Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor a Nigerian sprinter and Commonwealth queen of tracks, has been banned by the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). She was team Nigeria’s medal hope at the IAAF Championship in Beijing but she fumbled in the 100m final, finishing last, and also failed to show up for the 200m event four days later, despite appearing in the warm up area and claimed injury. Full post after cut..........
Few days after Okagbare, appeared at the Zurich Diamond League and few days ago, she announced she will not be representing Team Nigeria for the 11th All Africa Games in Congo, an action which AFN and NSC finds unpatriotic.
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