Sports

By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq Football in Nigeria is like a religion. All across Nigeria the passion is the same. Nigerian Football Renaissance occurred in 1980, when the Brazilian Otto Gloria Nigerian-coached Team won the Nations Cup in 1980 in Lagos. The Team comprised the Mathematical Segun Odegbami, Mudi Lawal, etc.  By 1985, a Nigerian Baby Eagles had broken a new  …

Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark has made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games by breaking the Paralympic record in the women’s 61kg powerlifting category, with a lift of 147kg. Mark’s performance surpassed the previous record held by fellow Nigerian Lucy Ejike, marking an iconic achievement for Team Nigeria. With one lift remaining, Onyinyechi Mark has all but guaranteed Nigeria’s first gold medal of …

Nigeria’s Ministry of Sports and the federations continue to rely on luck instead of investing in planning, training and development programmes On Friday, 9th August, at the Stade de France, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan competed in the first semi-final of the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Expectations were high for the world record holder to qualify for the final and …

Nigerian sprint icon, Tobi Amusan has failed to make it to the final of the Women’s 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This came as she finished in third position clocking a time of 12.55s which was also not enough to see her qualify as one of the best losers. The disappointing performance which saw Tobi Amusan finish a lowly ninth …

Tobi Amusan, the 100m Hurdles World Record holder, is set to embark on her highly anticipated quest for an Olympic medal at the Paris 2024 Games. Amusan’s Olympic journey began in 2016 at the Rio Games, where she reached the semifinals. She came agonizingly close to a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing fourth. Also on Wednesday, Samuel Ogazi, the …

Nigeria’s Favour Ofili ran another season-best time to finish second in heat 1 to qualify for the final of the women’s 200 metres event at the Paris Olympics. Favour Ofili Ofili finished in 22.05s behind newly crowned 100 metres Olympic champion, Julien Alfred who ran 21.98s. USA’s McKenzie Long finished third in 22.30s. Ofili’s 22.05s is an improvement on the …

Samuel Ogazi, an 18-year-old Nigerian athlete, has made a remarkable debut at the Olympic Games, qualifying for the 400m semi-finals with a new personal best time of 44.50s. This achievement marks a historic milestone, as Ogazi becomes the first Nigerian male athlete to reach the event’s semi-finals since 2008. Ogazi’s impressive performance earned him an automatic spot in the semi-finals, where he aimed …

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles earned her seventh Olympic gold medal by soaring to victory in the women’s vault final at the Paris Games on Saturday. The 27-year-old Biles averaged 15.300 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to claim a second gold on the event eight years after she triumphed in Rio de Janeiro. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who …

PARIS (AP) — FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone spying scandal. The stunning swath of punishments include a 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,000) fine for the Canadian soccer federation in a case that has spiraled at the Summer Games. Two assistant …

Team Nigeria recorded a clean sweep of gold medals on Sunday at the ongoing African Games in Ghana, after six female wrestlers won in their various categories. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mercy Genesis kicked off the gold medal rush, winning Nigeria’s first wrestling gold medal in the 50kg category. It was an atmosphere of joy and excitement for …