Nigerian-born Christine Ohuruogu won UK the 400m Olympic Gold Medial since 1924, and the first ever British female Olympian to win the medal has been honored with the MBE (Member of the British Empire) award by the Queen of England.

The 22-year-old athlete talks to AfricanLoft about the journey and life after the Olympics.

African runners swept the Men’s Marathon race Sunday on the last day of the 29th Olympic Games in China. In all, athletes from more than a dozen African countries won medals in events ranging from running and football to swimming and kayaking. VOA’s Scott Bobb reports from Beijing. Take a listen:

Here is a video highlight of the Nigeria 0-1 Argentina soccer final match at the Beijing Olympics.

Well, there’s only one way to describe what the Nigerian soccer team did to their Belgian counterpart at the Beijing Olympics semi-finals soccer match: Total Domination!
Watch the video highlight of the match.
Nigeria now proceeds to the finals, and will meet Argentina on Saturday.
The match promises to be a redeemer for the Nigerian contingent at [...]

The 6-foot-5-inches, 195 pounds, the 21-year-old Jamaican, Usain Bolt, is the new world’s fastest man. Bolt aka “Lightning”, ran 9.69 seconds, beating his own record of 9.72sec set in New York on May 31 this year.

As Mugabe continues his canny power games, another plays to win medals for the troubled nation.

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