Archives Tag: golden moments in sports

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April 19, 2022

  The Nigerian national women’s basketball team popularly known as D’Tigress has established dominance on the African basketball space but their success on the continental stage was not achieved overnight, it took years of hard work and surprises on the global stage for D’Tigress to arrive at this point where every national team in Africa … Continue reading Golden Moments In Nigerian Sports: D’Tigress’ First FIBA World Cup Win

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April 19, 2022

All is set for the 2019 FIFA Under 17 World Cup with Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets going into the tournament as one of the tournament’s favourites especially owing to the fact that Nigeria holds the record for the highest number of U17 World Cup trophies with a total of 5 trophies. The Eaglets go into the … Continue reading Golden Moments in Sports: When Golden Eaglets Beat Spain To Win Nigeria’s 3rd U17 FIFA World Cup

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April 19, 2022

On May 11, 2015, the Sunshine Queens Women Football Club of Akure pulled a massive comeback defeat against hosts, Capital City Doves, in a Nigeria Women Professional League (NWPL) Group B Week Two match. The visiting team held the game from the first whistle, dictating the game pace as they proved their strength to the … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When Sunshine Queens Defeated Capital City Doves 2-1

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April 19, 2022

Nigeria’s victory at the 2016 ITTF Junior Circuit, tagged ‘Egypt Open’, was not an easy one for the tennis junior team who had their work cut out for them from the preliminary stages of the continental event. Tennis stars Junior players, Amadi Omeh and Azeez Solanke, won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the tournament, after … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When Nigeria’s Junior Tennis Team Stunned Africa At The 2016 ITTF

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April 19, 2022

Oduduru Trailed Usain Bolt Until The Finish Line.

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April 19, 2022

Okagbare Won Nigeria’s First World Championship Medal After 14 Years

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April 19, 2022

The 1999 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the third time Nigeria would feature in the global competition. In previous editions of the championship, FIFA maintained a 12-team format. However, in 1999, the championship was improved to accommodate 16 teams, with Africa producing two representatives (Ghana, Nigeria) … Continue reading Golden Moments in Sports: When The Falcons Defeated Korea In USA ’99

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April 19, 2022

D’Tigress were the victors of a very well contested match that saw both sides pull off surreal tricks to book a slot in the final of the 2017 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket. The Nigeria senior women’s basketball team went up against tournament host Mali in a riveting semifinal encounter that ended 48-47 points in favor of … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When D’Tigress Defeated Mali To Book 2019 Afrobasket Final Spot

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April 19, 2022

Efe Ajagba was Nigeria’s sole hope of winning a medal in the boxing event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. However, being the country’s only fighter was a huge weight on the youngster’s shoulders. Efe Vs Nigel Paul In a riveting one round bout, Efe knocked out his Trinidad & Tobago opponent, Nigel Paul, to assert … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When Efe Knocked Out Olympic Opponent In First Round

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April 19, 2022

All hopes of Nigeria making it into the semi final stage of the 2018 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco, seemed almost lost when Angola took an early lead and maintained the goal difference until the final minutes of the quarterfinal encounter. The Home-based Eagles had tried everything they could to usurp control of the … Continue reading Golden Moment in Sport: When The Home Eagles Fought Back A One Goal Deficit To Qualify For CHAN Semifinal

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April 19, 2022

Blessing Okagbare set two meeting records in the women’s Long Jump and 200m events at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, China. Okagbare made an impressive leap of 6.86m (+0.1) in round 1, ahead of national record holder, Ivana Spanovic of Serbia (6.85m, +0.3), to move second on the 2014 world list. Germany’s Sosthene … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Okagbare’s 2014 Two Meet Records Showdown

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April 19, 2022

In January 2018, Nigerians were thrilled with the news of four of our very own who had qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. One of them would go on to become Africa’s first ever female olympic skeleton athlete, after barely four months of training. She is Simidele Adeagbo, the 36-year-old Nigerian … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Recall Simi Adeagbo, Africa’s First Ever Female Olympic Skeleton Athlete

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