World Athletics Championships
27 Aug 2023
U.S.-based Nigeria long jumper, Ruth Usoro, says she gained a lot in her participation in the 19th World Athletics Championships, which ends Sunday in Budapest.
26 Aug 2023
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24 Aug 2023
After securing her place in the final of the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships for the third consecutive time on Wednesday, Tobi Amusan gazed towards the sky and uttered, "Lord, I am grateful. I have nothing else but to thank you for the protection and strength you've granted me. The journey isn't over…
24 Aug 2023
World record holder, Tobi Amusan, yesterday, qualified for the final of the 100 metres hurdles at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in dramatic style.
22 Aug 2023
• 100m women’s hurdles begins today Thousands of fans stormed the Budapest Stadium, yesterday, to cheer world record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, who started training ahead of her women’s 100m hurdles title defence at the ongoing World Athletics Championships. Amusan will begin her title defence 6.12p.m.today at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest. The fans…
20 Aug 2023
World Athletics Championships Silver Medalist, Ese Brume, scaled the first hurdles as the 2023 edition of the championship began yesterday in Budapest, Hungary.
19 Aug 2023
Reigning World 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, is set to commence training this morning after she arrived in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday ahead of her event, as the 19th World Athletics Championships begin today. World Athletics cleared the 26-year-old Amusan of charges of three whereabouts failures on Thursday evening. The Guardian learnt…
18 Aug 2023
The reigning World 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Nigeria's Tobi Amusan, will arrive in Budapest this evening to prepare for her event on Day 4 at the 19th World Athletics Championships, which will begin this Saturday. The 26-year-old athlete was cleared of charges of three whereabouts failures by World Athletics on Thursday evening. An…
17 Aug 2023
As the 19th World Athletics Championships begins in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday, the management of leading financial institution in Nigeria, PremiumTrust Bank, has joined millions of Nigerians in wishing Team Nigeria the best of luck. PremiumTrust Bank, endorsed Amusan and Brume as its brand ambassadors in September, 2022, shortly after their superlative performance at the…
16 Aug 2023
First batch of Nigerian athletes to the World Athletics Championships landed in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday, amidst anxious wait by officials for the clearance of world record holder in the 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, by the Athletes Integrity Unit (AIU).
14 Aug 2023
World Athletics has dismissed reports in the Nigerian media that reigning World 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been given the all-clear to defend her title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary next week.
10 Jul 2023
After moving some steps close to qualifying for Budapest 2023 World Championships in Togo on Saturday, Nigeria has taken its search for the relay tickets in the men’s 4x100m, 4x400m and women’s 4X400m to the Lagos Series, which begins this week.
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