Botswana etched their name into athletics history on Sunday by becoming the first African nation to win gold in the men’s 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The quartet of Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori and reigning 400m world champion Busang Collen Kebinatshipi produced a blistering time of 2:57.76 to snatch victory from the United States under pouring rain at...
Usain Bolt has admitted he could have run even faster times with the benefit of today’s advanced sprint technology, Afrosport reports. The Jamaican sprint legend holds both the men’s 100m and 200m world records, clocking 9.58 seconds and 19.19s respectively at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin. His 100m mark broke the 9.69s record he had set a year earlier at the Beijing Olympics –...
The Super Eagles won the Unity Cup 2025 tournament with a 5-4 victory on penalties over Jamaica in Saturday’s final at Gtech Community Stadium after the game ended 2-2 in regular time, Afrosport reports. Nigeria were fresh off a 2-1 win over West African rivals Ghana in the semi-finals, while the Jamaicans got the better of Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago in the other semi. The...
Felix Agu and Benjamin Fredrick have been handed their first Super Eagles start in the final of the Unity Cup 2025 against Jamaica at the Gtech Community Stadium, Afrosport reports. Agu is a German-born left-back but has pledged his allegiance to Nigeria and will start opposite Remo Stars right-back Ismaila Sodiq, who provided the assist for the opening goal in the semi-final against Ghana. Meanwhile, Igoh...
The Unity Cup 2025, a four-nation Afro-Caribbean tournament, will come to an end over the weekend with two rounds of matches in London. Nigeria’s Super Eagles will take on Jamaica in the Unity Cup final shortly after Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago have battled in the third-place match. The Super Eagles saw off the Black Stars 2-1 in their opening game on Wednesday, with Rangers forward...
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