Flora Ugwunwa set a new world record in the women’s javelin – F54 event on Tuesday at the Rio Paralympics to give Nigeria its seventh gold medal.She recorded a throw of 20.25 metres after six attempts to win the gold medal and take Nigeria’s tally to seven gold, two silver and one bronze medals. On […]
Continue ReadingEsther Oyema gave Nigeria its third medal of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio on Saturday by winning a silver medal in the power-lifting competition. Oyema won the medal in the women’s -55 kg event of the competition after finishing second in the event. She won with a lift of 127 kg in the nine-athlete […]
Continue ReadingTeam Nigeria has won its first gold medal, which is actually the second for the team, from the ongoing 2016 Paralympics in Rio.Roland Ezuruike provided the golden moment, winning the 54Kg event in astonishing manner. Ezuruike set 3 Paralympics records in his run to win the top prize. Earlier in the day Latifat Tijani won […]
Continue Reading“There is ability in disability.” The veracity of that expression has been upheld by Nigeria’s Latifat Tijani, who has won the country’s first medal at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.Tijani came in second behind China’s Hu Dandan in the women’s 45 kg Powerlifting event after lifting 106 kg, just behind the Chinese. Hu set […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian representatives at the 2016 Paralympic Games have arrived in Rio, Brazil. The 35-member contingent departed Abuja on September 1. A statement issued by Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant, Media, to Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youth and Sports, said the team promised to win medals for the country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that […]
Continue ReadingJohn Mikel Obi was the star, giving all three assists as the Olympic Eagles got Nigeria’s first medal at the Rio Olympics after edging Honduras 3-2 in the men’s football event bronze medal match in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. Umar Sadiq (brace) and Aminu Umar were on target for Nigeria, while Antony Lozano and Marcelo […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingUsain Bolt won a third successive Olympic 200m gold on Thursday to keep his hopes of an unprecedented “triple triple” alive. The victory was Bolt’s 13th individual world or Olympic sprint title from a possible 14 since he jumped to limelight at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The 29-year Jamaican timed 19.78 seconds for gold, Canadian […]
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