Athletics

By Chris Benson Anambra-born 16 year old Fiaku Goodness Ezechukwuchiri has emerged champion of the High jump event. Her emergence was at the just concluded National School Sports Festival (NSSF) World School…

Nigerian track queen Tobi Amusan has been named the 2022 Africa Female Athlete of the Year by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) following a record-breaking season in the past 11 months. In 2022, Amusan became Nigeria’s first…

The world 100m hurdles champion and world record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been listed among the 10 nominees for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year organised by World Athletics. The athletics body made this known in a press release…

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own marathon world record on Sunday, winning the Berlin race with a time of 2:01.09 seconds. The result meant he shaved half a minute off his previous world best set in the German capital four years…

Tobi Amusan has been conferred with a national honour, the Order of the Niger (OON) honour by President Muhammadu Buhari. The award is in recognition of the record-breaking hurdler’s feat at the Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics…

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 meters hurdles event at this year’s ongoing Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland. Amusan clinched the trophy on Thursday evening, finishing the race in a meet-record time of 12.29 seconds to…

World champion and record holder in the 100m women’s hurdles, Tobi Amusan, said she once considered quitting athletics after being left out of the women’s relay team at the 2013 Africa Youth Games in Warri. She went on to win bronze in…

Fans have praised Tobi Amusan’s world record-breaking sprint at the just-concluded World Athletics Championships in Oregon, the United States, which saw her receive Nigeria’s first-ever World Championship gold. Heading into the…

Nigeria’s Ese Brume finished second in the final of the long jump event at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon, to win a silver medal. She finished behind reigning world and Olympic champion Malaika Mahimbo who continued…

Nigerian hurdler, Tobi Amusan, set a new African record in the heat three of the 100m women’s hurdles at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA to qualify for the semi-final. The record sees the 25-year-old lead the…