World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan is delighted to have been nominated for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 award. The 25-year-old is among the 10 women athletes released Wednesday morning by World Athletics as…
Nigeria may be stripped of CWG gold
Nigeria stands to be stripped of the women’s 4x100m relay gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, after an unnamed member of the quartet failed a doping test. The gold winning team comprises Tobi Amusan, Rosemary Chukwuma, Favour Ofili…
Favour Ofili shatters Okagbare’s 200m national record
Favour Ofili yesterday ran 21.96 seconds to set a new national women’s 200m record at the 2022 Tom Jones Memorial Classic in the United States (US). Ofili, who was among the nine Nigerian athletes disqualified from competing at the Tokyo…
*Delta pastor, Fufeyin, petitions police, accuses fellow clerics of blackmail, cyberstalking (Punch)*Hold Naira Marley responsible if I’m killed, says Mohbad, singer arrested by NDLEA (DailyTrust)
Delta pastor, Fufeyin, petitions police, accuses fellow clerics of blackmail, cyberstalking (Punch) The General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Effurun, Delta State, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Ali Mohammed, over a video clip. The…
Okowa to grace South West Athletics championship
President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Tonobock Okowa has promised to grace the maiden South West Athletics Secondary Schools Invitational and Relays billed to hold later this month at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Ground in Yaba, Lagos.…
AFN opens Olympic camp in Abuja
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s camp for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opened in Abuja on Sunday, The PUNCH reports. Secretary-General of the AFN, Adisa Beyioku, in a letter dated July 2 and addressed to the Director, Federation Elite Athletes Department…
Adegoke sets world-leading time at AFN all comers
Enoch Adegoke, on Saturday, at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria All Comers meet ran 10.16seconds in the men’s 100m. It was his season-opening performance and was just shy of the 10.05seconds needed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics Games. The…
AFN hails triple jump record holder Usoro
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has hailed athlete, Ruth Usoro, after she set a new Nigerian record in triple jump on Saturday in the US. The athletics body said Usoro’s feat was a sign that Nigeria had bright prospects at…