Athletics Can Learn From Cycling - Chris Froome

Britain's double Tour de France champion Chris Froome has urged athletics to follow cycling's lead and invest a lot more money in anti-doping. Cycling's problems with drugs are well documented but the sport's blackest days appear to be behind it.

But the ongoing doping allegations in athletics threaten to overshadow this month's World Championships in Beijing.

"From what I understand, the testing hasn't been at the level that it is in cycling," Froome told BBC Sport.

World Championships: Team Nigeria Set To Depart To Beijing On August 18

Nigeria's  team to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships will be off to Beijing on August 18, Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Omatseye Nesiama, said yesterday.

The championship will take place from August 22 to August 30 in Beijing and Nigeria’s team 14 women and three men would jostle for laurels on behalf of the country at the event.

On why only 17 athletes would be representing Nigeria, Nesiama said: “We decided to send a more compact team in order not to just go for a jamboree.