Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: Shutterstock. A 5.2-km Road Race to sensitise professional sales personnel on the importance of exercise to their health and physical well being flagged off in Saturday in Lagos. No fewer than 40 young sales personnel participated in the race, tagged ‘Sales Run 2022’. The race, which began by 7am at the main gate Read More…
Athletics
Okagbare powers hard to win gold at USATF grand prix 100m women final
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: TrackTown USA/Twitter, World Athletics. Two Nigerian women sprinters, Blessing Okagbare and Morolake Akinosun pounded the tracks strongly to win at the USATF Grand Prix in Eugene, a World Athletics Continental Tour event, which took place on Saturday, 24th April 2021. Blessing Okagbare came through strongly in the closing stages of the 100m to Read More…
Blessing Okagbare breaks Diamond League attendance records, recognised by Guinness
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Image Credits: Getty Images. Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare has been recognised by the Guiness Book of World Records as the only athlete to have attended the Athletics Diamond Meetings 67 times. Okagbare on Wednesday shared the good news via her verified Instagram handle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BLESSING OKAGBARE MFR♎ Read More…
Lagos to host maiden Y2020 women marathon on Saturday
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image Credits: Guardian Nigeria. The Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) on Tuesday announced its plans to hold the Y2020 mini-Marathon for women tagged “Lagos Women Run” on Saturday. LSSC Director of Public Affairs, Titi Oshodi-Eko, in a statement in Lagos, therefore, issued travel advisory for motorists due to the planned closure of some major roads Read More…
Winners of 2020 Lagos City Marathon, Davou, Oyelade, pick car prizes
Reading Time: 2 minutes The duo of Oyelade Sunday and 13-year-old, Vera Yohanna Davou, finally received their Kia Rio saloon car prizes on Tuesday, five months after winning 2020 Lagos City Marathon. Davou and Oyelade emerged winners of the 10km female and male races during the 2020 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held on Feb. 8. Organisers of the Read More…
2021 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon still on course – organisers
Reading Time: 2 minutes The organisers of the annual Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Wednesday said that the hosting of the 42km race in 2021 was not under threat yet, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Media Officer of the race, Kayode Thomas, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Read More…
Wanda Diamond League announces update to 2020 calendar
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wanda Diamond League on Friday announced further alterations to its provisional 2020 calendar, with the cancellation of two meetings and a further event pushed back until the autumn. This is contained in a statement on the league body’s website. The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising Read More…
World Athletics publishes COVID19 outbreak prevention guidelines for competition organisers
Reading Time: < 1 minutes World Athletics, the athletics’ global governing body, has published a set of health and safety guidelines to assist competition organisers. The aim is to minimise the risk of spreading the coronavirus when staging in-stadium outdoor events during the current pandemic. A statement on the body’s website read that the guidelines were drafted by World Athletics’ Read More…