Oluwatobiloba Amusan has made history by becoming the first Nigerian to win a sprint hurdles title at the Commonwealth Games. Amusan achieved the feat on Friday at the Carrara stadium in Gold Coast, Australia. The reigning American Collegiate 100m hurdles queen ran 12.68 seconds to win the race. She is now Nigeria’s first gold medallist […]
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The number of Cameroonian athletes missing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games rose from three to eight on Wednesday, as Games officials expressed concern over their safety. “The Cameroon Commonwealth team is sad to announce that eight athletes are missing from their respective rooms in the Games village,’’ Team’s Chef de mission Victor Agbor Nso […]
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Ndidi Nwosu has won Nigeria’s third gold medal of the Commonwealth Games. The gold medal was Nigeria’s third in the para power lifting event. Nwosu lifted 120kg to claim the first position in the women’s heavyweight category. England’s Louis Sudgen won silver with a lift of 89.2Kg while Kenya’s Joyce Njuguna claimed the bronze medal with […]
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Nigeria’s table tennis team on Saturday defeated hosts Australia 3-1 in the men’s team quarter-finals event at the ongoing Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Nigerian team had earlier defeated Belize 3-0 and Malaysia 3-1 respectively in their group games on Thursday. In match 1, Bode Abiodun defeated Heming Hu 3-2 (11-9,10-12,11-4,8-11,11-8), while Olajide Omotayo […]
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Nigeria has qualified for the round of 16 of the table tennis men’s team event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The second African team in the event – Ghana is one match away from making it to the last 16 following their 0-3 loss to England in their first group match. […]
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The indefinite suspension of transfer allegiance by the International Association of Athletics Federations has stopped British-born Nigerian high jumper Mike Edwards from representing the country at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The IAAF in February 2017 froze all new transfer of allegiance until the IAAF committee on athletes transfer could come up with a […]
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