The new crown German Javelin champion, Johannes Vetter has shown he has comes of age to be sure favourite for gold medal in the forth coming London World Champioship in August 2017. After been in the shadow of dethroned Javelin 2017 World leader Thomas Rohler through out the year except for the German championship. Vetter has […]
The darkest wilderness the Russian Atheletes found themself since February this year when IAAF banned the Russian Athletics Federation due to anti-doping violation seems to be clearing gradually with the latest cheering news coming from the IAAF. The IAAF Doping Reviews Board has now agreed that the application of 16 Russian athletes have met the exceptional […]
The Jamaica double Olympics champion Elaine Thompson showed why she will be difficult to beat by anybody for now when on Sunday in London Diamond League; she ran the final 100m with training shoes which significantly cut down the speed of her foot work. She eventually won in 10.94s to beat Dafne Schipper 10.97s and Blessing Okagbare 10.99s. […]
Nigeria Queen of the Track, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor is fastly hitting her old form at the right time with four weeks to the World Championship. A sprinter known for her slow start has now blossom to be a fast starter. On Sunday{ 9th}, Okagbare displayed her new found fast start to record her best in the […]
Caster Semenya of South Africa, the 2016 Rio Olympics 800m Champion has been found to be at 1.8 per cent advantage in 800m by the IAAF in the new study conducted by IAAF in conjuction with the World Anti-Doping Agency {WADA} and published by British Journal of Sports Medicine. In the main report which analysed […]
Nigeria former Junior International Adekunle Fasasi is Missing? A less than 1.85m in height with athletics build. Somebody asked where can you get Fasasi if not in Nigeria. A trip to Nigeria, South West and Abuja in particular. It was reported that the last time Adekunle Fasasi was seen in Nigeria was last year July; […]
The Asian 100m record holder , Nigeria born Qatar speed star Femi Ogunode was upset in the 100m at the current Asian Games. The Iranian fasted man Hassan Taftian with 10.04s brushed aside the heavy rain to beat the defending champion Ogunode to win in 10.25s to Ogunode 10.26s. It was another below par perfomance from […]
African especially Nigerian Ping Ponkers were very impressive in the latest ranking of International Table Tennis Federation. With three chinese men occupied the first three position led by Olympics and World Cup Champion Ma Long while the best four ranked female player are also from China led by World Cup Champion Ding Ning. Nigeria and […]
Switzerland’s Lausanne city of canton of Vaud known for its francophone accent had its balmy gentle breezes disrupted today by the firework of beautiful athletism display inside the magnificent stadium hosting the Athletics Diamond league. All eyes were on Van who was running the 400m for the first time in Europe this year after breaking the 400m world record at […]
In the Hungarian city of Szekesfeherkar at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial meet, the world record holder Kendra Harrison waste no time right from the block to smatched the meet record to world leading time of 12.28s making it the third time she will break 12.30s barrier in her life in the 100m hurdles. In the […]
The Legend and mutiple Olympics gold medalist Usain Bolt stemming from his usual lack of early form which was shown in his two outing this season. The first sluggish 10.03s in Jamaica and 10.06s run in Czech Republic. He is now set to visit a controversial Germany “witch”doctor to treat his back problem. The name […]
An unknown british born Lousiana state University undergraduate has sturned and thrown the British Athletics into a tumult at the just concluded British Athletics trials in the city of Birminham. Inside the magnificent national Birminham stadium this afternoon, the 24 years old british born Jamaica raised man Nathanel Mitchel-Clarke; who has never raced in UK […]
The woman who many regarded as the most talented sprinter to have ever comes out of Nigeria; Blessing Okagbare. She lifted up to expectation this afternoon on the first day of July{the month of complete blessing}. Brushed aside her lack of early form which was evident in perfomance this season in 100m{11.16s}, 200m{22.83s} and in long jump{6.53m}. But earlier today […]
The best US athletics gambler is Allyson Felix. A former 400m world champion, instead of trying her luck in her comfortable 400m at US trial decided to abandon 400m for 100m and 200m. At the 100m, she came last and in 200m final she could not even feature. Then La shan Merrit the former 400m champion also gambled by […]
