Archives Tag: Wrestling

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April 19, 2022

  The 2024 Paris Olympics in France will officially commence today, and Team Nigeria will be represented by 88 athletes; 23 men and 65 women across 12 sports. Read more about Sports Nigeria’s highest representation comes in athletics, with 18 male and 18 female representatives totalling 36 athletes. Football has the second-highest representatives, with 18 … Continue reading Team Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympics

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April 19, 2022

Nigerian wrestler, Blessing Oborududu, settled for Silver in the Olympics after losing her final fight against United States’ Tamyra Stock-Mensah, 4-1, in the women’s wrestling 68kg. Oborududu brought Nigeria’s medal haul in Tokyo to two and made history as the first Nigerian wrestler to win an Olympic medal. Read more about Sports Things were not … Continue reading Olympic Update: Oborududu Wins Gold As Enekwechi Qualifies For Shot Put Final

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April 19, 2022

  Finally, Nigerians can breathe fresh air in the Olympics as Blessing Oborodudu has qualified for the final of the 68kg wrestling event. Read more about Sports Oborodudu’s victory now assures Nigeria of a medal in Tokyo as she has equally made history as the first Nigerian to win an Olympic medal in wrestling. In … Continue reading Tokyo 2020: Blessing Oborodudu, The First Nigerian To Win An Olympic Medal In Wrestling

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April 19, 2022

  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 … Continue reading Women In Sports: Odunayo Adekuoroye

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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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April 19, 2022

  Nigerian wrestling is set to return this January after the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, NWF, disclosed that all is set for the maiden edition of the Champion of Champions wrestling tournament in Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State. The event will hold under strict COVID-19 protocols from January 15-18, 2020 at the ultra-modern Theatre … Continue reading All Is Set For The Maiden Edition Of The Nigerian Wrestling Champion Of Champions Tournament

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April 19, 2022

  Hon. Daniel Igali, President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has asked for the support of the Nigerian government in his bid towards becoming the first black African member of the United World Wrestling (UWW) bureau. On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, Igali paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Sunday Dare, the Nigerian Minister of … Continue reading Igali Seek Government Support Towards Becoming The First Black African Member Of The UWW Bureau

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April 19, 2022

The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) in a brief but colourful ceremony in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria inducted seven new members into its Champions Club owing to their gold medal-winning exploits at the last three African Senior Wrestling Championships. Cash rewards and gifts of N50,000 and N100,000 were respectively handed over to Commonwealth champions, Blessing Oborududu … Continue reading Adekuruoye and Six others Inducted into Champions Club

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April 19, 2022

Nigeria, undoubtedly rich in talents in the field of sports finishes every year with laurels won by her talented and hardworking athletes in various fields of sports. Below is how Nigerian athletes fared this year. Football Nigeria witnessed a third-place success at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Egypt earlier this year (June-July, … Continue reading 2019 Sports Highlights

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April 19, 2022

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 … Continue reading Nigerian Wrestler Adekouroye Emerges Second Best in the World

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April 19, 2022

The President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Hon. Daniel Igali, is very assertive that team Nigeria can win as much as 10 Gold medals at the forthcoming 12th Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco, scheduled to run from August 19, to August 31, 2019. Igali, who is a World and Olympic champion, has called for … Continue reading Igali Calls For Early Preparations Of Wrestlers For Africa Games

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April 19, 2022

On Wednesday, 20th March, Bash Ali announced a possible Guinness Book of World Record fight for the last Saturday of June, 2019. The IBF Cruiserweight champion will be taking on a yet-to-be-decided contender, in a bid to make history as the  oldest boxer to fight to retain a world title. Ali revealed this in an exclusive … Continue reading Bash Ali Assures Nigerians That He Is Fit

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April 19, 2022

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, … Continue reading Wrestling: Team Nigeria To Participate In Germany, Bulgaria Grand Prix

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April 19, 2022

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 … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: The First Nigerian To Win A World Championship Silver Medal

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April 19, 2022

An invitation The Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has received an invitation from French counterparts be a part of a one-day test match featuring wrestlers from both countries duel it out on the mat on Thursday, December 20, 2018. The Nigerian wrestling team gained world recognition after their remarkable performance at the just concluded 2018 Commonwealth … Continue reading Nigerian Wrestlers To Receive France Invite

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