DWAIN CHAMBERS has been urged to halt his challenge to an Olympic ban for the good of the British team heading to Beijing.

Osayemi Damola has won N1 million Jackpot bonus for her splendid performance in the 100 metres women race, with a time of 11.08 seconds to beat the International Amateur Athletics Federation record of 11.09 seconds during the NNPC/ExxonMobil Track and Field Championship which ended in Abuja yesterday.

As the countdown for the Beijing Olympic Games draws near, athletes continue to get qualification for the event.

Given the spate of criticism that trailed the inclusion of Nigeria's top athlete in Wednesday's grand finale in the male 100 metres event at the on going Exxon Mobile Olympics Trials in Abuja, Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Sunday Bada said it was a natural and normal thing that happens in athletics the world over.

Rwanda's junior athletes could miss this year's World Youth Championship due to difficulties in acquiring visas, local athletics federation officials have noted.