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Femi Solaja As expected, it was a clean sweep for Kenyan athletes at the maiden edition of Airtel/Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon staged in Ijebu-Ode yesterday as the East Africans won the star prizes in the men and women’s events. It was Hosea Kiplimo who breasted the tape ahead of others in 1hr: 02mins: 36secs to win the 21km race. Kiplimo countryman, Rhonza Kilimo followed with 1: 02: 57 and another Kenyan, Timothy Ronoh raced to the finish line in 1: 02: 59 to place third. The women’s race was also won by another Kenyan, Sandra Chebet in a time of 1hr:10mins:42secs but two Ethiopians bro...
Femi Solaja With less than three months to the elective congress of all sports federations as stipulated by the Sports Ministry, one of Nigeria’s medal hope at this month Olympic Games, Elizabeth Anyanacho, hoped for a game changer for the next board of the Taekwondo Federation of Nigeria. Ahead of the election, some notable stakeholders have thrown their hat into the ring and willing to lead the next board. But for Anyanacho who is aiming to repeat Chika Chukwumerije’s medal winning feat 13 years ago at the Olympics, is leading other young Taekwondoists to set the tone over the fortune i...
Femi Solaja Following the inability of the Head of Technical Department of the Nigeria Football Federation Austin Eguavoen to secure a valid United States of America visa yesterday, former Flying Eagles coach, Paul Aigbogun, has been saddled with leading the Home-based Eagles in the friendly with Mexico on Saturday. A top official of the NFF confirmed to THISDAY that Eguavoen’s request for the travel document “is still under administrative review at the Embassy.” “We are making all efforts to ensure everything go smoothly as planned including the visa issue which is still under admini...