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Weekend Sports Roundup: Akwa United Crowned NPFL Champions For The First Time In History

  Team Nigeria had some impressive results in the Olympics over the last 24 hours. Long Jump specialist, Ese Brume, gave Nigerians something to smile about after leaping a distance of 6.76m, 1cm ahead of the automatic qualifying mark to

Tokyo 2020: Blessing Oborodudu, The First Nigerian To Win An Olympic Medal In Wrestling

  Finally, Nigerians can breathe fresh air in the Olympics as Blessing Oborodudu has qualified for the final of the 68kg wrestling event. Read more about Sports Oborodudu’s victory now assures Nigeria of a medal in Tokyo as she has

2020 Tokyo Olympic Update: Divine Oduduru, Disqualified

Despite huge setbacks, Team Nigeria has continued their quest for Olympic glory. Grace Nwokocha in a time of 11.07s finished 5th in the heat 3 of women’s 100m semi-final. Nwokocha can take solace in the fact that her 11.00s performance

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Update: Okagbare Suspended

  Nigerians that stayed awake to watch sprinter, Oluwatobilola Amusan, in the early hours of Saturday, July 31, 2021, were not disappointed as she won the heat 3 of the women’s 100m Hurdles in a time of 12.72s, beating Jamaica’s

2020 Tokyo Olympic Update: Okagbare And Nwokocha Clinch 100m Semis Spot

  After a day without competing in any event, Team Nigeria returned to action on Thursday, July 29, 2021 (early hours of Friday, July 30, in Nigeria). Esther Toko finished 6th in the women’s singles sculls final E of the

Olympic Update: Ogunbawo Sets New National Swimming Record

  Nigeria recorded a second win at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after 17-year-old swimmer, Abiola Ogunbawo, won the heat 1 of the women’s 100m Freestyle with a Personal Best of 59.74s. Read more about Sports Ogunbawo, despite not progressing into

Tokyo 2020: D’Tigress Suffer Defeat

  The action continued for Team Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the early hours of Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Nigerian table tennis star, and captain of Team Nigeria in Tokyo, Quadri Aruna, lost in the first hurdle to

Weekend Sports Roundup: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

  The biggest sporting event in the globe, the Olympic Games, officially kicked off last week, and Nigerian athletes have participated in some events already. Read more about Sports Nigerian table tennis queen, Funke Oshoanike, bade the Olympics goodbye after

Did You Know?: Victor Oladipo

  Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo was born on May 4th, 1992. Known as a Nigerian American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Read more about Did you know? He has played college basketball

Giannis Antetokounmpo: The Greek Freak

  The ‘Greek Freak’, due to his absolutely amazing and astounding combination of size, speed, ball-handling ability and of course, Greek nationality, the name fits a description for Antetokounmpo, who is actually of Nigerian descent. Read more about Sports He

Ahmed Musa Joins Turkish Super Lig Club

  Super Eagles of Nigeria captain, Ahmed Musa, has joined Turkish Super Lig side, Fatih Karagumruk, a move that has marked the end of his second stint with Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kano Pillars. Read more about Sports It

Tokyo 2020 Update: Who Made D’Tigers And D’Tigress’ Final Roster?

  Head coaches of the Nigerian senior male and female basketball teams have released their final roster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Coach Mike Brown of the D’Tigers released his 12-man list after about a month in camp (Sacramento and

Women In Sports: Nneka Ogwumike

  Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria “Nneka” Ogwumike is undoubtedly one of the greatest Nigerian basketball players in history. The eldest of the Ogwumike sisters (basketball trio), Nneka was born in Tomball, Texas, USA, on July 2nd, 1990. Read more about Sports

Men In Sports: Nnamdi Gabriel Vincent

  After the Nigerian national male basketball team, D’Tigers, beat the USA on July 11th, 2021, making history as the first African nation to do so, the name, Nnamdi Gabriel (Gabe) Vincent, was on the lips of everyone as his

Golden Moments Of Nigerian Sports: When D’Tigers Beat Argentina

  If you are a sports enthusiast in Nigeria, you would have noticed that recently, attention has shifted from football to basketball, at least for the duration of the build-up to the Olympics and the tournament proper. Read more about

Weekend Sports Roundup: Nigeria Ranks Fourth On The FIBA Olympic Power Rankings

  Following a string of decent performances that saw the Nigerian men’s national basketball team beat the United States and Argentina in their pre-Olympic international friendlies, Nigeria has been ranked fourth on the FIBA Olympic Power Rankings. Read more about

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