Following participation from 15, Under-15 clubs across the country, Remo Stars have won the 4th edition of the MTN/NPFL/La Liga Under-15 Tournament.
Remo Stars were crowned champions after defeating Sunshine Stars 2-0 in a closely contested final.
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Eta Oghenekaro has emerged winner of the maiden edition of the West Africa Scrabble Tournament held in Accra, Ghana on May 18, 2022.
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Nathaniel Ezekiel has set a new national record of 48.42 seconds to win the men’s 400-Meter Hurdles at the Big 12 Championships [2022].
Running for Baylor at his first Big 12 Championships since moving to the United States of America, Nathaniel Ezekiel was in absolutely amazing form, storming to a massive Personal Best (PB) of 48.42s and breaking Henry Amike’s National Record (NR) that was set in 1987.
With that time, he qualified for the World Championships, set a World Under-20 Lead, an NCAA Lead and moved to 4th on the 2022 global toplist.
Behind him came Isaiah Levington who took 2nd in 48.82 seconds and Malik Metivier in 3rd with 49.53 seconds.
Chukwuma Rosemary has emerged winner of the 100 and 200 meters events at the TTU Corky/Crofoot Shootout in Texas.
Chukwuma won the women’s 100 meters convincingly with a time of 11.28 seconds (-0.1).
She clocked a Personal Best (PB) of 22.78 seconds to win the women’s 200 meters, running into a 1.4m/s headwind and way ahead of Aneesa Scott, 2nd in 23.26 seconds and Raheema Westfall in 23.31 seconds. This is a new school record and the 10th fastest time in the NCAA this season.
Rosemary Chukwuma has emerged champion of the Big 12 Indoor 60 meters event at the SEC Indoor Championships in Texas, USA 2022.
Chukwuma held off Julien Alfred who was also given the same time by two-thousandths of a second, while Kynnedy Flannel picked up 3rd in 7.30s.
She ran an impressive Personal Best (PB) of 7.17 seconds to take the title, breaking the Meet Record (MR).
The Nigerian also set a third school record in the space of three (3) weeks in the event.
Aruna Quadri has risen to become one of the top 10 players in the world in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings.
The Nigerian rose two places in the latest ranking released on May 3, 2022 to place 10th best table tennis player in the world.
The ranking makes Aruna the first African, Nigerian or black table tennis player to break into the top echelon of the game.
Ashe Favour has run the fastest time in history by any Nigerian athlete in all conditions, racing to a staggering 9.79s (+3.0) to win his 100 meters heat at the LSU invitational meet in Baton Rouge on April 30, 2022.
That time, is the fifth fastest time all conditions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history.
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