By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria sports sector have come under immense challenges with growing act of negligence and ineptitude by the authorities whose responsibility it's to see to the welfare, development of athletes and provision of facilities. This time around, another ugly situation came up as T... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo the Federal Government have stated that a total of 115 athletes and officials cut across nine sporting events will represent Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games scheduled to hold in Birmingham, England later this month. Confirming the number that would constitute Team Niger... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Since the emergence of Dr Abdul Ibrahim as President of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF late last year, the sport have been growing in leaps and bounds as athletes keep churning out medals since International Weightlifting Federation, IWF Championship in December last y... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria contingent to the 2021 International Weightlifting Federation, IWF World Championship holding in Tashkent, Uzbekistan are set to return home after a massively successful outing. The continent made up of 7 lifters, two coaches and a physio ensured that the green and whi... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Eze Joy Ogbonne on Monday won Nigeria's 4th gold medal in the Commonwealth Championship at the ongoing 2021 International Weightlifting Federation, IWF World Championship in Uzbekistan. Apart from winning gold medal in Commonwealth Championship, the Ebonyi State born lifter al... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Lawal Rafiatu Folashade has yet another gold medal for Nigeria at the International Weightlifting Federation, IWF World Championship in Uzbekistan. Lawal on Saturday, competing in the 59kg category clinched the medal in the Commonwealth Championship as the IWF Championship als... Read more...
Edidiong Umoafia on Friday won silver medal in men's 67kg category at the ongoing International Weightlifting Federation, IWF World Championship which also serves as 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifier. Edidiong won the medal in the Commonwealth Championship thereby increasing Nigeria's medal ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Stella Kingsley on Wednesday night etched Nigeria's name on the global weightlifting map as she won her first gold medal at the ongoing IWF World Championship in Uzbekistan which also serves as 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifier in Birmingham, England next year. The Commonw... Read more...
Commonwealth gold-medalist Blessing Oborududu (68kg) and 2018 African champion Ekerekeme Agiomor (86kg) have both talked up their chances of winning medals for Team Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which gets underway on Friday. The duo are part of five wrestlers that would fly Nigeria... Read more...
By Martin Odiate Not many Nigerians, particularly the younger generation may easily come to term with the name Julius Chigbolu . For the record, Julius Chigbolu who hails from Illah in Oshimilli local Government Area of Delta state can arguably be referred to as one of the greatest high jumpers ... Read more...