Enekwechi Strikes Again, Takes World Lead In Shot Put
Commonwealth Games silver medalist and Nigerian Record (NR) holder in the Shot Put, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi started his 2023 season with a superlative performance.At the 2023 Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Friday in...... Read more
Millions missing from Usain Bolt’s account, Jamaica launches probe
Jamaican financial authorities have launched an investigation into a company holding investments for eight-times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt after reports that he may have lost millions to large scale fraud....... Read more
Amusan beats tanker driver to EKOFM award
World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan on Thursday claimed the 2022 EKOFM Person of The Year award in Lagos. To win the award, Amusan had 89 votes ahead of second-place...... Read more
Amusan ranked fifth best female athlete for 2022
Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has been ranked the fifth best female athlete in 2022, according to World Athletics. The World Athletics ranked each athlete according...... Read more
Stakeholders cheer Amusan after losing best athlete award
The President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Tonobok Okowa, African games gold medallist Deji Aliu and Olympic gold medalist Chioma Ajunwa, have urged world 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan...... Read more
Athletes praise ‘wonderful Delta facilities’ as Sports Festival begins
In the next 12 days, the attention of sports-loving Nigerians will focus on Delta State, the venue of the 21st National Sports Festival. Apart from the early birds, who arrived yesterday,...... Read more
Gyan, Pam dominate Warri Effurun Peace Marathon
Emmanuel Gyan and his wife, Deborah Pam, On Saturday, won the male and female categories of the Warri Effurun Peace Marathon concluded at the Warri Township Stadium. The outcome of the...... Read more
"It's been difficult, mentally more than anything. I guess for everybody, the last three or four weeks, it's been difficult, even hearing stories of players going down and knowing they're going to miss the World Cup. "Speaking to a few of the boys, even for them having to play this weekend was tough mentally, and we're just praying not to have an injury at all because it's such a big occasion."
Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan has made the five finalists for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 Award, according to a statement released by...... Read more
Majoroh assures of hitch free 2022 GCU Relays
Events heralding the fourth yearly Government College Ughelli Intercollegiate Invitational Athletics Competition (GCU) Relays have commenced with a media parley held at the National Secretariat of the GCUOBA, Yaba, Lagos. At...... Read more
Delta prepares 1,000 athletes for 21st National sports festival
• MOC tasks journalists on accreditation Host, Delta State, is preparing a contingent of about 1,000 athletes for the 21st National Sports Festival, which will begin in Asaba on November 28...... Read more
GUC Relays gets corporate boost
The 2022 edition of the Government College Ughelli Intercollegiate Athletics competition, GCU Relays, has been given a big boost by RIKON International hotel. The Ughelli-based hotel has now emerged as the...... Read more
Warri/Effurun Peace Marathon to showcase corporate relay contest
One of the new innovations for this year’s Warri/Effurun Peace Marathon is the corporate relay race, organisers of the event have said. The event is billed for November 26 in Warri,...... Read more
Porbeni thumps up facilities for GCU Relays
Former Nigerian jumper, hurdler and sprinter, Seigha Porbeni, has given thumps up to the yearly Government College Ughelli (GCU) Relays, just as he is eagerly projecting with great optimism towards the...... Read more
Contractors begin installation of Lagos National Stadium tracks
• Facility set for completion before end of 2022 The National Stadium, Surulere, will soon wear a new look, as the Federal Government’s bid to restore the edifice back to its...... Read more
Athlete of the Year award: Dare seeks support for Amusan
The Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, is spearheading the campaign to get Nigerians to massively vote for the reigning world 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan, as she bids to...... Read more
Amusan battles Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce, others for Athlete of the Year Award
It’s a great honour, says the athlete• Okowa urges Nigerians to vote for world champion World Record breaker, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been shortlisted, alongside 10 others, for the 2022 World...... Read more
As top performer, you cannot afford to be careless, Amusan tells upcoming athletes
World Champion, Tobi Amusan, has advised upcoming athletes to be careful with whom they mix with, and more importantly, of what they put into their system. The 100 metres world record...... Read more
Tobi Amusan Celebrates Home Coming with Pop, Pageantry, Glamour and Hold
Sport management outfit, Plug Sports hosted a befitting Homecoming Dinner for reigning African, Commonwealth and World Champion, Tobi Amusan OON on Wednesday in Lagos. The well-attended dinner, which was held at...... Read more
World Athletics Officially Ratifies Amusan’s World Record
The 12.12 secs world record set by Commonwealth and world champion Tobi Amusan (OON) at the world championship in Oregon USA has been officially ratified by the World Athletics. The cheering...... Read more
World Athletics Ranking: Enekwechi Ranked Africa’s Best
Nigeria’s shot put sensation Chukuwebuka Enekwechi has been ranked among the best athletes in his event by the World Athletics. World Athletics has undertaken to create a global ranking system where...... Read more
Amusan, Brume Make Quantum Leaps In World Athletics Women Chart
Nigeria’s track sensations Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume have made giant leaps in the World Athletics Women Chart. From being ranked 43rd in September 2021, Tobi Amusan is now in the...... Read more
Diamond League Fallout: Amusan $30,000 Richer
After last week’s riveting end to the 2022 Wanda Diamond League season at Weltklasse Zurich, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan is US$30,000 richer. The Commonwealth Games record breaker equally has in her kitty...... Read more
Again,Tobi Amusan Wins Another Diamond League Trophy
Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 meters hurdles at this year’s Diamond League in Zurich.Amusan clinched the trophy on Thursday evening after she got to the finish line in 12.29...... Read more
Amusan eyes another victory in Zurich on Thursday
Nigeria’s biggest athlete of the moment, Tobilola Amusan, believes she is in prime position to continue her winning streak in Zurich on Thursday. The World and Commonwealth Games 100m hurdles champion...... Read more
Amusan Strikes Gold Again In Germany
Reigning World and Commonwealth champion, Tobi Amusan won the women’s 100mH at the 2022 ISTAF World Continental Tour Silver meeting in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. Amusan breasted the tape at 12.45s...... Read more