Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team D’ Tigers has dropped four places in the latest FIBA ranking released on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that D’Tigers slumped from 39th to 42nd position in the world ranking. The former African champions tallied 299.7 points during the month...
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Real Madrid’s French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga will miss the start of the season after suffering a knee injury during training for the Super Cup, the LaLiga club said on Wednesday. “After the tests carried out today, our player Eduardo Camavinga has been diagnosed with a sprain of the...
A former Green Eagles player and 1980 AFCON winner, Felix Owolabi, has attributed the poor performance of Nigerian athletes at the just-concluded Paris Olympics to the fire brigade approach by officials and athletes. The ex-international said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The U.S won the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris, but it was just by the skin of their teeth. They topped the 2024 Games medals table by winning 40 gold medals after the final of the last event of the Games was decided...
The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Musa Kida, has said that D’Tigress Head Coach, Rena Wakamae, will be retained after their historic outing at Paris Olympics. Kida made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Paris, France. NAN reports that in...
Premier League champions Manchester City beat FA Cup winners Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday. This was after the traditional season curtain-raiser finished level at 1-1. Erik ten Hag’s side looked on course to repeat their shock victory over Manchester...
The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men’s basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17. In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics final three years ago, LeBron James and the US team stacked with...
Tottenham bolstered their attacking options for the new Premier League season with the signing of striker Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth in a deal that could reach £65 million ($83 million). The 26-year-old has signed a six-year contract and will cost an initial £55 million with a further...
The President, Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, says the world class facility of the Golf and Health Signature (GHS) in Abuja would groom Nigerian professionals who would become “Tiger Woods” in future. Runsewe stated this on the sidelines of a retreat organised by the...
Botswana has declared half-day public holiday to celebrate its first-ever Olympic gold medal, following athlete Letsile Tebogo’s victory. The gold medal was won at the men’s 200m sprint final at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced to the nation that he has found it...
World record holder, Oluwatobiloba Amusan on Wednesday in Paris qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres event at the 2024 Olympic Games. Amusan recorded a time of 12.49 seconds to win her heat, ahead of Alaysha Johnson of the U.S who had a time of 12.61...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), on Tuesday, announced Cross Rivers State as the host of the 2023/2024 NWFL Championship. The upcoming Championship, the league’s second division, will be held from from August 31 to September 8, 2024, in Calabar, Cross Rivers State. Building...
A U.S. based Nigerian Wrestler, Ashton Mutuwa has said that the songs of Nigeria music sensation, Burna Boy, keeps him going whenever he needs inspiration. Mutuwa disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Paris, France. “Everybody just go crazy when...
Nigeria’s Wrestler Blessing Oborududu has booked a place in the semi-finals of the women’s wrestling (68kg) event in the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics.. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oborududu defeated her Canadian opponent, Linda Morais 8-2 in their quarterfinal match on Monday to secure her...
Favour Ofili qualified on Monday night for the final of the women’s 200 metres at the Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris. Ofili ran a season best 22.05 seconds to place behind new women’s 100m champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia in heat 1 of...
History-making Nigeria’s D’Tigress will face reigning USA champions in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics women’s basketball competition on Wednesday, following the draw on Sunday. The Nigerians are the first African nation ever to reach the last eight of an Olympic basketball tournament, men and women included....
The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress, made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by qualifying for the last 8, claiming a 79-70 victory over Canada. That feat made them the first ever African team (men or women) to play in the quarter-final of an Olympic game. Nigeria,...
Nigeria’s Favour Ofili has qualified for the women’s 200metres semi-final at the Paris 2024 Olympics Ofili stormed to 22.24s which was her season’s best to win heat 6 of the event She booked her place in the semis ahead of Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Gambia’s Gina...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated D’Tigress for qualifying for the quarter-final of the women’s basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The National senior women’s basketball team became the first ever African team (Male or Female) to make qualify for the quarterfinals at the Olympics...
Nigeria’s Anuoluwapo Opeyori is out of the men’s Olympic Badminton event after falling 0-2 to the world’s number six, Li Shifeng of China. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Opeyori made his Chinese opponent to work hard for every point earned in the encounter. The 17-21,...