Archives Tag: Athlete

SPORTS

April 19, 2022

  As preparations for the 2022 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, hit top gear, athletes around the world have been jostling for tickets to the biggest sporting event in the globe. Read more about Sports While some have been successful in their quest to book a ticket for the global showpiece, others are still in … Continue reading Women In Sports: Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

  Few Nigerian athletes can boast of representing the West African nation five times at the biggest sporting event in the globe, the Olympic Games. Our focus for today is the first Nigerian to achieve that feat, Mary Onyali Omagbemi, 1988-2004. Read more about Sports For close to two decades, Onyali flew Nigeria’s flag high … Continue reading Nigerians In Sports: Double Olympic Bronze Medalist – Mary Onyali-Omagbemi

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Women

April 19, 2022

Oluwatobiloba Ayomide “Tobi” Amusan was born 23 April 1997 and is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles and also competes as a sprinter. She is the 2018 Commonwealth and 2019 African champion in the event. She is also a two-time African Games champion. Career Amusan showed athletic potential … Continue reading Women You Should Know- Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

In January 2018, Nigerians were thrilled with the news of four of our very own who had qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. One of them would go on to become Africa’s first ever female olympic skeleton athlete, after barely four months of training. She is Simidele Adeagbo, the 36-year-old Nigerian … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Recall Simi Adeagbo, Africa’s First Ever Female Olympic Skeleton Athlete

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Having to run on a wet track — more-so on an average course —  is an athlete’s greatest fear and performance inhibitor. With just a little amount of moisture, friction between the track and the shoe is reduced, and more energy diverted into forward motion. However, for a fully wet track, the runner has to … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Seye Ogunlewe’s Sensational Qualification To The Rio 2016 Olympics

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, is very ecstatic to be back at Wembley stadium to defend his title belts in front of a home crowd against Russia’s Alexander Povetkin on Saturday. Joshua described the feeling of being back where he had his first monumental victory against … Continue reading “It’s Time To Put On A Performance” – Anthony Joshua

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigerian boxer Efe Ajagba won his sixth consecutive professional boxing match within the 1st second of the first round against American boxer, Curtis Harper. Both boxers looked ready to fight for the next six rounds in the Friday night encounter in Minneapolis. However, at the opening bell, Harper walked out on the bout, leaving Efe … Continue reading Boxing: Efe Ajagba Wins Boxing Match in 1 Second

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Chidi Okezie is getting his groove back after three years, as he pulled a stunner to hit his Personal Best of 45.65s to finish 2nd at the 2018 Cayman Invitational in Georgetown on Saturday. Gunning for the finish line Jamaica’s Christopher Taylor was the man to beat in the race, running a Lifetime Best of … Continue reading Chidi Okezie Back to Winning Ways With PB of 45.65s at Cayman Invitational

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Day 11 seems to be a success as some athletes scale towards the chance to be on the podium. Tosin Oke cleared 16.83m in Men’s Triple Jump semi-final to book a place in the final.

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