Most 15000 athletics fans that thronged the Majesty Mestsky Ostrava stadium in Czech Republic to watch modern day legend Usain Bolt in his last Golden Spike meeting. But were sturned when Van Niekerk electrified the stadium in the 300m when he broke 300m World best held by Micheal Johnson since year 2000. He ran 30.81s to erase […]
At the US Athletics trial which started on Thursday, produces some dramas. Tyson Gay whose personal best is 9.77s{American 100m record holder}crashed out in the first round of 100m. Wallace Spearmon was also not spared as he could not discover his old form by crashing in the first round of 200m after running 21.25s to place […]
The South Africa 400m Olympics Champion and World record holder, Van Warde sent a very strong warning signal to Usain Bolt at the International Meet in Velenje Slovenia on Tuesday {20th}. Usain Bolt who is considered by many across the World to be the greatest sprinter in the history of track and field whose maquette […]
The Oslo Diamond League on Thursday {15} was ignited early by Andre De Grasse in the 100m. The race was keenly contested with Andre De Grasse of Canada winning on the line with a time of 10.01s to Chijindu Ujah of Britain 10.02s and Ben Youssef Meite of Ivory Coast 10.03s with the injured Jimmy Vicaut […]
The city of Eugene called ‘Track Town’, the historical home of Nike in the Portland state of Oregon was brought to halt by the large athletics enthuastic all of the US for the final of NCAA championship. It was a day everyone was looking up to the female to also produce some record like the men race have done. But the athletics fans were […]
The Tennesse Bullet and NCAA 2017 Indoor Double Champion Christian Coleman; has finally cemented his name among the collegiate great. He brushed aside a very cloudy and terrible whether with the wind in Emerald city called Eugene nosedive to minus three to win the NCAA sprint double. He clocked 10.04s in the 100m and two hours later won […]
The dominance of Tobi Amusan in this 2017 NCAA outdoor season is now reverbrating all over the world of athletics. An athlete that was struggling in dipping in and out of 13s has finally established her self this season as a 12 runner and one of greatest female 100m hurdler to have ever come out of Africa […]
The 2017 NCAA indoor double {100m and 200m} champion Christian Coleman has finally got his wish. The Tennesse bullet shattered the six year old NCAA meet record which was held by Ngonidzashe Makusha in the semifinal of NCAA D1 track and field outdoor championship in the city of Oregon. He surged to 9.82s in the […]
Nigerian athletes sparkle all across the globe, including both local and foreign athletes through out the weekend. It is a long time we have witness such a high perfomances from Nigeria athletes across the globe. It all started at home on Saturday {3rd} during the second classics which was held in Abuja. Unknown Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel shot […]
The new 400m sensation Fred Kerly of Texas T$M{US} who missed the World Indoor 400m record narrowlly early this year was on a full blast in early hour of today in NCAA West Preliminary. After intelligent ran the heat in 45.95s came out in the quarter final to shattered the 25 years old NCAA record by running 43.70s. […]
Little known Nigerian Glory Onome Nathaniel has won Nigeria first medal in the ongoing 4th Islamic Solidarity Games. The twenty one years old Nigeria female hurdler produced an impressive performance in the 400m hurdle inside the Badu Olympics stadium in Azerbaijan to win silver in a fast time of 55.90s; thereby shot to number 10th in […]
The SEC Collegiate US Championship received scintilating perfomance in the weekend when the NCAA 2017 400m indoor champion Fred Kerly showed how to simplistic run 400m. Kerly the Texas T&M undergraduate, running in the heat one from lane four raced to the world leading time of 44.09s to book his place in the final. Kunle Fashasi and Obi Igbokwe […]
Nigeria Table Tennis Team received a boost ahead of their forth coming Liebheir 2017 World Table Tennis Championship {54th edition}; which is to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany from 29th May to 5th June 2017 when Aruna Quadri shone gallatly in Croatia open. Aruna Quadri the World no.37th player in the current May rating of International Table Tennis Federation […]
Akani Simbine of South Africa has confirmed that he’s man to beat come London World Athletics Championship later this year. The man who has ran sub-ten four times this year did not dissapoint this evening by completely dusted a strong field made up of Gatlin and Powel. He surged to 9.99s to win the 100m at Doha Diamond league […]
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