Golden Moments In Sports: Nigeria’s 100m Win At The 2007 All Africa Games
In the years leading to the 2007 All Africa Games, Nigerian athletes had established themselves as the team to best in Africa, having ended every continental event the country has participated in, in the top-four cluster. The 9th All Africa Games staged in Algiers, Algeria, would be no different; Nigeria finished the competition with a […]
2018 Cycling Lagos Final Moved to October 27
The final race of the 2018 Cycling Lagos competition which was earlier scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Saturday 27, October. According to the organizers of the event, asides logistical reasons, the committee had to postpone the finals due to the temporary closure of the Third Mainland Bridge by the Federal Government. The bridge […]
Cowries Defeat Gosar to Retain Lagos Men’s Rugby League Title
Cowries RFC defeated Gosar RFC over the weekend at the main bowl of the National Stadium, Surulere to retain the Lagos Men’s Rugby league title. Both sides had a rather lacklustre start with both teams fighting hard to get on the front foot. Minutes later, Cowries RFC had the game in their control as team […]
Did You Know One Year Ago D’Tigress Won Their Third Afrobasket Title After 12 Years?
Exactly one year ago, Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team D’Tigress conquered the whole of Africa to become the 2017 Afrobasket champions Bamako, Mali. Before their triumph at the 2017 FIBA Afrobasket last year, the Nigerian women had lifted the trophy only two times in their history; in 2003 and 2005. Their final against defending champions, Senegal, […]
FIBA Men’s World Cup Qualifiers: Nwora Invites 12 Players For D’Tigers
A total of twelve players have made the cut for D’Tigers next set of games in the FIBA Men’s World Cup qualifying series to be staged in Lagos between the 14th and 16th of September. D’Tigers head coach Alex Nwora made the selection, with the 12-man team expected to be in camp on the 6th of […]
Nigeria at the ’92 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
What a man can do, a woman can do much more, right? The quartet of Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Mary Onyali and Christy Opara-Thompson sure did prove this saying as they raced to victory in the women’s 4x100m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In a time when no woman had ever won a […]
Taekwondo: Referees Training Worship to Begin in October
The bane of any sport is bad officiating which in turn leads to selection/qualification of an unqualified crop of players to represent the nation at international events. Consequent on this, the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), led by its first-ever female President, Mrs Margaret Binga, has concluded plans to host major referee training workshops in both […]
Asaba 2018: Crisis Averted as Overhead Tank Supports Fails
A huge crisis was warded-off on Thursday at the ongoing 2018 Africa Senior Athletics Championship in Asaba, Delta State when the supports of an overhead steel water tank gave way, leading to its collapse. Though the effects of the collapse were quite severe, no lives were lost, save the properties destroyed by the tank’s weight. […]
ASAC 2018: Asaba Ready To Host Africa As More Big-Guns Join Volunteers Unit
With preparations for the Asaba 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships (ASAC) all but completed, Nigeria is set to host the rest of Africa in grand style for an electrifying top-of-the-line Track and Field competition. Upbeat Head of Technical for the 2018 ASAC, Yussuf Alli, via a statement issued by Olukayode Thomas, Head Media, and Publicity […]
Asaba Hosts 42-African Countries Ahead Of Africa Senior Athletics Championships
Asaba was the host for forty-two African countries for the Delegates Registration Meeting (DRM) on Tuesday, ahead of the Africa Senior Athletics Championships. Organization and setting up for the five-day event have been going quite smoothly so far and officials have lauded the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) headed by Solomon Ogba for the great work […]
Top 5 Sports Stars of the Month (June)
Many Nigerians have been astonishing in their various sports. We have selected five who have been remarkable in their achievements for the month of June. In no particular order, meeting CN Hub’s Top 5 Sports Stars Aruna Quadri Without a doubt, the current ITTF’s 20th best table tennis player in the World, Aruna Quadri makes […]
All Nigeria Athletics Championships Moved To July 7th – 9th
The 2018 All Nigeria Athletics Championships originally scheduled to run from the 5th of July till the 7th has now been moved to run from July 7th to July 9th. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria disclosed the new developments in a letter sent to Clubs, State Associations, Paramilitary organisations and other stakeholders on Monday evening. […]
NBA Mock Draft: Chicago Bulls Select Josh Okogie
The 2018 NBA draft has been scheduled for 21st June 2018 and, just like every baller hoping to make the draft, no one is sure what choices would be made, who gets what and who goes where. What trades will each team make? Who will be top of the class? Which players will make the […]
Okagbare Races to 100m Season’s Best at Doha Diamond League
Reigning Nigeria 100m (10.79 seconds) and 200m (22.04 seconds) record holder, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor, raced to a legal time and Season’s Best (SB) of 10.90s to finish 2nd in the women’s 100m event at the Doha Diamond League. Olympian, Elaine Thompson followed closely in 3rd place with 10.93s on the clock. Right at the forefront of the […]
Oboh Makes Ladies European Tour History
It is no doubt that powerful women have shaped the history of sports as we know it. Trailblazer Georgia Oboh is one young woman shaping the history of golf in Nigeria. She is the first Nigerian to feature in the Ladies European Tour (LET), a series of golf tournaments for elite female golf players […]
Did You Know? Joe Garba is the Father of Nigerian Basketball
Joe Garba Garba’s career was cut short when the player became an administrator in the game. However his political move made a huge difference on Nigeria’s basketball, and today its acceptable to call the former military man the ‘Father of Nigerian Basketball’, because of the great impact he made. During his playing days, Garba, as […]