Archives Tag: track and field
Weekend Sports Roundup: National Olympic Trials
April 19, 2022
Despite the heavy downpour in Lagos State on Sunday, June 20th, 2021, Day 4 saw the final round of events at the National Olympic trials held at Yaba Tech. Athletes tried to defy the odds under harsh conditions. Read more about Sports The Nigerian 4x100m relay men’s team (Enoch Adegoke, Usheoritse Itsekiri, Fakorede Adekalu … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup: National Olympic Trials
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Weekend Sports Roundup
April 19, 2022
The past weekend was a great one for football lovers in Nigeria as top Super Eagles stars fired on all cylinders. Red-hot Super Eagles of Nigeria striker, Kelechi Iheanacho, helped his English club, Leicester City, to qualify for their first FA Cup final in 52 years (1969) after scoring the only goal in their … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup
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Okagbare, Oduduru Set to Compete In Hungary
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Okagbare, Oduduru Set to Compete In Hungary
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Region II Championships: AFN Names 25 Players To Represent Nigeria
April 19, 2022
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has named 25 athletes to represent the country at the upcoming Region II ECOWAS U-20 and Senior Open Athletics Championships inNiamey 2019. The list released by the Technical Director of the AFN, Sunday Adeleye, also includes the names of four coaches who will be joining the Nigerian contingent at the … Continue reading Region II Championships: AFN Names 25 Players To Represent Nigeria
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Okagbare Back In Business, Defeats Thompson To Win US Meet
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Okagbare Back In Business, Defeats Thompson To Win US Meet
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Golden Moments In Sports: Okagbare’s 2014 Two Meet Records Showdown
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Okagbare’s 2014 Two Meet Records Showdown
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Do You Know: Joy Udoh-Gabriel, Nigeria’s Breakout Female Athlete Of 2018
April 19, 2022
Joy Udoh-Gabriel’s zeal and courage as a young athlete has placed her alongside veterans and top performers in the global athletics scene. At just 20 years, she has competed in, and won several national events. She is also a Commonwealth Games medalist. Udo-Gabriel was discovered at the MOCs’ Top Sprinter Auditions, held in Benin in 2015. … Continue reading Do You Know: Joy Udoh-Gabriel, Nigeria’s Breakout Female Athlete Of 2018
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Golden Moments in Sport: When Itsekiri and Thompson-Omokwe Stunned the AFN
April 19, 2022
Usheoritse Itsekiri and Maria Thompson-Omokwe were the athletes to beat on Day 1 of the 2017 Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) All-Comers event, at the National Stadium, Abuja. Both athletes were in top form as they dominated the 100m events in the male and female category respectively. For Itsekiri, the race was not at all … Continue reading Golden Moments in Sport: When Itsekiri and Thompson-Omokwe Stunned the AFN
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Golden Moment In Sports: When Ese Brume Retained Her Long Jump Title At the 2017 All Nigeria T&F Championships
April 19, 2022
Day 1 of the 2017 All Nigeria Track and Field Championships (ANT&FC) in Abuja, was just another opportunity for Nigerian long jump queen, Ese Brume, to exercise her dominance on the field. Brume, who was at the time the reigning Commonwealth and African Long Jump Gold medalists, shrugged off every doubt in her ability when … Continue reading Golden Moment In Sports: When Ese Brume Retained Her Long Jump Title At the 2017 All Nigeria T&F Championships
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Golden Moments In Sports: Nigeria’s 100m Win At The 2007 All Africa Games
April 19, 2022
In the years leading to the 2007 All Africa Games, Nigerian athletes had established themselves as the team to best in Africa, having ended every continental event the country has participated in, in the top-four cluster. The 9th All Africa Games staged in Algiers, Algeria, would be no different; Nigeria finished the competition with a … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Nigeria’s 100m Win At The 2007 All Africa Games
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Asaba 2018: Crisis Averted as Overhead Tank Supports Fails
April 19, 2022
A huge crisis was warded-off on Thursday at the ongoing 2018 Africa Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba, Delta State when the supports of an overhead steel water tank gave way, leading to its collapse. Though the effects of the collapse were quite severe, no lives were lost, save the properties destroyed by the tank’s weight. … Continue reading Asaba 2018: Crisis Averted as Overhead Tank Supports Fails
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ASAC 2018: Asaba Ready To Host Africa As More Big-Guns Join Volunteers Unit
April 19, 2022
With preparations for the Asaba 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships (ASAC) all but completed, Nigeria is set to host the rest of Africa in grand style for an electrifying top-of-the-line Track and Field competition. Upbeat Head of Technical for the 2018 ASAC, Yussuf Alli, via a statement issued by Olukayode Thomas, Head Media, and Publicity … Continue reading ASAC 2018: Asaba Ready To Host Africa As More Big-Guns Join Volunteers Unit
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AFN Cancels All Nigeria Championships As Athletes Protest Poor Support
April 19, 2022
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has put an end to the All Nigeria Athletics Championship holding in Abuja following protests by the athletes against technical director Sunday Adeleye. halt The athletes halted the games after the first day of the event and vowed not to compete until their needs were met by the federation. In … Continue reading AFN Cancels All Nigeria Championships As Athletes Protest Poor Support
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2018 NTFC: Athletes Rise Up, Call For Removal Of AFN Technical Director Adeleye
April 19, 2022
The 2018 Nigeria Track and Field Championships came to a startling stop on Sunday morning as athletes took to the tracks to protest against the conduct of Sunday Adeleye, their representative on the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Dissatisfaction The athletes expressed their dissatisfaction at the governing and representative skills of a man … Continue reading 2018 NTFC: Athletes Rise Up, Call For Removal Of AFN Technical Director Adeleye
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Top 5 Sports Stars of the Month (June)
April 19, 2022
Many Nigerians have been astonishing in their various sports. We have selected five who have been remarkable in their achievements for the month of June. In no particular order, meeting CN Hub’s Top 5 Sports Stars Aruna Quadri Without a doubt, the current ITTF’s 20th best table tennis player in the World, Aruna Quadri makes … Continue reading Top 5 Sports Stars of the Month (June)
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