Tobi Amusan has qualified for the women’s 100-metre hurdles semi-finals at the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday. Amusan led the pack of eight athletes with 12.49 seconds, followed by America’s Alaysha Johnson with 12.61 and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown qualified with 12.84 seconds. The 27-year-old is the world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles. She […]
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Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have qualified for the quarter-final of the women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team defeated Canada 79-70 in its final group game at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France, on Sunday. The victory earned D’Tigress their first-ever appearance in the quarter-final of the Olympics basketball tournament. Nigeria […]
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Nigeria Rugby Sevens Team participated in the Africa Cup Sevens which doubled as Japan 2020 Olympic Qualifiers at the Bosman Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa over the weekend. It was their first appearance at the Africa Cup since 2016 following a ban on Nigeria by World Rugby in 2017. The Black Stallions entered the tournament […]
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Michael Rotich, Kenya’s athletics coach, who was sent home from the 2016 Olympics, was banned for 10 years on Wednesday. Rotich was sanctioned for seeking a bribe of $12,000 to help athletes beat doping tests. The tracks coach was banned by the IAAF ethics board, following a three-year investigation prompted by an undercover expose’ by […]
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Nigeria’s Taekwondo athletes have commenced preparation for the 2024 Olympics with the assistance of the Korea Cultural Centre, Nigeria, KCCN, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2024 Olympics is scheduled to hold in Paris, France. Coordinating Coach of KCCN, Abduul-Malik Mohammed, told newsmen at the kids In-House Mini Taekwando Pomsae/Gyorugi Championships […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated the U23 National Team for winning bronze at this year’s Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Brazil, after edging Honduras 3-2 in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a brace from Sadiq Umar, and another goal from Aminu Umar proved decisive against a […]
Continue ReadingJamaican track master, Usain Bolt stormed to an unprecedented ‘triple treble’ of Olympic golds at the Rio Games on Friday, promptly declaring himself “the greatest”. He won gold medals in the 100m and 200m made it a repeat of Beijing 2008 and London 2012 by helping the Jamaican team to anchor the title in the […]
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