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Former World 100m hurdles champion, Tobi Amusan, and 400m hurdler, Ezekiel Nathaniel, have secured their spots at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, France. Last December, World Athletics had revealed the pathway to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024, including the entry standards athletes will need to achieve Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to … [Read more…]

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan says she will be back “stronger” next year after she lost her world women’s 100m hurdles crown to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams on Thursday in Budapest. In an interview with journalists after the game, Amusan said it was quite “a journey getting into the final” despite all she had gone through in the … [Read more…]

World Athletics has cleared sprinter, Tobi Amusan to participate in the world championship in Budapest, Hungary after she was found not guilty of doping. In a message posted on X (formerly Twitter), the Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU said Amusan did not commit an anti-doping rule violation. Amusan successfully secured the upturning of the provisional ban … [Read more…]

Nigeria have bowed out of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing 4-2 to England on penalties. The round of 16 game ended goalless in normal and extra-time at the Brisbane Stadium in Australia. But Chloe Kelly scored the winning kick in the shoot-out to take European champions England, who had Lauren James sent … [Read more…]

President Bola Tinubu has extended best wishes to the Super Falcons of Nigeria as they prepare to face Australia in their second group match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. The President, according to a release issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Mr … [Read more…]

Tobi Amusan, the women’s hurdles world record holder, revealed in the early hours of Wednesday that she had been charged with an alleged rule violation for missing three drug tests in the span of 12 months. Amusan also vowed to resolve the charges against her before this year’s competition, which will be place in Budapest … [Read more…]

Nigerian world record holder Tobi Amusan overcame a slow start to claim victory in the 100m hurdles event at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland, sprinting to a season’s best of 12.34s that equalled the meeting record in Chorzow, Poland. Amusan edged USA’s Kendra Harrison, who finished second in a time of 12.35s, while 2019 … [Read more…]

On July 28, 2023 Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, will confer awards, gifts and other incentives to members of Team Nigeria’s squad to the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games and the 1980 AFCON winners, to keep their memory alive and also encourage young Nigerians who may represent the country in similar events tomorrow. … [Read more…]

World record holder, Oluwatobilola Amusan, yesterday in Stockholm, showed why she is still the woman to beat in the 100m hurdles, when she ran a time of 12.52 seconds to win the Swedish leg of the Diamond League. Amusan’s time was lower than what she returned on Friday in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she made 12.45 … [Read more…]

The 2022/23 Champions League season was arguably one of the most prolific tournament campaigns ever, producing 372 goals in 125 matches at an average of 2.98 per game. It means the European heavy hitters were able to hit the back of the net every 30 minutes on average, showing why many people consider it the … [Read more…]