World champion and record holder in women’s 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan is one race away from successfully defending the title she won in 2022 after easing into the final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday. She clocked a time of 12.56secs to win the second semi-final and take one of the automatic spots in the …

World women’s 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan returned to the tracks with a bang and is on course to successfully defend her title, after easing into the semi-finals of the event at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday. In what was her first race since 17th July, when she was provisionally suspended by the …

Nigeria’s long jumper, Ese Brume recorded a season’s best of 6.84m but it was not enough to get her to the podium as she finished fourth in the women’s long jump of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Serbia’s Ivana Vuleta won the event with a world lead jump of 7.14m followed by United States Tara Davis-Woodhall in …

Ese Brume is poised to make history at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary later on Sunday (today) after she leaped a distance of 6.72m to secure a spot in the final of the long jump event on Saturday. It’s her third straight final in the competition history. The 27-year-old placed fourth in Group A of the qualification …

Reigning world 100m hurdles champion and record holder, Tobi Amusan has been given cleared to compete at the World Athletics Championships set to begin this Saturday in Budapest, Hungary, according to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The 26-year-old athlete had faced charges of three whereabouts failures, which constitutes an anti-doping rule violation for missing three out-of-competition tests within a 12-month …

As the athletic world curiously await the ruling of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) said it is expecting the verdict in the next six days ahead of the 2023 World Championships, which will hold from 19th to 27th August in Budapest, Hungary. With eight days …

Women’s hurdles world record-holder, Tobi Amusan, on Wednesday said she has been charged with an alleged anti-doping rule violation, casting doubt on her participation in next month’s world championships. “Today the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has charged me with an alleged rule violation for having 3 missed tests in 12 months”, she said in a post on Instagram. The Nigerian …

World Record holder, Tobi Amusan has won the Silesia Diamond League Women’s 100m Hurdles, breaking meet record after finishing the race at 12.34 seconds. American Kendra Harrison came a close second after Amusan caught up with her in a nail-biting race to the finish line. Newly crowned US champion Nia Ali came third in 12.38s while Jamaican champion Megan Tapper …

Nigeria’s women’s 4×100 metres relay team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been stripped of their gold medal following the disqualification of Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, who was found guilty of doping by the Commonwealth Games Federation Court. England have now been promoted to first place, followed by Jamaica and Australia. Nwokocha had run the anchor leg as Nigeria crossed …

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has won the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the Stockholm Diamond League, with an impressive time of 12.52 seconds. She beat Sarah Lavin who clocked a personal best of 12.73 seconds for second and Pia Skrzyszowska in 12.78 seconds in third place. Tobi finished in second position in the 100 metres hurdles event at the Lausanne Diamond …