Blessing Okagbare

Blessing Okagbare has set a new African record at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Olympic Trials in Lagos. The America-based athlete will be heading to Tokyo Olympics in the best form of her life after running the second-fastest time…

Fans have been so special to Nigerian sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare and they won't let her soak down after her disqualification from 100metre sprint race which howbeit took everyone not pleased including the athlete. On Monday the…

Nigeria' fastest man, Seye Ogunlewe will lead the country’s charge for medal in the men’s 200m event at the ongoing 12th Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco, SportingLife reports. According to the entry list for Athletics at the…

Nigeria sprints sensation,  Divine Oduduru could make his long awaited professional debut at the Gyulai István Memorial - Athletic Hungarian Grand Prix in Hungary tonight. Oduduru was supposed to make his professional and Diamond League…

Nigeria's sprint duo of Blessing Okagbare and Divine Oduduru will not be participating at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lausanne Diamond League tonight due to their inability to secure Schengen visas to…

Nigeria sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare won the Women’s 200m race at the Prefontaine Classic held in Standford, USA on Sunday. She ran a season best time of  22.05s to beat the reigning Olympic 100m and 200m gold medalist, Elaine…

On her 60th appearance in the Diamond League, Nigeria's "Queen of Sprints Races" Blessing Okagbare won the Women 100m race at the Rabat Meet on Sunday in Morocco. Okagbare, the African sprint double record holder, clawed her way back in…

The Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) has secured scholarship for 11 Nigerian athletes from the International Olympics Committee (IOC) ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games. Phemmy Adetula, Public Relations Officer of NOC, said…

Athletic Federation of Nigeria and sport administrators across the states have once again been urged to their efforts in grooming and nurturing young talents in the country. Blessing Okagbare gave the advice against the backdrop…

Nigerian young sprinter Rosemary Chukwuma, said on Saturday that her aim was to win more medals for the country and surpass Blessing Okagbare’s record. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the ongoing Africa Senior Athletics…

Elated Blessing Okagbare has described her induction into the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Hall of Fame as an achievement that will build her confidence at the World meet. The 29-year-old was inducted on Tuesday into the…

Nigeria's track queen Blessing Okagbare is in a jubilant mood ahead of the forthcoming Jamaican Invitational event billed for May 19. The Bronze medalist in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Gold coast Australia revealed…

Reigning champion in the 100m and 200m races, Blessing Okagbare has been appointed Nigeria's flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games which holds today at the Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast, Australia.

It's no longer news that Nigeria's female sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare will not be defending the 100m and 200m races she won at the 21st Commonwealth Games which starts Tuesday in Gold Coast, Australia.

Former African sprints queen and record holder, Mary Onyali  has called on Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor to continue to work harder to improve her time in the women’s 200m.

Blessing Okagbare will not defend her sprints double titles at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia as she will feature in only the women’s 4x100m relays, according to information on the competition’s website.

Commonwealth Games medal prospect, Blessing Okagbare broke Mary Onyali's 22-year 200m African record on Saturday at the Wes Kittley Invitational at Elmer Gray Stadium on the Abilene Christian University campus, Texas. Okagbare, 29,…