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2014 Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and 2018 NCAA 200m champion Divine Oduduru will lead a 95-member Nigerian team for the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba, Delta State on 1-5 August.
Continue readingNigeria’s Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor clocked a wind-aided 100m time of 10.72 secs (+2.7m/s) to win the women’s invitational event at the 91st Texas Relays on Saturday.
Continue readingBlessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor opened her 2018 season on a record breaking one, shattering Mary Onyali’s 22-year old 200m African Record of 22.07, with a new mark of 22.04 (+0.5) at the Wes Kittley Invitational in Abilene, Texas, on Saturday 24 March.
Continue readingThe Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday announced a team of 37 athletes (20 female and 17 male) for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia from 4-15 April.
Continue readingCommonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and NCAA 100m hurdles champion Tobiloba Amusan will lead the Nigerian team comprising of 12 athletes to the IAAF World Championships London 2017 from August 4 to 13.
Continue readingKelechi Nwanaga breaks 15-year-old Nigerian Javelin record with 58.15m; Blessing Okagbare and Ogho-Oghene Egwero anchor 4x100m teams to victory at 2017 Warri Relays & CAA Grand Prix in Ozoro.
Continue readingSouth African jumper Ruswahl Samaai emerge victorious in the men’s long jump at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday 16 July.
Continue readingKenya’s Hellen Obiri won the Women’s 1 Mile race at the 2017 Müller Anniversary Games leg of the IAAF Diamond League in London on Sunday, breaking her national record and setting a new meeting record of 4:16.56.
Continue readingSouth African sprinter Akani Simbine broke his own national 100m record at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meeting in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on Monday night.
Continue readingNigeria’s fastest sprinters Blessing Okagbare and Seye Ogunlewe top the list of Team Nigeria athletes to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Continue readingSeye Ogunlewe defends his 100m crown and Blessing Okagbare completes the women’s sprint double at the 2016 All-Nigeria Athletics Championships in Sapele on Friday.
Continue readingBlessing Okagbare returned after a year’s absence to reclaim the women’s 100m title in 11.02 seconds on day 1 of the All-Nigeria Championships in Sapele, Delta State.
Continue readingCôte d’Ivoire’s Murielle Ahoure sets a new African 100m record with a blistering run of 10.78 (1.6m/s) at the Star Athletics Pro Meet at the Montverde Academy in Florida on Saturday.
Continue readingLeading global athletes are set to compete at the 9th Meeting International Mohammed VI, the 3rd leg of the 2016 IAAF Diamond League series, scheduled for 22 May at the Prince Moulay Abdellah sports complex in Rabat, Morocco.
Continue readingAfrican and Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare – Ighoteguonor to headline a 47-member Nigerian athletics team seeking to restore pride at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo after their medal-less performance at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
Continue readingNigeria’s hope for a medal at the 2015 IAAF World Championship in Beijing, China fades after Blessing Okagbare came last in the women’s 100m on Monday.
Continue readingA total of US$ 7,194,000 in prize money will be paid at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 to the leading athletes and teams in the 47 events being contested in the Chinese capital.
Continue readingBlessing Okagbare outlines her goals in new Nike women profile – to break 10.7 seconds in the 100m, 22.0 seconds in the 200m, and to jump 7.3m plus in long jump.
Continue readingIn this video interview with AthleticsAfrica.Com, Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare – Ighoteguonor says she’s looking forward to Beijing 2015 IAAF World Champs and her main goal is to win.
Continue readingEthiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the outdoor World Record for the women’s 1500m in 3:50.07 at the Meeting Herculis, IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on Friday.
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