Favour Ofili
24 Feb
The National Sports Commission’s Elites Athletes and Podium Board has described as “fantastic” the 7.25m recorded by U.S.-based sprinter, Favour Ofili in the 60m final of the Olympic Development event.
25 Nov
Tobi Amusan, who holds the world record in women’s 100 metres hurdles, Olympic high jump bronze medallist, Ese Brume, emerging 100 metres star, Favour Ofili, and other top Nigerian athletes have been presented an opportunity to win $150, 000 by World Athletics.
26 Aug 2024
After a near-disastrous outing at Tokyo Olympics three years ago, Nigeria’s junior athletes brought relief to the country by putting up outstanding performances at the World U-20 Athletics Championships
16 Aug 2024
Following their impressive performances at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics, women’s 200m and men’s 400m finalists, Favour Ofili and Samuel Ogazi have moved several steps up in the latest World Athletics rankings released on Wednesday evening.
15 Aug 2024
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) says it has capable athletes to fill the vacuum should U.S.-based sprinter, Favour Ofili, decide to switch allegiance from Nigeria to another country. The relationship between Ofili and the AFN became strained at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics following the disappearance of her name from the list that the…
10 Aug 2024
United States-based sprinter Favour Ofili went through the junior ranks, ruling the Nigeria Youth Games before leaving for the U.S. on a scholarship at Louisiana State University. Since then, her athletics career has been on the rise winning medals for both the school athletics team and Nigeria. In this report, GOWON AKPODONOR looks at Ofili’s…
10 Aug 2024
Six days after he promised to investigate and sanction whoever was responsible for the non-registration of U.S.-based sprinter, Favour Ofili, for the 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics and with no report yet, Sports Minister, John Own Enoh, has come out to debunk reports on social media about cyclist, Ese Ukpeseraye, not having the…
9 Aug 2024
Team Nigeria’s hope of getting to the podium in both men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams was dashed, yesterday, as they crashed out in their semifinal races at Stade de France.
6 Aug 2024
It was a disappointing outing for Team Nigeria in the women’s 200 metres final of the Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday as Favour Ofili’s missed out on a podium finish. Running in lane nine, the 21-year-old finished in sixth place in a time of 22.24 seconds, which was not enough to land her a medal.…
6 Aug 2024
Team Nigeria’s Favour Ofili, yesterday, rose form the ashes of disappointment to qualify for the final of the women’s 200m at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Ofili was denied the opportunity to compete for a medal in the 100m by negligent officials, who failed to register her for the race that she qualified for…
5 Aug 2024
After being scrubbed out from the women’s 100m by an “unknown” Nigerian official, sprinter Favour Ofili, yesterday, morning finally fulfilled her long wish of competing in the Olympics.
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