Golden Moments In Sports: Okagbare’s 2014 Two Meet Records Showdown
Blessing Okagbare set two meeting records in the women’s Long Jump and 200m events at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, China. Okagbare made an impressive leap of 6.86m (+0.1) in round 1, ahead of national record holder, Ivana Spanovic of Serbia (6.85m, +0.3), to move second on the 2014 world list. Germany’s Sosthene […]
#IWD2019: Top 10 Female Athletes
Women are a force to reckon with in today’s advancing digital world. At the helm of every sector in every nation of the world is a woman who has proven herself to be a leader in the global scene. In Nigeria, women are taking on more responsibilities in every division of our country’s booming economy, […]
Golden Moments In Sports: The First Nigerian To Win A World Championship Silver Medal
Over the years, women like Mary Onyali, Chioma Ajunwa and Blessing Okagbare have done Nigeria proud in more ways than one. With more collective medals than we can keep count of, Nigerian women have, in recent times, become a force to reckon with in the nation’s sports industry. Little wonder, a Nigerian woman won Nigeria’s first […]
Glasgow 2014: Okagbare’s Phenomenal 200m Gold Win
It was Thursday 31st July, 2014 and none would have imagined that Team Nigeria would be celebrating two gold medal wins at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Hampden Park in Glasgow. First Ese Brume put up a remarkable display in Long Jump to claim the gold medal, then Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor followed minutes later with another gold […]
Sportspersons: Top 10
See Nigerian sportspersons who made our Top-10’s list: Victor Oladipo The pre-season was put in place to help players and teams in general warm-up for real-time play into the midseason. However, for Victor Oladipo there’s clearly no difference as the player looks like he’s already in midseason form. Oladipo is a very dedicated professional basketball […]
Asaba 2018: Blessing Okagbare Opts Out Of 100m, 200m Race
Nigeria’s sprint queen and Africa’s 200m record holder, Blessing Okagbare, has opted out of the 100m and 200m race event at the ongoing African Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba, Delta state. There are no clear reasons why the recent inductee into the African Athletics Confederation (CAA) Hall of Fame would want to miss out on […]
Blessing Okagbare and Others Inducted into the African Athletics Confederation Hall of Fame
Blessing Okagbare and many other Nigerians have been distinguished with the honour of being inducted into the African Athletics Confederation (CAA) Hall of Fame at the ongoing African Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba, Delta State. A total of 16 athletes including world 800m champion, Caster Semenya were inducted. Amongst the inductees were: Africa’s fastest man […]
Okagbare Races to 100m Season’s Best at Doha Diamond League
Reigning Nigeria 100m (10.79 seconds) and 200m (22.04 seconds) record holder, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, raced to a legal time and Season’s Best (SB) of 10.90s to finish 2nd in the women’s 100m event at the Doha Diamond League. Olympian, Elaine Thompson followed closely in 3rd place with 10.93s on the clock. Right at the forefront of the […]
Top 5 Nigerians In Sport (April 2018)
Let’s look at Nigerians in sports who did well enough in their fields in the month of April. Anthony Joshua Anthony Joshua is a an amazing boxer who went from being just another guy on the block to being the boxer every other wants to get in the ring with. Over the years, we have […]
Okagbare Looking Forward To IAAF Diamond League
Nigeria’s sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare, has set her eyes on the star prize money in the IAAF Diamond League which is scheduled for Thursday 3rd, May 2018 in Doha, Qatar. Gradual success Okagbare will be making her third 100m appearance and her sixth overall appearance at the Doha Diamond League. The Nigerian has progressed since […]
Sports Gist on Social Media: Blessing Okagbare Breaks 22-Year Old Record
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor was the first to cross the finish line in the 200m event at the Wes Kittley Invitational at the Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, USA as she crumbled a 22-year-old record set by Mary Onyali in Switzerland. Blessing is overjoyed and thankful for a career that has faced challenges, yet she’s made so […]
Blessing Okagbare Named UTEP’s All-Time Best Female Athlete
Beijing 2008 Long-jump Silver Medalist and 100m Champion, Blessing Okagbare, who recently shattered a 22-year old African record in Abilene, Texas has been awarded the rare honor of being named the University of Texas-El Paso’s (UTEP) best ever female athlete. The Nigerian African Champion was given the honor by The Prospector; the student voice of […]
Nigeria’s Ten Most Influential Women
The world’s attention turns to more than half the planet’s human population. The International Women’s Day is marked to celebrate the great strides women have made in various fronts of human endeavor, and highlight the fact that much remains to be done as far as achieving gender parity is concerned. This year, activities and discussions […]
Blessing Okagbare Addresses Fans and Critics on Facebook
Nigerian athlete and gold medalist, Blessing Okagbare has released a public statement via her Facebook page, responding to critics’ remarks on her performance at the 2015 International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 100m race held in Beijing this month. She came in 9th position with 11.02 seconds. Here’s what the runner had to say: […]
Blessing Okagbare and 22 Others to Represent Nigeria at IAAF World Championship in Beijing, China
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, the reigning Commonwealth double champion, leads the list of 23 athletes released by the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, AFN, to represent the country at the IAAF World Championship in Beijing, China. Okagbare-Ighoteguonor clinched one silver and one bronze at the last edition in Moscow, Russia two years ago in the 200 metres and […]
Blessing Okagbare Wins 100 Metres Race in Shanghai
Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare outran her fierce rivals from Jamaica, Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown in the Shanghai Diamond League 100 metres race on Sunday to win in 10.98 seconds. Okagbare left the Jamaican duo in her wake; Campbell-Brown had to settle for fourth place whilst Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce came fifth. The win gives Okagbare a […]