World Champion and Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has failed to defend her World title after finishing 6th in the final at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Budapest on Thursday, August 24. Jamaica’s Danielle Williams won the title in a season-best of 12.43s while Olympic champion, Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn came second in 12.44s…
Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan has been ranked the fifth-best female athlete in 2022. The World Athletics ranked each athlete according to the points they amassed from their performances during the season, using the scoring tables of athletics. The 25-year-old had a good year as she became the first Nigerian…
A Taekwondo athlete, Maria Uchenna Raphael, has been killed in a motor accident in Nasarawa State. The deceased, who won a silver medal for team Nasarawa in the just concluded Bayelsa Open Taekwondo, was crushed to death by a truck in Lafia, the state capital on Friday, August 26. The Nasarawa State Ministry of…
For sports fans who grew up in the 80s, it’s impossible to forget Bo Jackson. The man was a supernatural force, excelling in football, baseball and track. Unquestionably, many saw him as a hero. And now they have an additional reason for that view. As reported by The Associated Press, Bo flew to Texas three…