Tobi Amusan
4 days ago
World record holder and Adidas track athlete, Tobi Amusan has emerged the winner of the Silverbird TV 2022 Sports Personality of the Year. The world champion clinched the award at the 2022 Silverbird Man of The Year which held on Friday 3, 2023 at the Eko Hotel and suits, Lagos. Lanre Vigo, the co-founder of…
7 Jan
For the first time in ages, I am deliberately setting several New Year goals and resolutions for myself, but anchored to a one basic philosophy. The philosophy is not to join in the chorus of dwelling and being driven by the negative narratives of Nigeria. I have done that for too long and produced little…
1 Jan
With the very much-anticipated year finally here, the clock is already ticking to what will be an exciting year on all fronts, including on the political, sports and entertainment scenes.
24 Dec
Nigerian athletes who wish to get on board the train to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are required to do a little more than have been asked of them by World Athletics for the trip to the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August following the release of the entry standard for the…
22 Dec
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), on Tuesday, named Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan as Africa’s Best Female Athlete for the Year 2022.
18 Nov
Africa’s leading payments technology firm, Flutterwave, today unveiled $endmobile, an app to facilitate the faster and easier transfer of funds from the diaspora to the African continent. $end by Flutterwave which has helped thousands of diaspora Africans send money home since launch, now gets a new ambassador and a speedy mobile app available for download…
Amusan’s world record ‘was something that had been brewing for a while,’ says ex-Jamaican track star
24 Oct
Former Jamaican international athlete Lacena Golding-Clarke, according to SportsNow, has said that Tobi Amusan’s incredible world record run at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA in July ‘was something that had been brewing for a while.’ Golding-Clarke, an Olympian and 2002 Commonwealth Games champion, is the coach of reigning World 100m hurdles champion, Amusan.…
17 Oct
The Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, is spearheading the campaign to get Nigerians to massively vote for the reigning world 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan..
14 Oct
The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Tonobok Okowa, is leading the campaign for massive vote from Nigerians to aid Tobi Amusan’s dream of becoming the first Nigerian to be named World Athlete of the Year by World Athletics. A statement by the Senior Media Relations Manager at World Athletics, Maggie Durand, to…
13 Oct
World Record breaker, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, has been shortlisted, alongside 10 others, for the 2022 World Athlete of The Year Award.
12 Oct
World, Commonwealth and African 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan, says she is honoured to have been considered among the best 10 female athletes in the world for the outgoing year. The 25-year-old's name was among the 10 female athletes released Wednesday morning by World Athletics as nominees for the Women's World Athlete…
12 Oct
World Athletics (WA) has nominated Nigerian sprinter Tobi Amusan for the 2022 women's world athlete of the year. The body noted that Amusan and other nominees were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics. The federation said the five finalists will be determined by…
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