Tag: Athletics
Team Nigeria Must Improve, Coaches Charge Athletes
Three coaches have called for improvement in Nigeria’s performance in athletics in spite of its achievement at the recent IAAF…
As Okagbare Saves The Day
Nigeria’s outing at the just concluded 14th IAAF World Championships, an equivalent of the FIFA Football World Cup, was almost…
World Athletics: Nigeria ends up 24th on medals table
Thanks to Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria ended up 24th on the final medals table of the 14th IAAF championship in Moscow.…
Usain Bolt wins third 200m title
MOSCOW (AFP) – Usain Bolt underlined his amazing sprinting prowess on Saturday by powering to a third successive world 200m…
Okagbare Wants To Be Like Bolt
The tall ambition of Nigeria’s superwoman, Blessing Okagbare is to be like Jamaica’s superman, sprint sensation Usain Bolt someday. “A…
IAAF World Tourney: Nigeria Qualify For 4x400m Relay Final
Team Nigeria early today qualified for the final of the 4x400m Women’s Relay at the ongoing IAAF World Athletics Championships…
IAAF Tourney: Okagbare Qualifies For 200m Semi Final
Reigning Nigeria’s 200m champion, Blessing Okagbare, has qualified for the 200m semi final in the ongoing World Athletics Championships in…
You Must Remain Focused, Coach Tells Okagbare
Gad Onumaegbu, a retired athletics coach, has urged Blessing Okagbare to put behind her the disappointment of her sixth position…
I Take Solace In God —Okagbare
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare won’t lose her sleep for failing to live up to expectations in the Women’s 100m final at…
IAAF World Tourney: Nigeria Crashes Out In 400m Hurdles
Team Nigeria’s hopes of clinching medals in the Women’s 400m Hurdles event at the ongoing 14th IAAF World Championships in…
Okagbare: I’m Ready For 100m Race
After ending Nigeria’s 14-year wait for a World Championship medal of any colour on Sunday in Moscow, Blessing Okagbare who…
Keeping Lagos Athletes Busy
Despite the holiday for the Eid-el-Fitri, Lagos State athletes were busy competing in the Quarterly Inter-Clubs Competition throughout the period.…
All Eyes On Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare
Only few countries in the world can lay claim to be divergent in their opinion on sports matters as Nigeria.…
Athletics: Okagbare’ll Soon Rule The World — Manager
Manager of Nigerian sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare, has tipped the athlete to dominate female athletics just as World record holder,…
Athletics: Nigerians Hail New African Record Holder
Blessing Okagbare has been described a blessing to Nigerian. Okagbare had a wonderful moment at the Anniversary Games held in…
Okagbare smashes African record in 100 metres
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare upset the odds to win the 100m in the women’s sprints,in a new African record of 10.79sec,…
Usain Bolt wins in London
Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt overcame a poor start to win the 100m at the London Diamond…
Nestle/IAAF Take Kids To Tracks
Nestle Nigeria Plc in conjunction with International Association of Athletics Federation, IAAF has flagged off a Healthy Kids Athletics initiative…
Youth Games: Cross River Athletes In Closed Camp
Jude Amadi, Director of Sports, Cross River Sports Commission said that the state athletes for the U-17 National Youth Games…
Agege Stadium Agog For Deaf School Athletics Tourney
Deaf sports athletes storm Agege Stadium today as Lagos State Deaf Sports Association holds a two-day Deaf School Athletics Competition.…
Athletics: Blake out of World Championship
Reigning 100 metre world champ Yohan Blake has withdrawn from next month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow with a hamstring…
Jamaica’s Asafa Powell also fails dope test
Former world 100 metre record holder Asafa Powell confirmed on Sunday that he had failed a drugs test which will…
US Sprinter Tyson Gay fails dope test
US sprinter Tyson Gay, who posted 9.75 secs in 100metres, as season’s best, has failed a dope test, according to…
Ethiopian Sports Legend Gebrselassie To Enter Politics
Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie said Wednesday he would enter politics in his country, with plans to contest for a…
Youth Games: Discovering Talents For Future Tourneys
After the poor performance of Team Nigeria at the last 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji…
Athletics: Bolt delivers 200m belter in Paris
Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt raced to a world-leading time of 19.73 seconds in the 200m at the Diamond League…
Athletics: Okagbare Leads Team Nigeria To Russia
Blessing Okagbare and Ogho Oghene-Egwero top the list of 19 athletes that would fly Nigeria’s flag at the World Athletics…
Bolt On The Decline —Veteran Coach
Noted track and field coach, Stephen Francis ranks Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt as the best sprinter in history but believes…
IAAF World Championships: Toblow Commends AFN
Renowned athletics coach, Tobias Igwe, has commended the country’s preparation for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF World…
Qualify Nigeria For World Tourney —AFN
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) at the weekend inaugurated a three-man committee to ensure that the Nigerian male 4x100m…