Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Okagbare.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Okagbare" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="246" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Okagbare.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco" width="400" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=75161#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> 0</span></span></a><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #606569; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> <br /></div> </header><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Commonwealth Games fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare still basking in the euphoria of a wonderful perfor­mance at the Glasgow 2014 Games will take her medal hunt in the 2014 athletics season to Marrakech, Mo­rocco, venue of the African Athletics Championships, which begins August 10 and end August 14.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to Olukayode Thomas, a member of the Athletics Federation of Ni­geria, AFN, Okagbare, win­ner of sprint double (100m and 200m) at the just concluded Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and a silver medal in the 4x100m, will compete in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m. In Glasgow, she set a new Commonwealth Games record of 10.85sec in the 100m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Also listed for the for 100m, 200, and the 4x100m women in Marrakesh are Gloria Asumunu, Lauretta Uzoh, Deborah Odeyemi, Justina Sule and Weyinmi Lindsay.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Listed for 400m and 4x400m are Folashade Abugan, Omolara Omotso­ho, Patience Okon, Ada Benjamin, and Funke Oladoye.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nichole Denby will compete in the 100m hurdles, while Amaka Ogoegbunam and Kemi Francis are listed for the 400m hurdles.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abiye David will run the 800m, Ese Brume and Amadi Chinazom will do the long jump, while Bless­ing Ibrahim will do the triple jump.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For throws, Queen Obis­esan Hammer, and Chinwe Okoro will compete for medals in discuss and shot-put.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mark Jelkis, Mozavous Edwards, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Obinna Metu, Divine Oduduru,and Seye Ogunlewe will compete in the men’s 100, 200m, and 4x100m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Robert Simmons, Orukpe Eroyakan, Akerele Omezia, Noah Akwu and Isah Salihu are listed for the 400m and the 4x400m.s</span></div> </div>

Okagbare leads Team Nigeria to Morocco

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Team Nigeria is a strong force in World sports –Elegbeleye

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Elegbeleye-DG-National-Sports-Comm.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Team Nigeria is a strong force in World sports –Elegbeleye "><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Elegbeleye DG National Sports Comm" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="300" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Elegbeleye-DG-National-Sports-Comm.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Team Nigeria is a strong force in World sports –Elegbeleye " width="612" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Team Nigeria is a strong force in World sports –Elegbeleye </span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=74839#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> 0</span></span></a></header><div class="post-meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chef de Mission, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has describedTeam Nigeria as a strong force in World sport.</span></div> <div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Elegbeleye was reacting to the sterling performance of Team Nigeria at the ongoing Common- wealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Team Nigerian athletes buoyed by the spectacular performance of hotshot, Blessing Okagbare in the women’s 100 m where she shattered the Games record to win 10.85sec posted amazing results winning three gold and a cocktail of silver and bronze medals. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Odunayo Adekuoreye and Aminat Adeniyi won gold medals in Wrestling while Superwoman Mary- am Usman lifted Nigeria’s name to high heavens with her golden lift.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘’These things are made possible by the love and support of President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan. He has been the backbone of sports and we are happy to be churning out these good results’’, a jubilant Elegbeleye said. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He opined that the sky still looks good for more medals to come the way of Team Nigeria before the Games curtains are drawn on Sunday.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘’Our athletes and offi- cials have been remarkable. We’re grateful to Mr Presi- dent and all Nigerians for their support’’, Elegbeleye who has been watching and supporting virtually all the sports said.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Team Nigeria is a strong force in World sports –Elegbeleye

Team Nigeria is a strong force in World sports –Elegbeleye   0 Chef de Mission, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has describedTeam Nigeria as a ...

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