The ‘Gypsy King’ has left no stone unturned in his bid to out punch Deontay Wilder in their forthcoming rematch. Fury has flown in into his camp in Los Angeles a young promising Nigerian London born David Adeleye and George Fox as his new sparing partners as the two boxers mimic Wilder’s fearsome punching. Fury […]
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In what looks like a football palace coup, a number of Arsenal senior players have kicked against their club hiring Mikel Arteta as a new coach. The players raised their concerns about the Spaniard’s lack of experience and doupt whether he has the credentials to manage such a big club in his first steps into […]
Taking performance enhancing drug is something most people thought can never happened in Nigerian Athletics circle or atmost may be among foreign based athletes; definitely not among the home based. So when the news that some Nigerians sprinters were tested positive filtered in; it came as a big surprise which exploded like a hidding exploded […]
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The Reality Of Doping By Pregnancy
Doping by pregnancy or inducing pregnancy for athletic performance-enhancing benefits has been in public burner for sometimes. Now that the drug testing net is tough in competition and out of competition; pregnancy has becomes easy favourite route of getting an edge on competition. Although in the cold war era there were spurious allegation of sponsored […]
The umbrella body of vast energetic youth of Nigerian represented by Nigeria athletes are battle ready to stop the menace of Boko Haram in Nigeria. But before they can swing into action, there are few things the authority need to put in place. Firstly, athletes rewarding system need to be changed especially after the athletes […]
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SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO’S WORLD RECORD
A Nassau born Bahamian 25 years old , 6 feet 1, and 70kg sprint queen has composed and finished her 400 meter world record only waiting to be released in hours to come. The 2016 400 meters Olympics champion has finally come of age to show she’s the best female quatermiler the world ever seen. […]
MEN 400 METERS HURDLES FINAL KARSTEN WARHOLM –47.42S RAI BENJAMIN———— 47.66S ABDERRAHMAN SAMBA -48.03S KYRON McMASTER — -48.10S TJ HOLMES——— -48.20S YASMANI COPELLO– 48.20S ALISON DOS SANTOS- 48.28S ABDELMALIL LAHOULOU-49.46S 800M WOMEN FINAL HALIMAH NAKAAYI- -1.58.04S RAEVYN ROGERS– 1.58.18 AJEE WILSON— -1,58.84S WINNIE NANYONDO- -1.59.18S EUNICE SUM – […]
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WARHOLM THE KING OF HURDLES
The Norwegian and European 400mhrs record holder Karsten Warholm has just demonstrated that he’s the king of 400m hurdles by destroyed a very powerful field to win gold this evening. Was trailed by Rai Benjamin and home boy Abderrrhaman Samba. What a race?– Karsten–47.42s Benjamin–47.66s Samba—48.03s
Blessing Okagbare may properly be regretting now for appealing her inertial disqualification from 200m in ongoing World Athletics Championship after she was disqualified for not appear in the 100m despite been registered for. She then appealed on the ground that it was her association who registered her for 100m against her wish; she was then […]
The probing question on the lips of many keen athletics watcher “Is Nigeria Back”?. But the younger one are throwing back the question by asking “Nigeria Back From Where? In the 80s” and 90s” the Nigeria sprinters was a cynosure of all eyes in the world of athletics with their impressive athletics prowess. In nineteen […]
The Germany no 2 table tennis player and former World no 1 was a nemesis of Chinese again when he beat the best two chinese top kingpong Gaoyuan and World no 1 Ma Long to qualify for the final in the current Liebherr 2017 Table Tennis Men’sWorld Cup in Liege, Belgium. To make the championship sweet […]
Nigeria sprint queen Blessing Okagbare has saved the very best for the last Diamond League final as she was terrific in 100m few minutes ago. She raised her tenacity to grab a bronze in fine time of 11.07s. The Jamaican speed star Elaine Thompson won a very close due between her and Ivory Coast Ta-Lou to win […]
In the final 16th IAAF Diamond League taking place today at the King Baudouin magnificent stadium in Brussels called Van Damme Memorial; the Bahamas Usain Bolt Woman smashed the Bahamas 400m record and set a new World leading time some few minutes ago to win Diamond final in 49.46s beating Naser Salwa Eid of Baharan{49.88s […]
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, the 25 years old French man who took an unexpected gold at World Championships in London earlier this month after beating the favorites Adam Kszczot and Kipyegon Bett has sustained ”multiple facial fractures” after he was violently assaulted by three unknown attacker on Saturday. He posted this on his social media on Wednesday; […]
