ATHLETICS

Fast-rising Nigerian sprinter, Divine Oduduru has taken after fellow-international star, Raymond Ekevwo in hooking a ticket to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Oduduru became the first to ever to break the sub-10s in the 100m at the Big-12 Championship on Sunday. Oduduru continued in his fine form for …

The Edo state government has restated its total support for the historic Okpekpe international 10km road race. The state’s deputy governor,Rt Hon Phillip Shaibu restated the commitment when the promoter of the race, Mike Itemuagbor and his team paid him a courtesy call at the weekend. Shaibu assured the event …

South Africa female short distance runner, Caster Semenya is thinking of lodging a further appeal, after losing her case at Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against a decision by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. Semenya is thinking seriously about taking her …

Texas Tech Univesity of USA sprinter, Divine Oduduru has shot into third spot in the overall marks of athletes completing historic feats in both 100m and 200m races on the same day across the world. The Nigerian youngster enacted the feat last weekend at this year’s Michael Johnson Invitational in …

Ex-international athlete, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi has described Nigeria’s third place finish at the African U-18 & U-20 Athletics Championship in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire as a stepping stone to a grand outing at this year’s Africa Games in Morocco and hope for better results in the near future. While admitting that the …

Pamodzi Marketing company,organiser of the IAAF silver label Okpekpe international 10km road race is pleased to announce that the media accreditation for the seventh edition of the race which holds on Saturday May 25,2019 in Okpekpe near Auchi in Edo state of Nigeria will open on Wednesday April 17,2019. The …

One of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions,Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has renewed its partnership with the Okpekpe international 10km road race. The bank,founded in 2014 and which focuses on alleviating financing constraints faced by MSMEs and small corporations in Nigeria through the provision of financing and partial credit guarantees first …

Nigeria’s national 100m hurdles record holder, Gloria Alozie has declared that the county is on course to produce new world beaters at the Olympic Games, but admits it will take hard work and tough days. Alozie, who switched allegiance from Nigeria to run for Spain in 2001, is back home …

Nigerian-born athlete, James Dasaolu has set his mind on making an appearance at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan before finally calling it quit with sprinting, following his return from a nasty injury. Dasaolu, who is rated as the second-fastest man in British history has declared himself victorious over …

Organisers of the Okpekpe international 10km road race have given Wednesday May 22 as the closing date for registration of athletes for the seventh edition of the only IAAF Silver Label road running event in Africa in 2019 which holds on Saturday May 25 in Okpekpe near Auchi,Edo state. Zak …