Nigerian sprinter Joy Udo-Gabriel on Sunday broke the NCAA Division II Record after cruising to a personal best time of 7.13 seconds to win the women’s 60-metres final at the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Indoor Championships. Udo-Gabriel, who was recently named the MIAA Track Athlete of the Week, also set a facility record as she finished way ahead of the chasing packs. American Diandrenique Gaines...
Thousands of runners pounded the streets of Abuja on Saturday, 1 March, for the 2025 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon, which began at the ECOWAS Commission Yakubu Gowon Way, followed by the 5-kilometer race, Afrosport reports. An estimated 5,000 Nigerian and international runners battled for the $71,000 prize money on Saturday. For the elite runners that participated in the 21 km race of Africa’s most lucrative half-marathon,...
Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen on Thursday shattered two indoor world records at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in France, Afrosport reports. Ingebrigtsen, who has a knack for breaking records, smashed the indoor world records for both mile and 1500m races. The 24-year-old clocked a time of 3:45.14 to win the mile at the Arena Stade Couvert in Lievin. The time broke record of 3:46.63 set...
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, the women’s marathon world record holder, on Wednesday was confirmed as one of the headliners in this year’s London Marathon, Afrosport reports. Chepngetich set a new record in Chicago in October 2024, having clocked two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds, to run the fastest time by a female athlete in marathon history. The 30-year-old shattered the former record held by Ethiopian Tigst...
Sport across the globe, especially in the women’s category, witnessed some record-breaking feats in 2024, and with the year coming to an end, it is only right that we shine the light on some of the standout performers. With this in mind, Afrosport selects its Female Athlete of the Year across three categories—Nigeria (domestic), Africa (continental), and Global (worldwide)—highlighting their qualities as well as the record...
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