West Africa

University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) Senior Blessing Okagbare was named the 2010 Conference USA Outdoor Championships female Performer of the Meet and the High Point Scorer of the Meet for the second consecutive year on Sunday night at the UCF Track and Field Complex in Orlando, Florida.

The 2010 National Athletics Championship kicked off at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Friday with the Ashanti Region putting up a splendid performance to claim honours in the Under-17 and Under-19 categories of the competition.

Syracuse University Senior Uhunoma Osazuwa is set to compete at the Penn Relays 2010 beginning tommorrow at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.

Doha World Indoor 2010 60m semi-finalist, Ogho-Oghene Egwero's 10.32 secs 100m win, Chinazor Amadi 6.37 metres Long Jump and Margaret Etim of Ondo -State 200m (23.99 secs) and 400m (52.77 secs) double victory are the highlights of the 2nd AFN Golden League meet at the Liberty Stadium in Ibadan last weekend.

The Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is considering the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, to host the National Mobil Championships scheduled for June to select athletes for the African Championships in July and the Commonwealth Games in October.

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare, a senior from University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) blew away the field in the women's Long Jump to set a new mark and Myers stadium record on Friday at the 83rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

Ogho-Oghene Egwero of Delta State made a good start to the start of the outdoor season by winning the 100 metres in the first leg of the newly introduced Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League which took place in Kaduna last weekend.

Nigeria's Tosin Oke won the mens' triple jump event on Day Two of the Aviva World Trials and UK Indoor Championships at the English Institute of Sports (EIS) in Sheffield.

Nigeria's Tosin Oke will continue his preparations for the 13th IAAF World Indoor championships tomorrow at the Aviva UK World Trials and Indoor Championships at the English Institute of Sports (EIS) in Sheffield.

Ghana's ace long jumper, Ignatius Gaisah boosted his chances of a medal at the forthcoming World Indoor Championship with a season's best jump at the GE Gelan in Stockholm, Sweden.