Nigeria’s golden girl Tobi Amusan departs for England

AFN explains spelling ‘error’ on kit Brume’s coach, five U.S.-based athletes still battling to secure UK visas Nigeria’s golden girl and world record breaker, Tobi Amusan and other athletes, will depart Oregon today for the Commonwealth Games which begins in Birmingham, England in few hours. However, less than 24 hours to the beginning of the […]

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Tiwa Savage gushes over Tobi Amusan in surprise video call

Afrobeat queen Tiwa Savage has put across a surprise video call to the World 100m hurdles golden record holder, Tobi Amusan during which she gushed over her. Savage joined the multitude over the world to congratulate the 25-year-old, who ran a time of 12.12 seconds, shaving almost a tenth of a second off the previous […]

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Nigeria is proud of you! Buhari tells golden girl Tobi Amusan

Hails Brume, Team Nigeria for making Nigeria proud Atiku, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, Obaseki, Okowa congratulate Tobi Bolt celebrates gold medalist, says she’s superb President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said Oluwatobiloba Amusan, who won the women’s 100m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championship 2022, set a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event, […]

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Buhari, Abiodun, Obaseki, Okowa, others rise for record-breaker Tobi Amusan, Brume

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan reacts as she sets a new world record in the women’s 100m hurdles semi-final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Jewel Samad / AFP) Her tears on podium shows there is hope for us, says Obi President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, led […]

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Nigeria shines again as Ese Brume wins silver at World Athletics Championship

Ese Brume produced her biggest jump of the year in Oregon, USA to become the first Nigerian athlete to win medals at two World Athletics Championships. She won the silver medal in Oregon, an upgrade to the bronze she won in Doha in 2019. The Olympic bronze medalist leaped 7.02m and finished behind Germany’s Olympic […]

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Nigerians hail Amusan, slam ‘racist’ Johnson

Nigerian fans have accused track legend Michael Johnson of racism and hatred for questioning Tobi Amusan’s world record time in the 100m hurdles final at the just-concluded World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Amusan raced to victory in the 100m hurdles final, finishing with a time of 12.12secs, shattering Kendra Harrison’s 2016 world record by 0.08secs […]

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Atiku, Obi others celebrate Amusan’s record-breaking sprint

Gold medalist Tobi Amusan of Team Nigeria poses with a cheque for setting a world record in Women’s 100m Hurdles on day ten of the World Athletics Championships. Photo: AFP Fans have praised Tobi Amusan’s world record-breaking sprint at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, which saw her collect Nigeria’s first ever […]

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Buhari congratulate ‘Golden Girl’ Amusan for winning world-record athletic gold

Gold medalist Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women’s 100m hurdles during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP) President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Tobi Amusan for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold for Nigeria […]

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Tobi Amusan wins historic World Athletics Championship gold for Nigeria

Tobi Amusan of Team Nigeria celebrates after winning gold in the Women’s 100m Hurdles Final on day ten of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 24, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by AFP) World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan, in the early hours of Monday (Sunday in Oregon), won the […]

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FIFA fines Nigeria N63.9m over Abuja stadium violence

Fans vandalise stadium Abuja Stadium after failure to qualify for 2022 World Cup Eagles to play next home game behind closed doors World football body, FIFA, on Monday fined Nigeria CHF150,000 (N63.9m) following violence that occurred at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on March 29, after the country’s failure to qualify for the 2022 […]

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