Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the rarely run one-hour world record on Friday by covering 18.930 kilometres at the Memorial Van Damme meeting. The previous record of 18.517 kilometres was set by Ethiopia’s Dire Tune at the Ostrava Golden…
*Downpour: Gas man drowns, Lekki, Ikorodu residents, landlords flee (Punch)*3 Okada robbers arrested in Lagos (PMNews)
Downpour: Gasman drowns, Lekki, Ikorodu residents, landlords flee (Punch) Incessant rain in Lagos and Ogun states in the past one week has not only wreaked havoc, but also exposed infrastructural deficit in the two neighbouring states, The PUNCH’s investigations have…
London Marathon: Kenyans Kipchoge and Cheruiyot celebrate double win (BBC)
Kenyan runners have dominated this year’s London Marathon, with Eliud Kipchoge winning his third title, while Vivian Cheruiyot won the women’s race. Kipchoge finished in two hours, six minutes and 27 seconds in front of Ethiopia’s Tola Shura Kitata (2:05:00)…
