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High profile Nigerian athlete, Ese Brume, made history over the weekend at the Chula Vista Field festival in California after leaping 7.17 metres to break the 25-year-old 7.13m leap set by legendary Nigerian athlete, Chioma Ajunwa, at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics in the USA.

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Ese hit 7.17 metres in her sixth attempt on Sunday, May 30th, 2021, after jumping 6.75m, 6.83m, 6.83m, 6.88m, and 6.83m. Her achievement is also the world lead in women’s long jump event ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

🔥🔥🔥 Here's the moment Ese Brume leapt into the record books.

** World Lead ✅✅

** New African Record ✅✅

Brume was flying 🚀🚀🚀pic.twitter.com/T8ZFQvK67V
— Making of Champions (@MakingOfChamps) May 30, 2021

All eyes are on Ese to hit remarkable heights at the Olympics this summer and improve her outing from the previous one (her debut Olympic in Rio 2016). Asisat Oshoala continued winning and establishing her dominance as Africa’s most decorated female football talent on Sunday, May 30th, after winning the Spanish Copa del reina with FC Barcelona Femini.

Sunday’s 3-0 win over Levante meant that the Spanish heavyweights completed a domestic treble after winning the Spanish league and UEFA Women’s Champions League. It will be no surprise if Oshoala emerges as the African footballer of the year.

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In the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Akwa United went top of the league table on Sunday after a vital 2-1 home win against Kwara United on Sunday. An Ubong Friday strike in the 38th minute gifted Akwa United the lead before Nasiru Jubril scored a second in the 69th minute to make it 2-0. With ten minutes left from the final whistle, ex-Enyimba star, Wasiu Alalade pulled one back for the visitors but it was not enough to bring them back in the game. A 0-0 away draw in Jos for Kano Pillars against Plateau United meant they dropped from the top spot to the second place. See Full NPFL Results Below:

Akwa Utd 2-1 Kwara Utd
Plateau Utd 0-0 Kano Pillars
FC Ifeanyiubah 0-0 Rangers
Nasarawa Utd 1-0 Adamawa Utd
Enyimba 0-0 Heartland
MFM 1-0 Dakkada
Lobi Stars 2-1 Sunshine Stars
Katsina Utd 1-0 Warri Wolves

The Nigerian national women’s basketball team were in Belgium for three friendly matches against Puerto Rico, Serbia, and Belgium as part of preparations for the Tokyo Olympics. They started off brightly with an impressive 89-63 points win over Puerto Rico on Friday, May 28th and backed it up with a hard-fought 59-56 points win over Serbia in their second game on the 29th of May, but unfortunately lost to the hosts, Belgium 79-47 on the 30th of May 2021. Sources: The Cable NG Brila FM Complete sports

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This article was first published on 31st May 2021 and updated on June 1st, 2021 at 8:33 pm

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