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Edo will not settle for less in Asaba NYC – Chikere
The Executive Director of Sports Development and Operations, Edo State Sports Commission, Sabina Chikere, has said that Team Edo has set high goals for the National Youth Festival. “The 9th National Youth Games is not going to be an exception. Edo State is going to Asaba to win; we are going there for business,” she…
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Aka tips Team Nigeria to dominate African Youth Scrabble Championship
The President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, (NSF), Engineer Olobatoke Aka, has assured Nigerians that Team Nigeria will dominate at the second edition of the Africa Youth Scrabble Championship (AYSC). He said, “The goal is for us to dominate as we have been doing in the adult scrabble. The goal is for us to show…
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Nigeria’s para-powerlifters set sights on gold in Chile
A strong contingent of Nigerian para-powerlifters will depart the country on Monday to compete at the highly anticipated Para-Powerlifting World Cup in Santiago, Chile. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the tournament is slated for August 11 to 18. Nigeria will be represented by 10 athletes across different weight categories, all poised to assert…
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Musa Kida encourages D’Tigers inspired by champions D’Tigress
Pius Ayinor The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Musa Kida was with the men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, at training on Monday in Abuja, even as Nigerians focused their attention on the victorious D’Tigress, who just accomplished an unprecedented 5-peat. Kida who addressed the players at the Mo Arena where they have holed…
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Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Senegal for the seventh time in a row, to face Mali in Sunday’s final
Nigeria survived a hard-fought test, beating arch rivals Senegal to advance to the Women’s AfroBasket final for the fifth time in a row. In a game with three crucial lead changes, the reigning champions, Nigeria, prevailed with a final score of 75-68. With this victory, Nigeria extended their Women’s AfroBasket winning streak to 28 games,…
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Amusan leads Nigeria’s best athletes to National Trials starting on Friday
The best Nigerian athletes at home and abroad will begin their quest to seal their places for the World Athletics Championships with the Trials starting in Lagos on Friday. The three day National Trials has been set by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to select athletes who will represent Nigeria at the World Athletics…
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Competing at the African U18/U20 Championships was a dream come true – Silver medalist, Shakamomodu
Shot put silver medalist at the just concluded Confederation of Africa Athletics, (CAA), U18/U20 Championships, Edo State-born, Audu Emmanuel Shakamomodu, says that competing at the event in the colours of Team Nigeria was a dream come true for him Shakamomodu said he had been training for years to be able to raise the flag of…
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Upsets, thrillers as Top Seed crashes out at WTT Contender Lagos
The main draw of the 2025 WTT Contender Lagos burst into life on Thursday, July 24, with fireworks and a major upset that sent shockwaves through the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall at Teslim Balogun Stadium. Japan’s Hina Hayata, the women’s top seed, bowed out of the $100,000 prize money championship in a stunning opening-day defeat. The…
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Nigerian players set for WTT Contender Lagos
Fresh off a strong performance at the recently concluded ITTF Africa West Regional Championships, Nigerian table tennis players are full of confidence as they prepare for the WTT Contender Lagos, which serves off on Tuesday, July 22, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Matthew Kuti and Ajoke Ojomu emerged as singles champions, with Nigerian athletes…
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CAA U18/20: Success Oyibu wins silver, as Nigeria dominates women’s sprints
The 3rd edition of the Confederation of Africa Athletics, (CAA), U18/20 Athletics Championship, underway in Abeokuta, capital South-West, Nigeria, has lived up to the expectations and hype in all ramifications. Many promising athletes are proving their worth and one such achiever is Nigerian sprint specialist, Success Oyibu. The 17 year old was instrumental in helping…
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