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Rena Wakama, the Head coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has been named the Best Female Basketball Coach at the Paris 2024 Olympics tournament. “Best coach of #Paris2024 Women’s Basketball, Rene Wakama, Nigeria,” a tweet on the X handle of the International Basketball Federation read on Sunday evening. Wakama, 32, guided the female ...
Elizabeth Anyanacho, Nigeria’s sole representative in taekwondo at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, was eliminated in the opening bout of her competition on Friday morning. Competing in the women's -67 kilogram category, Anyanacho faced Song Jie of China at the Grand Palais. In their round of 16 match, the two fighters were tied 3-3 ...
By Dr. Salau Dee Elf (NUGA Publicity Liaison Officer 1993-2001) The Nigerian Contingent to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are in Paris ready for the Games. The Games which will hold between 26th July and August 11th 2024. The Nigerian contingent include Women’s Football, Boxing, Athletics, Cycling and Badminton. Others are Canoeing, Swimming, Table Tennis, ...
Nigeria's long jump athletes Ese Brume, Prestina Ochonogor, and Ruth Usoro will all vie for podium positions in the women’s long jump final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. This marks the first time a Nigerian trio has reached the final of an individual event at the Olympics. The last occasion Nigeria had multiple ...
Christianah Ogunsanya, representing Team Nigeria, was eliminated from the women’s freestyle 53-kilogram wrestling event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Wednesday. Competing at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, Ogunsanya faced Khulan Batkhuyag of Mongolia in the round of 16 but was defeated with a score of 1-3, marking her as the second Nigerian athlete to ...
World record holder Tobi Amusan qualified for the 100-meter hurdles semi-finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday. She led the qualifiers with a time of 12.49 seconds, ahead of America's Alaysha Johnson (12.61) and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown (12.84). Amusan, a top contender for the gold medal, faces strong competition from Devynne Charlton of the ...
18 year old Samuel Ogazi has written his name in the sands of time for his country as he is set to participate in the men’s 400 metres final at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The teenager ran his personal best 44.41 seconds to qualify for the event. Since the Seoul Olympics in ...
A former Super Eagles Coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, on Tuesday, attributed Nigeria’s poor outing in the ongoing 33rd Paris Olympic Games in France to lack of good sports administration in the country. He was fed up with discussing the ills in the Nigerian sports administration, as those concerned might mistake his genuine love for seeking position and ...
Atlético Madrid is reportedly close to finalizing a major transfer, with negotiations for Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez approaching their final stages. Football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has noted significant progress in the Spanish club's pursuit of the Argentine striker. Romano reports, “Manchester City has informed Atlético Madrid that their final offer of €75m plus €20m ...
West Ham signed Germany striker Niclas Fuellkrug from Borussia Dortmund on Monday for a reported fee of £27.5 million ($35 million). Fuellkrug scored 16 goals in his sole season at Dortmund to help the German giants reach last season’s Champions League final. The 31-year-old also netted twice despite starting all five matches on the bench ...
The duo of Kanyinsola Ajayi and Tejiri Ashe on Sunday evening failed to make it to the final race of the men’s 100 metres at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games. Both sprinters failed to advance from their respective semi-finals at the Stade de France. They failed to emerge among the top two in each race, ...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated D’Tigress for qualifying for the quarter-final of the women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said D’Tigress would be the first African team in basketball to play in the quarter-finals at the Olympics. “The President commends the team for their uncommon ...
Nigeria’s Favour Ofili has qualified for the women’s 200 metres semi-final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Ofili stormed to a season’s best of 22.24 seconds to win heat 6 of the event. She booked her place in the semi-finals ahead of Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Gambia’s Gina Bass-Bittaye. The 21-year-old Ofili was denied participation ...
Fulham FC has confirmed the signing of Emile Smith Rowe from Arsenal for an undisclosed fee. The England international has penned a five-year contract, keeping him at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2029, with a Club option to extend by a further 12 months. A versatile attacking player, he primarily operated off the left ...
By Dr. Salau Dee Elf (NUGA Publicity Liaison Officer 1993-2001) The Nigerian Contingent to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have landed in Paris ready for the Games. The Games which will hold between 26th July and August 11th 2024. The Nigerian contingent include Women’s Football, Boxing, Athletics, Cycling and Badminton. Others are Canoeing, Swimming, Table ...
Manchester City have been fined 2.09 million pounds (about 2.7 million dollars) by the Premier League in England for 22 instances of delaying the kick-off or restart of matches. The English champions have accepted the sanction, which relates to rule infringements over the past two seasons, the league confirmed on Wednesday. The issue is unconnected ...
Serbia’s top-seeded Novak Djokovic navigated a momentary lapse in the second set to defeat 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-4 at the Paris Olympics on Monday, advancing to the third round. In contrast, world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland had an easier day, dominating France’s Diane Parry 6-1 6-1 to also secure ...
Nigeria’s players in the men’s table tennis event of the ongoing Olympic Games on Saturday lost their matches in the first round of the competition. Quadri Aruna lost 3-4 in his round of 64 match at the South Paris Arena to Eduard Ionescu of Romania. Aruna’s hopes of repeating his Rio 2016 quarter-finals performance went ...
Telecommunications giant, Globacom, has offered Nigerians who will be travelling to Paris, France for the 2024 Olympics the most affordable data roaming packs during the global games. According to the company, the data roaming packs will ensure that visiting Glo subscribers to the Olympics can capture incredible photo and video moments of the global sporting ...
The Australian women’s water polo team are struggling to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus shortly before Friday’s start of the Olympic Games in Paris. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced three more cases on Wednesday, bringing the number of infected players to five. On Tuesday, it was announced that two unnamed players had tested ...
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi will not play in this week’s MLS All-Stars Game, Major League Soccer (MLS) said on Monday. This has come eight days after the Argentine superstar left the Copa America final match with an ankle injury. Messi was listed among unavailable players for Wednesday’s match in Columbus, Ohio, pitting MLS All Stars ...
The national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, are to play Serbia in an Olympics warm-up game at the Belgrade Arena, starting at 17:00 GMT (5 pm Nigerian time). This is the team’s second match ahead of the Women’s Basketball Tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games starting July 26 in Paris, France, following a 77-63 defeat to ...
Pope Francis has urged for an Olympic truce during the upcoming Paris Games, highlighting the Games' historical role as promoters of peace rather than conflict. "The Olympic Games, in ancient times, introduced a wise truce during the games," noted the Catholic Church leader in a message published on Friday. "In these turbulent times, where global ...
