Breaking: Team Nigeria To Represent Africa At 2019 ITTF World Team Cup
After a ten-year wait, Team Nigeria regained the Men’s Team title at the 2018 ITTF-African Championships staged in Port Louis, Mauritius on Wednesday 5th September. Aside from winning the gold medal, Nigeria will represent the continent at the ITTF Team World Cup to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Nigeria, the top seeds of the competition, […]
2018 Commonwealth Games Day 6: Team Nigeria Schedule
Here is a schedule for all the events Team Nigeria will participate in on Day 6 (April 10) of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. You can follow the games by tuning in to any of the SuperSports Channels; 231, 232, 233 and 234. Athletics Men’s 400m Hurdles Heat 1 Henry Okorie […]
Meet Chierika Ukogu, the First Nigerian to Row at the Olympics
When Chierika Ukogu advanced to the quarterfinals of her rowing event at the ongoing Rio Olympics, many who watched- Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike- were surprised. Congratulatory messages popped up across social media in recognition of a feat that most thought impossible. After all, Nigeria has never had a representative at rowing in the Olympics before […]
Manu Garba Names 25 for Lesotho Clash
Nigeria’s U-20 Men’s national team, Flying Eagles’ coach, Manu Garba has released a list of 25 names for the highly anticipated clash with Lesotho later this month. Garba included 2013 U-17 World Cup winning Golden Eaglets including Captain Musa Mohammed and striker Taiwo Awoniyi. Muhammed and Awoniyi are the only overseas-based players selected for […]
Okagbare Leads Team Nigeria to African Athletics Competition
Team Nigeria comprising of 30 athletes, led by Commonwealth Games track double Gold medalist, Blessing Okagbare has touched down in Marrakech, Morocco for the 19th edition of the African Athletics Championship (AAC). The team is hoping to produce the performance that saw them crowned African Champions at the 2012 edition in Porto Novo, Benin Republic […]
London 2012: Paralympics Day 9 For Team Nigeria.
By Arinze Ude. Saidi Adedeji, Suwaibidu Galadima and Frank Johnwill all participated in the Men’s 100m T46 heats. Frank Johnwill finished finished second in Heat 1 in season best time of 11.12secs to qualify for the final round of the event. Galadima also qualified for the final round finishing in 4th position in Heat […]
London 2012: Paralympics Day 8 For Team Nigeria!
By Arinze Ude. Gloria Anozie added another Gold medal to Nigeria’s medal haul at the on going Paralympics in London. She won the Gold in Women’s +82.50kg Power-Lifting event to bring Nigeria’s total medal haul in the Power-Lifting event to 12 (6 Golds, 5 Silvers and 1 Bronze) placing the country on first position in […]
What Did We Learn From London 2012 Olympics?
Nigerian athletes participated in 13 games and came back with no medals. Many questions are already hitting headlines, but the big question is “what have we learned from this Olympic Games?”
Olympics 2012: Nigeria’s Empty Medal Basket.
During the last moments of the games, while some countries were having a nice time scooping up and celebrating gold medals, Nigeria was still trying to get a bronze medal.
Olympics 2012: Day Thirteen For Team Nigeria.
24 year-old Doreen Amata cleared her season best height of 1.90m in the Women’s High Jump event but it wasn’t enough to thrust her into the final round of the competition as she finished in 17th position.
Olympics 2012: Day Twelve For Team Nigeria.
Selim Nurudeen clocked 13.55 seconds in the semi-finals of the Men’s 110m Hurdles event thus did not make it to the final showdown. Odumosu Muziat Ajoke finished in last position in the Women’s 400M Hurdles final. She cleared all the hurdles in 55.31 seconds. Earlier, she ran a good race in the semi-finals in 55.40 seconds to obtain a spot in the final starting line up but couldn’t replicate the same form in the final
Olympics 2012: Day Eleven For Team Nigeria.
Day 11 seems to be a success as some athletes scale towards the chance to be on the podium. Tosin Oke cleared 16.83m in Men’s Triple Jump semi-final to book a place in the final.
Olympics 2012: Support The Medal Hunt!
Within the last couple of weeks, Nigerians have witnessed setbacks in the ongoing Olympic competition, before then, sports stakeholders, administrators and Journalists have raised hopes of Nigerians, assuring the sports enthusiasts of our ability to win a couple of medals.
Olympics 2012: Day Ten For Team Nigeria Filled With Hope!
In Basketball, San Antonio spurs star, Tony Parker had a quiet game as the French beat Nigeria’s D’Tigers 79-73 to book a place in the Quarter-finals as second seed. Nicolas Batum scored 23 points and Mickael Gelabale added 11points while Chamberlain Oguchi had 35 points and 3 rebounds for Nigeria.
Olympics 2012: Days Eight And Nine For Team Nigeria
For Day Eight; In Athletics, Nigeria’s hopes of an Olympic medal were dashed yesterday as the athletes failed to build on their previous performance. Obinna Metu, Egwero Ogho-Oghene and Emelieze Peter all failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the Men’s 100M. They finished 5th, 4th and 5th with time of 10.35, 10.38 and 10.22 in their respective Heats.
Olympics 2012: Day Six For Team Nigeria.
The Nigerian Men’s Basketball team, D’Tigers squared off against their United States counterparts captained by NBA star, Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles Lakers yesterday.