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All posts tagged "Blessing Okagbare"
Video
Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare smashed the 12-year-old Commonwealth Games Record to win the women's 100m in 10.85 secs at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow.
Nigeria
2014 Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and 2018 NCAA 200m champion Divine Oduduru will lead a 95-member Nigerian team for the 21st CAA African...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor clocked a wind-aided 100m time of 10.72 secs (+2.7m/s) to win the women's invitational event at the 91st Texas Relays on...
Nigeria
Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor opened her 2018 season on a record breaking one, shattering Mary Onyali’s 22-year old 200m African Record of 22.07, with a new...
Nigeria
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Thursday announced a team of 37 athletes (20 female and 17 male) for the 2018 Commonwealth Games...
London 2017
Commonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor and NCAA 100m hurdles champion Tobiloba Amusan will lead the Nigerian team comprising of 12 athletes to...
Nigeria
Kelechi Nwanaga breaks 15-year-old Nigerian Javelin record with 58.15m; Blessing Okagbare and Ogho-Oghene Egwero anchor 4x100m teams to victory at 2017 Warri Relays &...
RSA
South African jumper Ruswahl Samaai emerge victorious in the men's long jump at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday...
Kenya
Kenya's Hellen Obiri won the Women's 1 Mile race at the 2017 Müller Anniversary Games leg of the IAAF Diamond League in London on...
RSA
South African sprinter Akani Simbine broke his own national 100m record at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meeting in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on Monday night.
Nigeria
Nigeria's fastest sprinters Blessing Okagbare and Seye Ogunlewe top the list of Team Nigeria athletes to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Nigeria
Seye Ogunlewe defends his 100m crown and Blessing Okagbare completes the women's sprint double at the 2016 All-Nigeria Athletics Championships in Sapele on Friday.
Nigeria
Blessing Okagbare returned after a year's absence to reclaim the women's 100m title in 11.02 seconds on day 1 of the All-Nigeria Championships in...
Cote D'Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire's Murielle Ahoure sets a new African 100m record with a blistering run of 10.78 (1.6m/s) at the Star Athletics Pro Meet at...
Morocco
Leading global athletes are set to compete at the 9th Meeting International Mohammed VI, the 3rd leg of the 2016 IAAF Diamond League series,...
News
African and Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare - Ighoteguonor to headline a 47-member Nigerian athletics team seeking to restore pride at the 11th African...
Beijing 2015
Nigeria’s hope for a medal at the 2015 IAAF World Championship in Beijing, China fades after Blessing Okagbare came last in the women’s 100m...
Beijing 2015
A total of US$ 7,194,000 in prize money will be paid at the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 to the leading athletes and teams...
Life & Style
Blessing Okagbare outlines her goals in new Nike women profile - to break 10.7 seconds in the 100m, 22.0 seconds in the 200m, and...
Video
In this video interview with AthleticsAfrica.Com, Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare - Ighoteguonor says she's looking forward to Beijing 2015 IAAF World Champs and her main...
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the outdoor World Record for the women's 1500m in 3:50.07 at the Meeting Herculis, IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on...
Blogs & Comment
Nigeria and African fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, wishes new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and new Delta-State governor Arthur Okowa Ifeanyi well on their inauguration...
Nigeria
Nigeria wins the women's 4x200m gold in dramatic fashion while Kenya settles for silver in the women's distance medley on the first day of...
Nigeria
Commonwealth and African sprint queen Blessing Okagbare voted the Nigerian Sportswoman of the Year at the Nigerian Sports Awards 2014, which was held at...
Galleria
Exclusive photos as Commonwealth and African women’s sprints champion, Blessing Okagbare, weds heartthrob - three-time capped Super Eagles and former Heartland FC of Owerri...
Life & Style
Commonwealth and African sprints champion Blessing Okagbare has been joined in holy matrimony to former Super Eagles and Heartland FC of Owerri player, Igho...
Nigeria
Nigerian athletes dominate the selection list to represent Africa at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco next month, with African 200m champion Murielle...
Africa
The 2nd day of the 19th Africa senior championships, Monday 11 August, confirmed the new supremacy of Nigeria’s and Ivory Coast’s sprinters on the...
Audio
Series of mixed-zone audio interviews with top African athletes at the just concluded 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland - August 2014.
Nigeria
Commonwealth Games double sprint champion, Blessing Okagbare, will lead the Nigerian team comprising of 30 athletes to the 2014 African championships in Marrakech, Morroco.
Nigeria
Blessing Okagbare smashes the Commonwealth Games 100m record to give Nigeria her first Athletics gold medal of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on...
Egypt
Egypt's Abdelrahman El Sayed bounced back to win the men's Javelin; Blessing Okagbare, Asbel Kiprop, Hiwott Ayalew, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi shine at the Meeting...
Nigeria
Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, will lead the Nigerian athletics team to the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month and the Africa Athletics...
Galleria
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of athletes competing at the 68th All Nigerian Athletics Championships in Calabar, Cross Rivers State of Nigeria –June 19-21,...
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