Archives Tag: olympics
Gallant D’Tigress Bow Out of the Olympics
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, ended their historic outing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France after an 88-74 point loss to the United States in the quarterfinals. Read more about Sports Nigeria entered the game after making history as the first African basketball team (male and female) to advance to … Continue reading Gallant D’Tigress Bow Out of the Olympics
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D’Tigress Make Olympic History After Beating Canada
April 19, 2022
D’TigressNigeria women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, made history by qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time, after beating Canada 79-70 in their final group game at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Sunday, August 4, 2024. Read more about Sports Rena Wakama’s ladies went into the game as underdogs against a … Continue reading D’Tigress Make Olympic History After Beating Canada
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D’Tigress Beat Australia to Record First Olympic Victory In 20 Years
April 19, 2022
The Nigeria women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, recorded their first win in the Olympics in 20 years after beating Australia 75-62 in their first game at the global showpiece on Monday, July 29, 2024. Read more about Sports Rena Wakama’s women put up a spirited performance at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium to register their … Continue reading D’Tigress Beat Australia to Record First Olympic Victory In 20 Years
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The Olympics Of Skills: An Opportunity To Soar
April 19, 2022
The iCreate Skills Fest is Africa’s largest Skills Competition, Exhibition, and Job Fair focused on urging and accentuating opportunities in technical and vocational Skills trades. The skill fest features the following Read more about Tech Technical skills training. Competitions. Exhibitions. Conference. Networking. iCreate Africa was founded by Bright Jaja with the mandate to prioritize … Continue reading The Olympics Of Skills: An Opportunity To Soar
Everyday Hero: Blessing Oborududu
April 19, 2022
Sometimes, what makes heroes is the ability to produce something out of nothing or sometimes, something out of very little. This is also a thing that makes people like Blessing special. The ability to do wonders even with limited resources. In the middle of the struggle to find a concrete national identity for a country … Continue reading Everyday Hero: Blessing Oborududu
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Everyday Heroes: Ese Brume
April 19, 2022
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is a revelation of where many countries are in terms of human capacity development. This 2020 Olympics has also opened up a lot about the Nigerian state of mind when it comes to sports and youth development. The Olympics has left many Nigerians with mixed feelings; mostly tilting towards despair and … Continue reading Everyday Heroes: Ese Brume
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Nigerian Football Will Return To The Olympics In 2024- Amaju Pinnick
April 19, 2022
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has assured Nigerians of a football ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. Nigeria’s national men’s U-23 team popularly known as the Dream Team did not qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics alongside the country’s women’s team, the Super Falcons, but Pinnick … Continue reading Nigerian Football Will Return To The Olympics In 2024- Amaju Pinnick
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Weekend Sports Roundup
April 19, 2022
Victor Osimhen took his blistering form for the Super Eagles in their AFCON qualifiers back to Italy and scored in their 4-3 league win over Simeone Nwankwo’s Crotone at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Simeone scored twice for the visitors but it was not enough as Osimhen and his … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup
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Postponement Of Olympics Good For Nigerian Athletes- Gumel
April 19, 2022
Nigeria Olympic Committee President, Engineer Habu Gumel has stated that the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to the summer of 2021 is supposed to spur Nigerian athletes into preparing better and achieving great results come next year. Hosts Japan, and the International Olympic Committee on Monday, March 30, 2020, announced July 23-August 8, 2021 … Continue reading Postponement Of Olympics Good For Nigerian Athletes- Gumel
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Nigerian Athletics Coaching Legend, Tobias Igwe, Passes On
April 19, 2022
Nigerian athletics coaching legend, Tobias Igwe, popular as Toblow, is dead. Information from his family revealed that the household name in the history of Nigerian athletics passed on after suffering from high blood pressure and stroke. Read more about Sports Credited with discovering high profile successful Nigerian athletes such as two-time Olympics bronze-medalist, Mary Onyali, … Continue reading Nigerian Athletics Coaching Legend, Tobias Igwe, Passes On
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Women You Should Know- Florence Omagbemi
April 19, 2022
Florence Omagbemi was born on February 2nd, 1975 and hails from Delta state of Nigeria. The player who has represented the Nigerian female national team, playing the positions of defender and midfielder is part of Nigeria’s mould of elite athletes and exemplary sportswomen. Omagbemi has made history and is still making history in Nigeria’s football. … Continue reading Women You Should Know- Florence Omagbemi
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Do You Know: Joy Udoh-Gabriel, Nigeria’s Breakout Female Athlete Of 2018
April 19, 2022
Joy Udoh-Gabriel’s zeal and courage as a young athlete has placed her alongside veterans and top performers in the global athletics scene. At just 20 years, she has competed in, and won several national events. She is also a Commonwealth Games medalist. Udo-Gabriel was discovered at the MOCs’ Top Sprinter Auditions, held in Benin in 2015. … Continue reading Do You Know: Joy Udoh-Gabriel, Nigeria’s Breakout Female Athlete Of 2018
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Max International Donates Equipments To Special Olympics Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Max International Nigeria has partnered with Special Olympics Nigeria to deliver health equipments to persons living with intellectual disabilities. At the occasion, which took place over the weekend, parents of children with special abilities were thrilled to an exciting exhibition match between Team Special Olympics Nigeria and Team Max International Nigeria. The Special Olympics programme is … Continue reading Max International Donates Equipments To Special Olympics Nigeria
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Golden Moments In Sports: Recall Simi Adeagbo, Africa’s First Ever Female Olympic Skeleton Athlete
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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Golden Moments In Sports: Rio 2016 Olympics – D’Tigers Defeated Croatia
April 19, 2022
Who would have thought Africa’s Champions would pull a tournament upset and defeat Croatia to win their first match of the Rio 2016 Olympics, but they did —more-so in grand style. Surprise The Croatians had won two of their previous three games, and to the rest of the world it was only natural that the … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: Rio 2016 Olympics – D’Tigers Defeated Croatia
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