2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Update: Okagbare Suspended
Nigerians that stayed awake to watch sprinter, Oluwatobilola Amusan, in the early hours of Saturday, July 31, 2021, were not disappointed as she won the heat 3 of the women’s 100m Hurdles in a time of 12.72s, beating Jamaica’s Yanique Thompson who placed second (12.74s). With this result, Amusan qualified for the semis and […]
2020 Tokyo Olympic Update: Okagbare And Nwokocha Clinch 100m Semis Spot
After a day without competing in any event, Team Nigeria returned to action on Thursday, July 29, 2021 (early hours of Friday, July 30, in Nigeria). Esther Toko finished 6th in the women’s singles sculls final E of the rowing event. Read more about Sports Despite not bagging a medal in Tokyo, Toko improved […]
National Olympic Trials: Okagbare Shows Class In 100m Race Win
High profile Nigerian athletes are presently in Lagos State for the Tokyo 2020 National Olympic Trials event at the Yaba College of Technology. The event which commenced on Thursday, June 17th, 2021, saw a huge array of stars including Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, who is running in Nigeria for the first time since […]
Women You Should Know: Blessing Okagbare-Otegheri
Born on the 9th of October 1988, Blessing Okagbare-Otegheri is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in long jumping and short sprints. She is an Olympic and World Championships medalist in the long jump and a world medalist in the 200 meters. She also holds the Women’s 100 meters Commonwealth Games record […]
Weekend Sports Roundup: Super Eagles Lost To Cameroon
On Friday, June 4th, 2021, the Super Eagles lost the first leg of their international friendly match against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Austria. Read more about Sports A 37th-minute strike from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa condemned the Eagles to their first loss against the Central Africans since Gernot […]
Weekend Sports Roundup: Usman Knocks Out Masvidal
Nigerian mixed martial artist, Kamaru Usman, was the talk of the weekend after knocking out Jorge Masvidal in the UFC 261 to retain his UFC title and keep flying Nigeria’s flag high on the global stage. Usman’s win is his 18th straight victory and third knockout win in his last four fights. Read more […]
Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: Blessing Okagbare’s Sprint Double At The 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare is fond of smashing records and winning laurels for the country at the continental and global levels. During the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland, the Nigerian sprint queen in her usual manner proved to the world her quality. Read more about Sports On Monday, July 28, 2014, Okagbare in a […]
Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: When Okagbare Broke The African 100m Record Twice In One Night At The London Diamond League
Nigerian athletes have continued to fly the country’s flag high on the global scene despite limited training equipment and facilities. Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, has been at the fore of showing the world that Nigeria has a lot to give on the athletic front. Okagbare is notable for smashing records on the track, […]
Blessing Okagbare Breaks Usain Bolt’s Diamond League Record
Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, has been on a record-breaking spree recently. After achieving a double personal best in the American Track League on Sunday, February 7, 2021, the fastest Nigerian woman is in the headlines again for receiving the Guinness World Record certificate for the athlete with the highest appearances in the Diamond League. […]
Blessing Okagbare Hits Double Personal Best At The American Track League
Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, on Sunday, February 7, 2021, hit double personal best in the American Track League event in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The fastest Nigerian woman ran an impressive 7.17 seconds in the 60 meters heat (equaling her personal best). Read more about Sports In the final, she went on to achieve another […]
Okagbare and Amusan Qualify for Zurich Finals
Nigeria sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, confirmed her place in the final of the 200m in the Diamond League after finishing fifth in Birmingham to gather four points, increasing her total haul to 18 points, which was good enough to seal her place in Zurich cum August 29, 2019. Okagbare will now fight to be the […]
Okagbare, Oduduru Set to Compete In Hungary
The duo of Blessing Okagbare and Divine Oduduru have been shortlisted to compete at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial meet in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Both Nigerians were listed on the provisional list released by the organizers of the event on 8th July. Okagbare will be looking to make her third consecutive win […]
Okagbare Back In Business, Defeats Thompson To Win US Meet
Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, is back in the business of dominating the tracks with her second back-to-back victory. The 200m Africa record holder emerged the winner of the Women’s 200m event at Prefontaine Classic held in Stanford, USA on Sunday, 30th June 2019. Okagbare finished in a time of 22.05s, beating Olympic 100m and […]
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Okagbare Wins Diamond League In Rabat
Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare, is the new women’s 100m champion at the IAAF Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco. Okagbare, who is also the African 200m record holder, took a giant leap in her rivalry with continental foe Cote d’ Ivoire’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou. The Ivorian and current African champion led the race in its […]
Golden Moments In Sports: When Onome Broke Into The 2017 IAAF 400m Semi
Nigeria sprinter, Glory Nathaniel Onome, made her dream run at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, where she clocked a Personal Best of 55.30 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals of the women’s 400m hurdles. Onome, who was drawn in lane 3 of the fifth and final heat of the first round, put up […]