Year: 2021
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9ja Flavour
Joy, despair in Team Nigeria camp as Brume leaps to bronze, Adeniyi falls in wrestling QF
Team Nigeria got its first medal after Ese Brume delivered an impeccable performance in the women’s long jump to finish…
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Tokyo Olympics
Ese Brume wins Bronze in Long Jump for Nigeria’s first medal at Tokyo 2020
Ese Brume has won Team Nigeria’s first medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The 25-year-old who started the…
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Tokyo Olympics
Mijaín López wins 4th consecutive Olympic gold to join exclusive list
Cuban wrestler Mijaín López has put his name in am exclusive list after winning his 4th straight Olympics gold medal.…
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9ja Flavour
NPFL Matchday 37 Round-up: Akwa United crowned champions as Ifeanyi Ubah gets relegated to NNL
Akwa United hammered MFM 5-2 in their NPFL matchday 37 encounter to claim their first league title in 25-year history…
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Tokyo Olympics
Blessing Oborodudu set to win Team Nigeria’s first medal at Tokyo 2020
There appears to be light at the end of tunnel after Blessing Oborodudu feats in the Women’s freestyle 68kg. Nigerians…
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9ja Flavour
Disappointment as Amusan finishes outside podium places in 100m hurdles, D’Tigress crashes out of Olympics
There was a great deal of disappointment as Oluwatobiloba Amusan failed to win a medal in the final of the…
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F1
Hungarian GP: Vettel’s disqualification gifts Hamilton the 2nd place and 8pts championship lead over Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel has lost his second-place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix off the four-time world champion, who was also…
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9ja Flavour
Atshimene hattrick fires Akwa United to NPFL glory for first time in history
Sensational striker Charles Atshimene scored a hat trick for Akwa United in their 5-2 mauling of visiting MFM FC at…
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9ja Flavour
Adegoke, Amusan zoom into Olympics finals
Nigeria’s chances of finishing with medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have received a significant boost after the trio of…
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Opinion
Mental health issues in sports; athletes are humans too
Being healthy is defined as being physically, mentally, and emotionally completely free from disease or defect. Mental health is a…
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Other Sports
Shambolic Team Nigeria showing in Tokyo, an exposè on events
Team Nigeria’s time in the Japanese capital city of Tokyo at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games has been riddled with…
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9ja Flavour
Adegoke, Itsekiri fly into 100m semifinals as Nwokocha crashes out gallantly
Nigeria’s 100m sprint duo of Enoch Adegoke and Usheoritse Itsekiri booked their passage into the semifinals of the competition after…
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Tokyo Olympics
Enoch Adegoke the fastest African, one of the fastest in 100m going to semis
Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke has qualified for the semi-final after blitzing his way to the first place in his heat with…
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9ja Flavour
Amusan breezes through Heat, books place in 100m Hurdles semifinals
Nigerian hurdles queen and Commonwealth gold medalist Tobi Amusan has booked her place in the semifinals of the women’s 100m…
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9ja Flavour
D’Tigers crash out of Tokyo Olympics after defeat to Italy in final Group B match
Nigeria’s D’Tigers bowed out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after suffering a third defeat in three Group B matches at…
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Tokyo Olympics
BREAKING: Okagbare suspended from Tokyo 2020 over failed drug test
Blessing Okagbare whom Nigerians are hoping would win a medal at the ongoing 2020 Olympics in Tokyo has been suspended.…
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9ja Flavour
Bayelsa United lives up to giantkiller billing, eliminates Rivers United from Aiteo Cup
The fairytale journey of NNL side Bayelsa United in the 2020/21 Aiteo Cup has resulted in their reaching the final…
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Tokyo Olympics
Table Tennis GOAT Ma Long beats Fan Zhendong to set Olympics record
Ma Long has become the first ever player to win a back-to-back Olympics gold medal after beating his Fan Zhendong…
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9ja Flavour
Team Nigeria delivers mixed performance on Day One of Athletics events
Nigeria’s track and field team had a mixed day on the eighth day of events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics…
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Tennis
Zverev ends Djokovic bid for Golden Slam, slams him out in semifinal
Germany’s Alexander Zverev denied world number one Novak Djokovic the opportunity to write his name in the history books as…
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9ja Flavour
Okagbare breezes through 100m heat, qualifies for semifinals
Four-time Olympian and Commonwealth double gold medallist Blessing Okagbare made light work of her qualification in the 100m Heat 6…
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Basketball
Cunningham emerges as first pick in 2021 NBA Draft, joins Detroit Pistons
At the 2021 NBA Draft, 19-year-old Cade Cunningham was selected by Detroit Pistons as the number one pick from Round…
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NEWS
Usoro, Ofili headline list of disqualified Nigerian athletes
Nigeria’s Sports administrators have a case of negligence to answer after 10 medal hopefuls were kicked out of the Tokyo…
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Tennis
Men’s Tennis Single: Djokovic keeps Golden Slam chase alive, eases into semi-final
World number 1 and the highest ranked player in Men’s Tennis at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Novak Djokovic has…
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9ja Flavour
Okagbare blows hot over Nigerian athletes’ disqualification in Tokyo
Nigerian sprint queen Blessing Okagbare has openly criticised the leadership of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria after several unfortunate administrative…
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9ja Flavour
Drama in Nnewi as Ifeanyi Ubah delays Akwa United NPFL coronation
FC Ifeanyi Ubah held NPFL champions-in-waiting Akwa United to a 1-1 draw at the Ifeanyi Ubah Stadium in Nnewi in…
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Basketball
Disappointment as D’Tigers fall to second consecutive defeat at Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria’s D’Tigers were on the losing side once again as they took on Germany in their second preliminary round match…
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Basketball
Valiant D’Tigress falls to USA in Olympic Games opener
Nigeria women’s basketball team D’Tigress lost to the World’s number one ranked team USA in their Tokyo Olympic Games preliminary…
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NEWS
World number two Osaka dumped out of Olympics by Vondrousova
World number two Naomi Osaka was sent crashing from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by world number 42 Marketa Vondrousova in…
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9ja Flavour
Akwa United closes in on NPFL title after Jigawa bashing
Akwa United took a huge step towards picking up their first-ever NPFL title after an impressive 3-0 victory over struggling…
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