Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own record, becomes the first man to run a marathon in less than 2 hours

This was not the first time the four-time marathon winner has tried to run a sub-two-hour marathon. He ran two hours and 26 seconds in Monza, Italy, on May 2017. Eliud Kipchoge, who before the run compared the achievement to landing on the moon was nothing but happy after the race. He tweeted on his Twitter page: “Today we went to the moon and came back to Earth! I am at a loss for words for all the support I have received from all over the world. Thank you to all who gave me the opportunity. Asante.”

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Allyson Felix won her first Gold Medal as a Mother and now has more World Titles than any other Athlete.

Felix with 17 medals overall (12 gold + 3 silver and 2 bronze medals) already had the highest for male or female in world championship competitions. Attention will be on her to compete in next year’s Olympics in Tokyo, which would be her fifth one and also make her the oldest to do so in any gender.

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Black Folks Should Applaud JayZ’s NFL Move And Stop The Hating.

In 2019, in this era, you don’t expect to win with just sentiment and getting emotional. Yes, Collin perfectly did what he had to do to raise awareness and protest the injustices Blacks face in America. However, JayZ’s contract with the NFL will further enhance Colin’s protest by going in there to see that those changes needed are applied. Colin Kaepernick did it in his own way and any right-thinking individual would know that you can’t win using just one strategy. He has paved the way for people like JayZ to walk in and both moves cannot be conflicted rather, they should be complementing each other.

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AFCON 2019: All The Analysis- The Champions, Golden Boot, tournament award and more…

Algeria won their first ever Nations Cup in 1990 when they defeated Nigeria by 1 goal to nothing. 21 July 2019 was another good day for Algeria to add another one to their name; they did by defeating Senegal 1 – 0 in the final. All thanks to Baghdad Bounedjah early strike to help Algeria lift the trophy for the second time in the history of the tournament. 

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