Nigeria’s men and women teams have emerged champions of the inaugural African Flag Football Championship.
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Emmanuel Ojeli Wins Men’s 400 Meters Race Event At 2025 Meeting Pergine In Italy
Emmanuel Ojeli has won the men’s 400 meters race event at the 2025 Meeting Pergine in Italy with a new meeting record of 45.74 seconds.
He defeated Francesco Rossi and Vladmir Aceti who both clocked an identical 46.18 seconds to finish second and third respectively. Botswana’s Tumostatago Van Wyk came in fourth in that race with a time of 46.25 seconds.
Calvin Bassey Emerges Fulham’s Player Of The Season
Super Eagles of Nigeria defender, Calvin Bassey, has been named Fulham’s Player of the Season for 2024/25.
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2025 Star Athletics Sprint Series: Rosemary Chukwuma Wins Women’s 100 Meters Race Event
Rosemary Chukwuma has clocked a season’s best of 11.03 seconds (0.8) to win her 100 meters section at the 2025 Star Athletics Sprint Series in Florida.
With that time, she hit the qualification for the Tokyo 2025 World Championships, becoming the third Nigerian woman to achieve that after Favour Ofili and Tima Godbless.
Shannon Ray was second in that race in 11.32 seconds, while Candace Hill was third in 11.35 seconds.
Ogazi Samuel Wins 2025 NCAA Outdoor Men’s 400 Meters Race Event
Ogazi Samuel has won the 2025 NCAA outdoor men’s 400 meters race event with a time of 44.84 seconds.
He was well clear of the rest of the field as Gabriel Moronta was second in 45.47 seconds and William Jones in 45.53 seconds.
The first man from Alabama to win the title since the great Kirani James.
He is also only the second Nigerian man ever to win the NCAA Outdoor 400 meters title after Clement Chukwu in 1999.
Ronke Akanbi Sets New National Record In Women’s 3000mSc At 2025 Znamensky Brothers Memorial In Russia
Ronke Akanbi has set a new National Record of 10:17.01 in the women’s 3000mSc at the 2025 Znamensky Brothers Memorial in Russia.
Although she finished fifth, she lowered her personal best by at least five (5) seconds in the race.
2025 Rabat Diamond League: Tobi Amusan Wins Women’s 100 Meters Hurdles Race Event
World Record holder Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 meters hurdles at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League, clocking a Meeting Record (MR) and Season’s Best (SB) of 12.45 seconds.
Nadine Visser placed second in 12.67 seconds while Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland was third in 12.69 seconds. The previous MR was pegged at 12.51 seconds set by USA’s Brianna McNeal in 2018.