By Amaechi Agbo Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged support for Nigeria’s team as they prepare to compete in the Invictus Games, set to take place in Vancouver, Canada, in 2025. Representing the President, Hon. Mohammed Abba Isa, Senior Special Assistant on Special Needs and... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo The Minister for sports, Senator Owan Enoh has apologized over Team Nigeria's Poor performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Team Nigeria, made up of 88 athletes went to the Games but won no medals. A sad record they set in London 2012 Olympic when they had similar outc... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria's Diamond Girl, Tobi Amusan has qaulified for the semi-final of the women's 100m hurdles at the on-going Paris Olympics The World and Africa record holder finished 1st in her 100m heat and qualified for the semi-final. She won Heat 1 of the Women's 100m hurdles in ... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s hope of winning a medal at the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France have continued to nosedive. Ostensibly, this is caused by avoidable human error or act of negligence. While Team Nigeria’s table tennis athletes in singles have all crashed out, face... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo A team of 84 Nigerian athletes is set to represent the nation at the Paris Olympics, scheduled to kick off on July 26. These athletes will compete across 12 different sports in this global celebration of sportsmanship. Notably, the contingent is largely comprised of female at... Read more...
By Our Correspondent Team Kenya has emerged champions of the 2024 Senior Athletics Championships held in Douala, Cameroon just as Nigeria came 3rd after amassing more medals on the last day of the competition with 13 medals. Team Nigeria Wednesday grabbed one more gold medal to finish third ... Read more...
By Maxwell Kumoye with additional information by AFN Media Support Team Team Nigeria, won one more gold medal on the final day of 2024 African Senior Athletics Championships in Douala, Cameroon. The gold medal was won by the women's 4×400m relay in a time of 3:27.31 seconds ahead of Botswana... Read more...
By Tony Nezianya The 2nd African Beach Games took place in Hammamet, Tunisia and included participants from approximately 52 countries with Nigeria emerging 4th best team in the overall medals table The top three positions were secured by Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, respectively. Only 2... Read more...
By Tony Nezianya Nigeria is set to participate in 11 thrilling events at the the 2nd African Beach Games, set to take place in Temament, Tunisia. The Games will run from June 22 to June 30, 2023, and serve as a crucial qualification phase for the upcoming ANOC World Beach Games in Bali, I... Read more...
By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria's outing at the just concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games got on a blistering note with weightlifting securing 6 medals in the early days of the quadrennial global competition. It is no wonder then that after the athletes successfully arrived home from the Games, the Pres... Read more...