Long Jump

Ese Brume is poised to make history at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary later on Sunday 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…

Nigerian athlete Ese Brume leapt into the history books on the final day of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first African (male or female) to claim two Long Jump medals at the Championships, winning Silver with a…

Nigerian athlete Ese Brume has won a Silver medal in the Women’s long jump event, with a final leap of 7.02m at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon. Brume finished second behind German Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo, who…

The African Record holder in the women’s Long Jump, Ese Brume, demonstrated her preparedness for the forthcoming World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games by soaring to her farthest distance on home soil, with a mark of 6.89m to…

The African Record holder in the women’s Long Jump event, Nigeria’s Ese Brume, has qualified for the final stage of the event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after leaping to a distance of 6.76m, 1cm more than the required mark to seal her place…

The Lagos State Government has rewarded Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah with a three-bedroom apartment 25 years after the government made the promise. A former military administrator of the state Olagunsoye…