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Defending champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria yesterday defeated hosts, Rwanda, to qualify for the final of the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket Championship holding in Kigali.

Officials of the country’s contingent to the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games, which begin today in Trinidad and Tobago, have assured that Nigeria is ready to win medals at the event that ends on August 11.  

Nigerian Aquatic Federation has emerged 31st in global ranking following the country’s exploits at the just-concluded World Aquatic Championship in Fukuoka, Japan. Speaking in Lagos, yesterday, the country’s first lady president of the Federation, Chinonye Daphey Aliyu, who led team Nigeria to the world championship, commended the athletes for making the nation proud, saying that…

From 1976 up to 1979, Charlton Ehizuelen was the world’s best long and triple jumper. He held all the world marks such that his closest rivals, Rod Laver and Willie Banks, were forced to play catch up to the regal Nigerian.

Lagos State government, yesterday, unveiled the programme for the forthcoming Cycling Lagos Championship scheduled to hold from October 21 to 28, 2023, saying it would help in promoting healthy lifestyle among residents of the state.

Team Nigeria has emerged overall winner of the maiden African Admiral Porbeni Canoe Race championships at the Jabi Boat Club in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria's senior women's national basketball team, D’Tigress, will know their quarterfinal opponents at the ongoing Rwanda 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Championship after today’s qualification match between Mozambique and Cote d'Ivoire.

Adamawa Warriors, at the weekend, became champions of the National Division One Men’s Handball League after defeating Sunshine Kings of Akure in an epic final at the indoor sports hall of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Edo State. The Yola-based team, who were promoted to the Ardova Handball Premier League on day five after…

They came from across the world to be part of an event, which some of them said should have happened 47 years ago. With tears of joy, the members of the Nigerian contingent to the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, which the country led an African boycott to protest New Zealand’s romance with the Apartheid regime…

The Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Estate, Nigeria’s foremost residential golf estate, located within Lagos New Town, along Lekki-Epe Expressway, has expanded its golf facilities, which already comprises an 18-hole championship golf course, a nine-hole mashie golf course and driving range.

In a groundbreaking announcement, 10bet has solidified its position as a significant player in the sports betting industry by securing a pivotal partnership with the South African Football Association (SAFA).  As per the signed agreement, 10bet is now the official betting partner of South Africa's Men's National Football Team, locally known as Bafana Bafana, marking…

Nigeria’s Under 19 Cricket male team Junior Yellow-Green won their first game at the ongoing qualifiers for the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, after two successive defeats in their opening three games.