athletics

February 16, 2017

Usain Bolt to retire in August

by Azeez Adeniyi Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt has said he has not regrets about his decision to retire from athletics in 2017. According to Bolt, he has achieved everything he dreamt of and has no reason to continue staying in the sport. He said this while speaking on the red carpet at the Laureus World... Read More

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February 3, 2017

Usain Bolt won’t make an appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Usain Bolt has ruled out an appearance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The Jamaican will however feature in this year’s world championships in London. Bolt was recently stripped of his 2008 relay gold destroying his ‘treble treble’ record. This was after team mate Nesta Carter’s re-tested sample showed traces of a banned substance.... Read More

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September 16, 2016

I am sometimes tempted to represent another country – Okagbare

Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare has said she sometimes contemplate dumping Nigeria and representing another country during athletics events. In a recent interview with Punch, Okagbare said athletes representing the country are not encouraged unlike their counterparts in other countries. She said most of the athletes who represented the country at the Rio Olympics were not... Read More

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August 19, 2016

#RioOlympics: Usain Bolt wins 200m gold

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won gold in the men’s 200m athletics event. Bolt who ran a time of 19.78 seconds beat Canadian Andre De Grasse and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre to second and third respectively. Bolt has now won the 100m and 200m in three consecutive Olympics and is set to add the 4*100m gold to his laurels.... Read More

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August 17, 2016

#RioOlympics: Okagbare crashes out of 200m

Blessing Okagbare on Wednesday missed out on qualifying for the women’s 200m final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Okagbare, clocked 22.69secs in heat one of the semifinals finished fifth behind Holland’s Dafne Schippers, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Germany’s Lisa Mayer.

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August 16, 2016

#RioOlympics: Nigeria’s Oduduru comes 2nd after Bolt in 200m heat

Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru finished second behind 200m World Record holder Usian Bolt in Heat 9 on Wednesday at the Rio Olympics. The Nigerian sprinter clocked a time of 20:34 seconds, 0:06 seconds behind Bolt who clocked 20:28 seconds in first. Oduduru who was in lane 9 in the heat has now qualified for the semi-finals... Read More

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Oscar Pistorius: Prosecution counsel to appeal 6 year jail sentence

Oscar Pistorius might be facing another round of court room proceedings after the South African prosecutors’ office said it will appeal the ‘lenient’ sentence given to the blade runner for shooting his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp to death on Valentine’s Day in 2013 after he allegedly mistook her for a burglar. In July, Oscar Pistorius was... Read More

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BREAKING: Oscar Pistorious sentenced to 6 years imprisonment

South African Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorious has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Although he was immediately taken to jail, the prosecution and defence can appeal. The verdict issued by Judge Thokozile Masipa comes after his initial five-year conviction for manslaughter which was changed to murder... Read More

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19-year old runs the tenth fastest time in history

At 19, Trayvon Bromell has become the first teenager to represent the United States at the World Championships. His 9.84 s in the 100m heats is the 10th fastest time ever recorded. Via CNN: Thursday’s effort in the heats equaled the second-fastest 100m effort of 2015, alongside Jamaican veteran Asafa Powell, and was just 0.1s... Read More

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February 19, 2015

Newly-married Blessing Okagbare has a message for jealous ‘haters’ (READ)

by Chinwe Okafor Hope not. Blessing Okagbare got married to her heartthrob, Igho Otegheri last November and since then she has been out of the news… and the tracks. The 26-year-old posted on her Twitter handle on Tuesday something rather strange and unexpected from a woman happy in her marriage. “Stop stressing about me because I definitely do not pay... Read More

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What the Olympics & the Commonwealth Games are saying to Nigeria

by Adedayo Ademuwagun In July 2012, the Nigerian Olympic team arrived in London for the Olympic Games. It was Nigeria’s 15th appearance at the Games since Helsinki 1952, and Chioma Ajunwa was currently the only Nigerian to ever win an individual gold medal. This set of athletes thought they could change that in London.... Read More

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Okagbare strikes again!…Brume wins in Long Jump

by Mayowa Aboah Blessing Okagbare claimed her second sprint medal at the ongoing Commonwealth games in Scotland. The current 100m chapion, ran the 200 metres in 22.25 seconds to claim her second gold medal at the games. England’s Jodie Williams and Bianca Williams settled for the second and third position in a time of... Read More

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October 27, 2013

Opinion: The age of deception

by Desmond Ovbiagele What made him do it? Why should one so young, with the world at his feet, display the wariness of a Hollywood actress about his age? Is it normal? In line with the fantasies I still harbour that the next generation of Usain Bolts will be unearthed from this country, I recently... Read More

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August 14, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Olympics that matter (YNaija FrontPage)

Difficult takes a day, Impossible takes a week – Jay Z (Diamonds are Forever) Given our poor showing at the recently concluded olympics, it is easy to see why so many Nigerians were up in arms. Thankfully, God refused to be begged into performing miracles that aren’t just impossible but immoral. But, I was somewhat... Read More

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#OlympicStories: I was running for my life, now I run for Team USA

by Lopez Lomong Cold. The nights aren’t the only bitter sensation when you’re taken forcefully from all that you know and understand. At the age of six, I was taken violently from my family in what marauding Sudan People’s Liberation Army soldiers regarded as essential in growing their ranks with fresh troops. All the boys... Read More

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Not your average teenager: Danielle Alakija is the youngest athlete at the 2012 Olympics

by Doyin Jaiyesimi For Danielle, it all started at the age of 7 when she nurtured big dreams of “competing in a race in a big stadium in a cold city”. Now she is living that dream as she is the youngest athlete to qualify to compete in the London 2012 Olympics. She will represent... Read More

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