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Nigeria Wins Two Medals At 2024 IWF World Weightlifting Championship

0 comments, 15/12/2024, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, News

Nigeria during the week won two medals at the 2024 IWF World Weightlifting Championship held in Manama, Bahrain. Didih Onome Omolala competed in 55kg class lifted 90kg in snatch and 110kg in clean and jerk had a total of 200kg, narrowly missed the podium as she finished 5th on the table.&nbs... Read more...

Bayelsa State Wins Maiden Engr Habu Gumel National Open Weightlifting Championship

0 comments, 04/12/2024, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Grassroots, News, olympics

NSC Will Partner NWF in Developing Weightlifting – Dikko

0 comments, 04/12/2024, by Best Choice Sports
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Nigeria Weightlifting Congratulates Olopade On Appointment As DG NSC

0 comments, 19/11/2024, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Grassroots, News, olympics, Tennis

2025 Invictus Games: President Tinubu Reaffirms Support for Team Nigeria

0 comments, 31/10/2024, by Best Choice Sports
Posted in Athletics, Football, Grassroots, News, olympics

Volleyball, Football Signposts 2024 PRODA Games Festival in Enugu

0 comments, 30/10/2024, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Football, Grassroots, News, Volleyball

By Amaechi Agbo Enugu - The 2024 Project Development Institute, PRODA, Enugu, tagged PRODA Festival Games began on Tuesday with female volleyball and male football signposting the activities. Aimed at forestering unity and communality among the staff of the institute, the Festival will last ... Read more...

Nigeria Army Wins 2024 Armed Forces Games

0 comments, 28/09/2024, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Football, Grassroots, News

By Timothy Nwobodo The Nigeria Army has emerged winners of the 2024 Armed Forces Games held at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna State. The Nigeria Army won 264 medals consisting of 172 gold, 60 silver, and 32 bronze.Nigeria Air Force placed second with a total of 129 medals (33 gold, 103 s... Read more...

NOC, Collaborates With NUGA to Promote Olympic Values in Education

0 comments, 19/09/2024, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Basketball, Grassroots, News

By Amaechi Agbo The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) plans to collaborate with Nigeria’s University Games Committee (NUGA) to promote the Olympic Values in Education programme (OVEP). The collaboration which would seek to propagate Olympic values of Excellence, Respect and Friendship w... Read more...

Igali Urges FG to Priorities Sports Development, Condemns Win-at-all-cost approach to Tournament

0 comments, 19/09/2024, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Boxing, Grassroots, News, olympics, Tennis

Following the embarrassing outing of team Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the President Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Dr Daniel Igali, has called on the federal government to take sports development seriously Igali made the call during a press briefing session with journalists in Asaba o... Read more...

2024 National Youth Games: Nasarawa State To Feature In 14 Sports with 77 Athletes

0 comments, 13/09/2024, by Best Choice Sports in Athletics, Basketball, Grassroots, Handball, News, Tennis

By Eche Amos , Asaba Team Nasarawa on Thursday, joined their counterparts from thirty-one other States of the Federation to partake in the opening ceremony of the 8th edition of the National Youth Games holding in Asaba, Delta State. The Nasarawa contingent who adorned their colourful green a... Read more...