An American 5000m runner who won silver medalist for US at Pan American Games 2015 and also silver at World Relay Championship in 2014 but finished 13th in 5000m at 2016 Rio Olympics Games after switching allegiances to Peru was inexplicable found dead in a swimming pool in Arizona; age 31. The detectives claimed there were no obvious […]
Ujah Chijindu has finally made bold statement that he has fully come of age at Zurich Diamond League few hours ago when he beats the World Champion Justin Gatlin hands down. It was a sweat victory no British has enjoyed over American. The victory was even more profound consider that Asafa Powell{the man who has gone under […]
The Bahamas sprint power house Miller-Uibo-Shaunae has again showed that she can be ignored when it comes to who is the best. On Zurich leg of Diamond league few hours ago; she clearly beaten the whole world class 200m runner, including Elaine, Schippers and Ta Lou to set a new Bahamas national 200m record of 21.88s. […]
Birmingham serenity was agog once again when the diamond leg was brought down in the heart of magnificent Birmingham stadium this after. The athletics mood was captured by sensational athletics display by Elaine Thompson when she discovered her form to shoot down all the best in 100m to win comfortable in a time of 10.93s to 10.97s […]
Sir Mo Farah; the Britain most successfull track and field athlete and an all time great of distance running comprising amazing ten succesive global titles including four 5000m and 10000m double has gotten less deserved repect despite bidding farewell to the sport. The british media has not been fair to him despite he has not […]
The US sprints resurgence was all reverbrating through out every segments of the ongoing World Athletics Championship when few minutes ago the duo of US born-ordained triple jumper Christian Taylor and Will Claye completely dominated the triple jump final. Taylor finally won in 17.68m to Claye 17.63m while Nelson Evova of Portuga taking bronze with […]
Azerbajan born Turkish Sprinter Ramil Guliyev has created the greatest upset here in World Athletics championship when he beats all the American, 400m record holder Van Nierkerk and WL Isaac Makwala. He beats Van on the line to take gold in 20.09s to Van Nierkerk 20.09s and T&T Jereem Richard bronze in 20.11s
The World 2017 fastest 200m Isaac Makwala who was unfairly stopped from running 400m final by fathon medical report was smoking in the semi-final after he was declared fit earlier. But before then he was made to run his own 200m heat alone on lane 7 before he was allowed to join the semi-final. In […]
Isaac Makwala felt he was deliberately denied his historic chance of winning a medal in the ongoing World Athletics championship but by some gang-up. He said the IAAF lied that he was examined by qualified doctor and that they even had a meeting with him. He clearly pointed out on his facebook page that he […]
The Botswana strong man and twice 400m African champion Isaac Makwala, who is currently 200m fastest in the World and the only man who had historic realistic chance of stopping Van Wayde was unfairly stopped from featuring in yesterday 400m final and in 200m heat on Sunday. His nightmare started on Sunday in the warm-up medical centre when […]
The Athletics legend Usain Bolt was upstaged by duo American in his last race of his career. At last Justin Gatlin of American has finnally got his wish by beating Bolt to third place at current World Athletics championship clocking 9.92s with Christian Coleman{9.94s} coming second to Bolt third{9.95s}. The long jump gold went to […]
Twenty-three years old double Olympic bronze medalist; Canadian De Grasse has withdrawn from World Athletics championship due to start tommorrow after he suffered hamstring strain few days ago during practice. De Grasse himself wrote these on his facebook: “To my fans and supporters, earlier this week in practice I suffered a hamstring tear that has forced […]
The nine Olympics champion, eleven World champion and thriple World record holder Usain Bolt has for the first time in his athletics career dump his favourite event, 200m. The same event that shot him to limelight even as a junior before stepping up to 100m. The athletics legend has finally shown a measure of timidity […]
Who succeed Usain Bolt in 200m come August London 2017 World Athletics Championship? Van Wayde of South African(who ran 19.84s in the 200m this year who is also 400m World Record Holder} or Botswana strong man Isaac Makwala{who is the 200m world leader with 19.77s} or Bolt training partner Yohan Blake{who has ran 19.97s this season […]
The European U-20 Athletics Grosseto 2017 was brought to a close on Sunday 23rd of July; with Germany searching desperately for golds to upstage their arch rival Great Britain to win the competition. But it finally came their way in the 4×100 relays both in female and male. In the male 4×100; Germany team proof too strong […]