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Doping: Athletics Unit ban Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare for 10 years

Akintunde Abiodun R.February 18, 202203 mins

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…

Tokyo Olympics: Brume, Oborududu receive cash prizes

Akintunde Abiodun R.August 4, 2021August 4, 202102 mins

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…

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Doping: Athletics Unit ban Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare for 10 years

Tokyo Olympics: Brume, Oborududu receive cash prizes