Women In Sports: Odunayo Adekuoroye
Without a doubt, Odunayo Adekuruoye is one of the greatest, if not the greatest Nigerian female wrestler of all time. Born on December 10, 1993, Adekuruoye won her first Commonwealth medal at just the age of 17 during her debut at the global event in 2010. Read more about Sports Her bronze win in […]
Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development Impressed With Nigerian Wrestlers
Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has expressed delight at the performances of Nigerian wrestlers in recent time and has stated that it gives him hope that Nigeria will excel at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan this year. Mr. Dare, during an inspection of the Wrestling Gym in Bayelsa State, […]
Nigerian Wrestler Adekouroye Emerges Second Best in the World
Commonwealth wrestling champion, Odunayo Adekouroye (57kg) has moved one place up in the latest global wrestling rankings. Adekuruoye is now the second best wrestler in the world in her weight class (57kg), while another Nigerian, Blessing Oborududu, who is nine-time African champion, climbed to number four in the world in the 68kg category. The latest […]
#IWD2019: Top 10 Female Athletes
Women are a force to reckon with in today’s advancing digital world. At the helm of every sector in every nation of the world is a woman who has proven herself to be a leader in the global scene. In Nigeria, women are taking on more responsibilities in every division of our country’s booming economy, […]
Wrestling: Team Nigeria To Participate In Germany, Bulgaria Grand Prix
Team Nigeria’s wrestling team have a lineup of thrilling international events ahead of them, designed to help the team build its global ranking and reputation. Nigeria will be participating in a grand prix event in Dormagen, Germany, and in the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov ranking series tournament in Bulgaria. According to the nation’s wrestling governing body, […]
Golden Moments In Sports: The First Nigerian To Win A World Championship Silver Medal
Over the years, women like Mary Onyali, Chioma Ajunwa and Blessing Okagbare have done Nigeria proud in more ways than one. With more collective medals than we can keep count of, Nigerian women have, in recent times, become a force to reckon with in the nation’s sports industry. Little wonder, a Nigerian woman won Nigeria’s first […]