10 hours ago
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Tonobok Okowa, has described the performance of the country’s relay teams at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Bahamas as a sign of good things to come at the Paris Olympics.
1 day ago
After winning two tickets on Day One of the 2024 World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas, Nigerian athletes ensured the job was completed on Sunday night, picking two more tickets for women’s and men’s 4x100m Relay. Both teams had missed the tickets on Saturday night. The victory ensured the men’s team returned to the Olympics…
1 day ago
Team Nigeria in the early hours of yesterday grabbed two tickets on day one of the World Relays, which began in Bahamas on Saturday. The World Relays is the qualification tournament for the men, women and mixed relays for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Team Nigeria began the competition on a good note with the…
2 days ago
As predicted by a board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Victor Okorie, Team Nigeria grabbed two tickets on day one of the World Relays Saturday evening in the Bahamas. Okorie, who is with the athletes in the Caribbean Island, had told The Guardian in a telephone conversation before heading to the stadium…
2 days ago
Team Nigeria could not present a team in the women’s 4x400m event at the World Relay, which began in Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday, due to the absence of U.S.-based speed star, Omolara Ogunmakinju. She sustained injury while competing in a Conference race in the U.S. a few days ago.
2 May
United States-based Nigerian sprinters, Udodi Onwuzurike, Alaba Akintola and Chidi Okezie, as well as the home-based members of the contingent, are expected to arrive in the Bahamas today for the two-day World Relays, which begins on Saturday.
2 May
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has emphasised the importance of a united Nigeria in the fight against bandits and terrorism. Musa made these remarks at the second Unity School Old Students Association (USOSA) Games held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Package B, Abuja.
30 Apr
Over 2,300 athletes are expected at U.J. Esuene Stadium for the grand finale of the MTN CHAMPS, which holds today at the Canaan City.
30 Apr
Nigerian athletes will depart Abuja tomorrow and arrive in Bahamas on May 2 for the 2024 World Relays, where they will battle for five tickets to the Paris Olympic Games. The World Relays will hold on May 4 and 5.
29 Apr
With the outdoor athletics season in full swing, the Nigerian trio of Favour Ashe, Udodi Onwuzurike and Godson Oghenebrume will be keen to repeat the history they made on the track last year when, for the first time in history, three Nigerian sprinters broke 10 seconds in the 100m event.
28 Apr
Reigning Commonwealth Games and African long jump record holder, Ese Brume, has shifted her focus to the United States for her qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympics Games after she was denied visa by the Chinese Embassy in Lagos, thereby preventing her from competing in the Diamond League in Suzhou, yesterday.
27 Apr
The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach promised that the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on the river Seine would be “iconic” and “unforgettable” despite ongoing security worries about the open-air river parade.
27 Apr
For the first time this summer, as sportswomen and men strive for victory in Paris, spectators will be able to sip the official beer of an Olympic Games.
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