LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-For the 11th time in 19 editions, Team Nigeria finished their participation in the recently concluded World Athletics Championships without a medal. Ese Brume and Tobi Amusan who were the team’s major hopefuls after recent exploits on the international stage failed to make podium appearances. Brume had won a bronze medal in…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has qualified for the women’s 100-meter hurdles final at the 2023 World Athletics Championship. The Nigerian dipped at 12.56 seconds to finish first in heat three of the semi-final on Wednesday at the Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest, Hungary. Ackera Nugent of Jamaica took second at 12.60 seconds, followed by the Netherlands’s Nadine…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-World Champion, Tobi Amusan, has won her 100mh heat at the ongoing World Athletics Championship. The competition is currently taking place in Budapest, Hungary. The world hurdles record holder clocked 12.48s (0.4) to win the fifth heat of the women’s 100mH despite not having enough time to slow down towards the end….
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Athletics Record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, has declared that some Nigerian sports journalists are horrible in their profession, just as she revealed that she has put behind her the trauma of her suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), over the Whereabouts Failures charge. Amusan began training for…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tobi Amusan has not been given the all-clear to defend her title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary next week, according to World Athletics. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had excluded her name from the upcoming competition as a result of the doping investigation she was undergoing. But the AFN…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tobi Amusan, the reigning World 100m hurdles champion will get the chance to defend her title in Budapest, Hungary if she is cleared of her whereabouts failures, World Athletics has declared. The world governing body for the sport has included the 26 year old in the list of athletes that will…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-UEFA began disciplinary proceedings on Friday against AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho for using insulting and abusive language against an official in the Europa League final. Mourinho, 60, was shown the yellow card by English referee Anthony Taylor during the bad-tempered final in Budapest on Wednesday, which Sevilla won on penalties after…