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• Coaches work on baton exchange In a move to boost the morale of Nigerian athletes and officials at the ongoing Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championship in Eugene, United States, the Sports Ministry and Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) are in a race to ‘fix situation’ in the team’s camp ahead of the 4x100m relay event, which starts tomorrow.
Nigerian cyclists, at the weekend, finished fourth at the just-concluded 2022 African Track Cycling Championship held at the Velodrome of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
[FILE] Nigerian gold medallists Tobi Amusan, Blessing Okagbare, Joy Udo-Gabriel and Rosemary Chukwuma celebrate after winning the women’s 4x100m relay during the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba. Photo: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP.
[files] Blessing Okagbare reacts after winning the 100 meter final during the USATF Grand Prix at Hayward Field on April 24, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. She won her eighth national 100m title on Thursday in Lagos. Photo: AFP
AFN secures Nike kits for World Championship, other events United States-based board member and Performance Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Victor Okorie, has revealed how American universities saved Nigeria from spending over $40,000 (about N26m) on flight tickets for athletes to attend the recently concluded National Trials in Benin City.
[FILES] Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Akin Dare
[FILES] Ese Brume. PHOTO: FRANCK FIFE / AFP
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on July 30, 2021 (R/L): Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare (C/7 ) Britain’s Asha Philip (R/5) and Belarus’ Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (L/9), compete in the women’s 100m heats during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on June 28, 2022, that Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has had her anti-doping suspension raised from 10 to 11 years because of a new element in her case, which also deprives the Nigerian women’s 4x100m relay team a chance to compete in the World Championships in Eugene (July 15-24). (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)