Nigeria capped off a successful outing at the 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana, with a silver medal in the women’s team tennis event, losing 2-0 to Egypt at the Borteyman sports complex on Saturday, March 23, the final day of the event. The West African powerhouse finished in second place in the overall medal standings for the seventh time and the third...
Team Nigeria has claimed another set of medals in athletics at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, as Ese Brume and Prestina Ochonogor clinched podium finishes in the women's long jump event on Thursday. Brume won the gold medal for Nigeria with her first round jump at the University of Ghana Legon Stadium, where she led with her 6.92 metre effort. The 28-year-old, who is...
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has confirmed the participation of world record holder in the women's 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan at the 2023 African Games. Nigeria’s athletics body disclosed that 49 athletes including Amusan will fly the country's flag in 25 athletics events. Other athletes that made the cut include women’s long jump stars Ese Brume and Ruth Usoro, Nigeria’s fastest man Usheoritse Itsekiri, David Akintola...
The Nigerian duo of Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume were electifying at the Gyulai István Memorial meet in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on Tuesday, with both athletes securing a podium finish. 100m hurdles world champion and world record holder Amusan raced to her second consecutive win in two days following Sunday's triumph at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland, where she ran a season-best time of 12.34 seconds....
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