Temitope Adeshina will become only the second Nigerian woman since 2016 to compete in the high jump event at the Olympics if she hits the 1.97m mark. Texas University jump queen will seek to follow in the footsteps of the woman she broke her Nigerian record(1.96m), Doreen Amata. Amata competed in three Olympic Games (2008, …
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Schools’ Athletics Championships: Four cities, over 1000 medals, 32 team titles On Offer
Over 7000 athletes and 500 schools will battle for over 1,000 medals and 32 school/team titles in the first edition of the Schools’ Athletics Championships, named MTN CHAMPS. The event will take center stage across four locations: Benin, Uyo, Ibadan, and Abuja. The Schools’ Athletics Championships is a first of its kind in Nigeria. During …
Brume, Amusan Tops AFN’s 24-Person List For World Championships
National Record (NR) holder in the women’s Long Jump, Ese Brume, and sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan, tops the 22 selected athletes by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) for the World Championships in Eugene, USA. Brume Amusan Leading The Stellar Cast Brume, a Bronze medallist at the 2019 edition in Doha, will be aiming to …
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Will Paris 2024 Be The Second Tipping Point For Nigeria Athletics?
By Funmilayo Fameso In January 2022, the US National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) accepted the highest influx of Nigerian student-athletes, with over 50 of them signed with different colleges on scholarships. Most of these athletes made immediate impacts at the NCAA Eastern and Western Conferences prelims, where an astonishing 17 out of 26 competing Nigerian athletes …
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