Tag: olympics
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NSC celebrates Weightlifters, as Nigeria hauls record medals at African Senior Championship
Editor The National Sports Commission has congratulated Team Nigeria’s weightlifting contingent for their remarkable performance at the 2026 African Senior Weightlifting Championship in Ismailia, Egypt, where the nation finished with an impressive haul of 29 medals. Chairman of the Commission, Mallam Shehu Dikko, praised the athletes for their resilience and outstanding representation of the country…
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Coal City 2026: Nigerian coaches decry reduced number of events
By Editor The Sports Coaches Association of Nigeria has called on the National Sports Commission to change its insistence on reducing the number of events at the 23rd National Sports Festival, billed for Enugu in November. After a virtual meeting on Monday to deliberate on the development, SCAN said in a statement made available to…
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Nigeria wins 4 gold medals on Day 1 of African Senior Wrestling Championships
Admin It was an atmosphere of joy and excitement for Nigeria after sweeping four out of five possible gold medals in the female wrestling event on Friday. Reigning African champion Esther Kolawole in the 62kg defeated Katelyn of South Africa 10-0 by superiority to record her 5th African title. Earlier, Ogunsanya Christianah won Nigeria’s first…
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IOC still welcomes transgender athletes
Admin The IOC will still let transgender athletes compete in the category of their biological sex. While the International Olympic Committee’s latest policies are being touted as a blanket ban, the organisation clarified on Friday that they are eligible to compete in the Games — but in a category that aligns with their biological sex.…
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Team Nigeria cleared for all six events at World Relays
By Editor Team Nigeria has received another major boost following confirmation from World Athletics that the country’s six relay teams are eligible for final entry at the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana. In a communication signed by Carlo De Angeli, Head of Sport Services, participating nations were cleared for final entries, with a reminder…
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Niger Delta Games gives a peek into Nigeria’s track and field future
By Editor Five days of keenly contested events of the 2nd edition of the Niger Delta Games (NDG) ended with a funfair on Thursday, February 26, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Edo State. The host state for the first time in a long while topped the medals of any national sports fiesta with…
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Edo wins 2026 Niger Delta Games
By Editor Team Edo has officially been crowned the overall champion of the second edition of the Niger Delta Games, delivering a historic performance on home soil in Benin City. In a fiercely contested medal race that stretched to the final day, the host state surged ahead of Delta and Bayelsa, finishing at the top…
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US women’s gold medal-winning team declines invitation from Trump
By Editor The USA women’s hockey gold medal-winning team has politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday. “We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal–winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” the U.S.…
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Yellow House wins Phidel Schools Inter-House Sports
By our reporter Yellow House produced a stunning turnaround performance at the Phidel Group of Schools Inter-House Sports competition in Lagos, rising from last place at the previous edition to emerge overall champions – winning both the march-past and the athletics competition. The colourful biennial event, held at the Sports Complex of the Yaba College…
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Nigeria makes 4th consecutive appearance at Winter Olympics
By our reporter Nigeria is once again making its mark on the global stage, participating for the fourth consecutive time in the Winter Olympic Games, specifically the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. This remarkable streak began in 2018, when Nigeria made its debut at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea. That historic first appearance…
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