour Ofili, who competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, is switching her nat...

Jun 23, 2025 • ESPN

Olympian to Challenge World Athletics as 11 Athletes' Request Blocked

Favour Ofili, the 24-year-old Nigerian sprinter, missed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and later the 100m a...

Apr 18, 2026 • Yahoo! Sports

World Athletics Rules Out Olympian to Take Major Track and Field Change

Hard to see a difference between what was emerging and human trafficking. ” That was Sebastian Coe...

Apr 16, 2026 • Yahoo Sports

After being left out of 100, Favour Ofili finally gets to call herself an Olympian

SAINT DENIS, France — After being mistakenly left out of the field for the women’s 100-meter das...

Aug 03, 2024 • The Advocate

Favour Ofili Finishes Sixth Across 200 Meters in Her Olympic-Final Debut

Her first Olympic final appearance on Tuesday made her the first Nigerian woman to make the 200m clo...

Aug 06, 2024 • LSU Sports

LSU's Favour Ofili upstaged by Texas sprinter Julien Alfred in 200 duel at NCAA meet

LSU sprinter Favour Ofili was the world leader in the 200 meters for less than 24 hours before being...

Mar 10, 2023 • The Advocate

Favour Ofili: AFN Reacts After World Athletics Blocks Sprinter’s Nationality Switch to Turkey

AFN has welcomed Favour Ofili back after World Athletics denied her switch to Turkey, affirming the ...

Apr 16, 2026 • Legit.ng

AFN welcomes Ofili back as World Athletics blocks sprinter’s switch to Turkey

According to the AFN, World Athletics declined the request on the grounds that it formed part of a s...

Apr 16, 2026 • Premium Times