By Ebube Dike Nigeria Taekwondo team have departed the shores of the country for Kigali, Rwanda's capital where they will take part in the 2022 Africa Taekwondo G-4 Championship The continent made up 6 athletes left the country on Wednesday. The athletes have been in camp at the Moshood A... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Weeks after returning from the just concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020, only Nigeria's Taekwondo athlete, Elizabeth Anyanacho, has disclosed that the experience she gathered at the games would propel her for better performance in the future. Anyanacho who spoke during a media ... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Less than two weeks after she made her historic Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan, Nigeria female taekwondoist Elizabeth Anyanacho on Wednesday visited an orphanage home in Abuja to show appreciation to God for His love and also to identify with the kids who had n... Read more...
By Chika Chukwumerije In the latest world ranking released by World Taekwondo, Nigeria’s Elizabeth Anyanacho has broken into the top thirty and is now ranked 28th in the world, after her participation at the G-20 ranked Tokyo Olympic Games. The 22-year-old who lost in the round of 16 to for... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Nigeria's representative in Taekwondo event at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games have described her journey to the 32nd edition of the quadrennial event as “long and Challenging" adding that she wanted to “spring a good surprise"before she lost out The 21-year old rued m... Read more...
By Chika Chukwumerije Nigeria's Elizabeth Anyanacho stoically lost out to double Olympic Medalist and former world champion, Nur Tartar of Turkey in the taekwondo event of the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan, Bestchoicesport.com.ng can report The duo, competed in the female -67kg, kick-... Read more...
By Ikenna Okonkwo The name Chukwumerije still rings bell in Nigeria's sporting fraternity after years of dedication and purposeful impact, especially in Taekwondo by an entire family spearheaded by late father Senator Uche Chukwumerije. Of all his children, Chika Chukwumerije, an Olympian who ma... Read more...
By John Edward Nigeria’s sole taekwondo athlete at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Elizabeth Anyanacho, has been seeded 13th in the Taekwondo Olympic ranking and will face fourth seed Nur Tatar from Turkey in the 67kg category in her first fight in the round of 16 on July 26. The Gam... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria Olympic-bound taekwondoist, Elizabeth Anyanacho over the weekend defeated Denmark's Andersen Jesmin to win gold medal in the female category -67kg at the World Taekwondo G-2 Beirut Open. Prior to the final, Elizabeth had defeated Uzbekistan's Alijonova Gulsanam 22 - 1... Read more...
By Chika Chukwumerije Tokyo Olympic bound Elizabeth Anyanacho has taken off to Dakar, Senegal for the forthcoming African Taekwondo Championships, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can confirm. The 2021 Championship will hold from 5th to 6th June at the Dakar Arena. The female -67kg competitor left ... Read more...