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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