Kicking off!

The 2018 edition of the massively attended Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has come and gone but the memories will linger for some time. As usual, foreigners lead by the East Africans stole the show as they swept away all the top prizes. Kenya-France runner, Abraham Kiprotich took home the star prize in the male category while Ethiopia’s Alemenesh Herpha Guta took home the star prize in the female category.

Although they couldn’t cope with the pace and endurance of the East Africans, Nigerian runners too were not left out of the largesse as Iliya Pam, Sharubutu Philbus and Kefas Williams smiled home with cash prizes.

In our cover story, our correspondent in Lagos who was among those who took part in the international race serves you all that transpired during the 43-kilometer race.

Read the cover story and find out how ambitious Nigerian runners chased the East Africans in vain for the third year running.

Our interview this week is with Enyimba FC young striker, Mustapha Ibrahim who represented Nigeria at the 2018 CHAN in Morocco.

In this exclusive interview, he shared his experience with us and said he learnt useful lessons at the championship which have made him a better player.

If you want to get the details on the Gareth Bale and Chelsea talk, go to David Billington’s Premier League Column. He hardly get’s it wrong.

In tennis, British No 1 Johanna Konta is still struggling to bounce back from a disappointing 2017 and despite her loss in Dubai, she is still optimistic.

Boxers like talking tough and that is exactly what British boxer, David Hayes is doing ahead of his re-match with Tony Bellew in March.

As usual, we rounded up this edition of SHOT! with football in Europe. In the Premiership, Manchester United will host Chelsea tomorrow in a crucial match as the battle for second place hots up.

And former Tottenham Hotspur defender, Kyle Walker wants Arsenal’s scalp in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final.

This is definitely a mouth-watering package for your weekend relaxation. Enjoy it and keep a date with us.

Have a splendid weekend.