Tag: Blessing Okagbare
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Nigerian sprinter, Oduduru suspended for doping
Nigerian sprinter, Divine Oduduru has been suspended for doping and risks being banned for six years by World Athletics.
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Okagbare’s Ban: WA disqualifies Nigeria relay team from World Championship
Nigeria 4×100 relay team has been thrown out of the 2022 World Athletics championships following extended ban handed to Blessing Okagbare amid her doping controversies. The Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU of the Word Athletics, WA announced that banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been found to have committed additional anti-doping rule violations – specifically evading…
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Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare banned for 10 years
Sprinter Blessing Okagbare who was suspended for violating anti doping rules and drug related offences during last year’s Tokyo Olympics has been finally banned by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Okagbare, who has an Olympic silver medal in the long jump from the 2008 Beijing Games, was provisionally suspended before the 100 metres semi-finals at the…
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My next suitor must write a 500 word essay on how he won’t waste my time – Blessing Okagbare
Nigerian track and field athlete, Blessing Okagbare who recently filed for divorce from her husband, Otegheri, after six years of marriage says she is no longer interested in dating. Blessing Okagbare who took to her Instastories to declare that she has lost interest in dating, however gave conditions on what her next suitors must do…
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Between Blessing Okagbare and her hubby – Francis Ewherido
BY Francis Ewherido Let us take a break from COVID-19-related articles today and talk about marriage. When I read for the first time that the marriage between Blessing Okagbare, one of Nigeria’s foremost athletes, and Igho Otegheri, a former Super Eagles player, was on the verge of packing up, I felt sad. Every separation, break…
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Asaba 2018: Asaba fans disappointed over Okagbare’s withdrawal
Some fans in Asaba, Delta on Thursday expressed disappointment over Blessing Okagbare’s withdrawal from the 100m and 200m events at the ongoing 21st Africa Athletics Senior Championships. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okagbare, the African 200 metres record-holder, was not on the starting list of the two events. Onome Moses, a civil servant,…