The former Olympic medalist failed a doping test. Nigerian sprinter and Olympics silver medalist, Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for doping. The news of the ban was confirmed by a statement released by the unit on Friday. Not long ago, the 33-year-old athlete was expelled from…
The two Olympic medalist have been rewarded for making Nigeria proud at the ongoing event in Japan. Olympic silver medalist Blessing Oborududu and Bronze medalist Ese Brume have been rewarded with their promised cash of $10,000 (N4.1M) and $7500 (N3M) respectively by the Nigerian Federal government. Their cash prizes were presented to them by the…
Two siblings from Japan have written their names into the history books after winning gold on the same day at the ongoing Olympic Games in Japan. The Japanese siblings’ Abe Hifumi and Abe Uta are the first to win Olympic gold medals in individual sports on the same day. Interestingly, they did it in the…
