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Grace Nwokocha must defend herself from doping allegations- Ogunkoya
Days after a urine sample from Nigerian sprinter Grace Nwokocha tested positive for banned substances, former Nigerian sprinter Falilat Ogunkoya…
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2022 Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria scorecard
After 11 days of gruelling competition, the 2022 Commonwealth Games is over, and Team Nigeria enjoyed a fine outing in…
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Commonwealth Games: Nigeria’s successes have brought us great pride – President Buhari
For winning 35 medals at the just concluded Commonwealth games President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has hailed Team Nigeria for…
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2022 Commonwealth Games: Tobi Amusan fires Nigerian ladies to African Record in 4×100m Relay
Team Nigeria continued their impressive performance on the track at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as they performed…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Day 8 Recap: Team Nigeria wrestlers come through with medal rush
Team Nigeria continued its ascent of the medal table at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 8 events, with the wrestling…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Day 7 Recap: Team Nigeria athletes sweep up medals with stunning displays
Team Nigeria continued to improve their standings on the medal table at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 7 events after…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Day 5 Wrap: Medals galore for Team Nigeria in Birmingham
Team Nigeria claimed four medals in their 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 5 events to take their tally at the Games…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Day 4 wrap: Nigeria claims another weightlifting medal as wins dry up
Team Nigeria continued to pile up the medals on the 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 4 as they claimed a fourth…
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Islamiyat Adebukola wins Bronze for for Team Nigeria at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting has again added to Nigeria’s medal haul at the 2022 Commonwealth games. Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf has won a bronze…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Day 3 Recap: Further medals for Team Nigeria in weightlifting
The 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 3 started for Team Nigeria as Day 2 had ended, with the West African giants…
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Edidiong Umofia wins Bronze for Team Nigeria at the Commonwealth games.
Edidiong Umoafia has added a Bronze to Nigeria’s medal haul at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham , United Kingdom.…
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2022 Commonwealth Games Day 2 Recap: Olarinoye wins first medal for Team Nigeria
The 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 2 saw Team Nigeria win its first medal in the women’s weightlifting event as the…
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2022 Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria maintain unbeaten start in table tennis
Team Nigeria Nigeria maintained it’s unbeaten start to the table tennis team event at the 2022 Commonwealth games in Birmingham,…
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2022 Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria left without kits in Birmingham
Despite having months to prepare for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Nigerian story at the Games has commenced…
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Big Brother Naija star wins first Nigerian medal since 1996 in African Athletics Championship
Big Brother Naija star Mike Edwards delivered an impressive performance for Team Nigeria on the final day of the African…
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Athletics
Olatoye, Onyekwere claim gold medals in field events at African Athletics Championship in Mauritius
Sade Olatoye won Nigeria’s fourth gold medal at the ongoing African Athletics Championship in Mauritius after a brilliant performance in…
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Team Nigeria claims gold in women’s 4x100m at African Athletics Championship
Team Nigeria’s four-woman team to the African Athletics Championship have emerged with a brilliant gold medal against all odds as…
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Quadri, Abiodun claim doubles gold for Nigeria at African ITTF tourney
The duo of Aruna Quadri and Bode Abiodun claimed the first gold medal for Team Nigeria at the ongoing 2021…
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Team Nigeria Paralympics participation ends on a high
Team Nigeria closed out its participation in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with a series of medals that took their total…
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Team Nigeria sweeps Paralympics Powerlifting events at Tokyo 2020
The contingent from Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has once again dominated the Powerlifting competition at the event, winning…
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Last Team Nigeria member loses in women’s 50kg wrestling quarterfinals
Team Nigeria’s last participant at the Tokyo Olympics Adijat Idris fell to defeat at the hands of Ukraine’s Oksana Livach…
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Enekwechi disappoints in shot put final at Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria’s hopes of picking up a third medal on Day 14 were dashed after Chukwuebuka Enekwechi could not manage the…
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Shock as Adekuruoye falls at first hurdle in women’s 57kg wrestling
Team Nigeria suffered a number of back-to-back disappointments after the euphoria of winning two medals in a single day, with…
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Oborodudu claims silver for Nigeria’s first-ever wrestling Olympics medal
32-year-old Blessing Oborodudu has accomplished what no one else has by winning an Olympic medal for Nigeria in wrestling. The…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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