Tobi Amusan
4 days ago
Three-time Wanda Diamond League winner, Tobi Amusan, and finalists, Ese Brume, as well as Chukwuebuka Enekwechi may earn more from the athletics’ elite one-day meeting series in 2025 following move by the organisers to ‘adopt a new prize money structure with larger rewards.’
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.
21 Sep
World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan, has dropped out of the women’s overall top 100m list in the World Athletics rankings following the update after the conclusion of the 2024 Diamond League.
22 Aug
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, who inexplicably failed to qualify for the final of the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been presented the opportunity to put the records straight by the Wanda Diamond League, in Lausanne, Switzerland, today.
16 Aug
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.
11 Aug
By Gowon Akpodonor Team Nigeria’s flagbearer and world record holder in the women’s 100-metre hurdles, Tobi Amusan, recorded another major point on Wednesday morning when she ‘strolled’ to the semifinals of the event in Paris. Tobi Express, as she is fondly called by her admirers, cruised into the semifinals in a time of 12.49 seconds…
10 Aug
“What will the Sports Minister John Owen Enoh tell President Bola Tinubu now that Nigeria failed to win a single medal at the Paris Olympics?” That was the big question by the chairman of Gombe State Athletics Association, Shuiabu Gara-Gombe, on Friday, shortly after World Record holder, Tobi Amusan, failed to qualify for the final…
10 Aug
I am writing this on Thursday morning to meet production deadline. Truth be told, as we approach the finish line of Paris 2024, Nigeria’s name is nowhere near the top of the final medals table. Of course, Nigeria is not a sports super power. After the Olympics, Team Nigeria are unlikely to be scored high,…
9 Aug
World record holder and former world champion Tobi Amusan crashed out of the women's 100m hurdles at the Olympics on Friday as defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn sailed into the final. Amusan shocked the world in 2022 when she set a world record of 12.12sec on her way to victory at the World Champoinships in Eugene.…
9 Aug
Team Nigeria's hope for a medal has shifted to Tobi Amusan in the 100m hurdles at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics as long jumper, Ese Brume came short of making history after finishing fifth in the final with her 6.70m fourth round jump. For the 28-year-old, it is now the second straight global event that…
8 Aug
One is an Olympic record holder, while the other holds the world record in women’s 100 metres hurdles.
7 Aug
Nigeria's track and field queen, Tobi Amusan on Wednesday raised the hopes of Team Nigeria winning a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She finished first in the women’s 100m hurdles heat which has now led to praises from different quarters. Amusan, running on lane nine has thus qualified for the semi-finals of the…