Paris 2024
11 Sep
Last month’s 2024 $8.2 billion Paris Olympics were an exuberant celebration of the spirit of sports. The stunning opening ceremony along the river Seine saw Aya Nakamura, the sumptuous Malian-French singer influenced by Afrobeats and Caribbean zouk
17 Aug
Cacophony fills the Nigerian sports space. From the ashes of the country’s participation at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games springs the shrill of anger and condemnation.
16 Aug
Despite crashing out in the group stage at the recently concluded Paris 2024 Olympics, Nigeria remains the top-ranked nation in Africa in women's football after today's update on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking. The Super Falcons retain their ranking as the 36th best team in the world and first in Africa, a position they have…
12 Aug
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said poor political leadership will continue to harm Nigeria irretrievably until it dismantles the corrupt system. Obi's statement comes as Nigeria failed to win any medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, while three Nigerians won medals for other countries due to a lack of opportunities…
11 Aug
Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh, has apologised for the disappointing performance of Team Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Olympics and promised a comprehensive review. Team Nigeria, despite the huge financial investment made into the project, is returning from the Paris 2024 Olympics without a single medal. Owan-Enoh, reacting to Nigeria's woeful performance, said…
11 Aug
The Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) has named D'Tigress' Rena Wakama the best coach of the Paris 2024 Olympics Women's Basketball tournament. FIBA picked Wakama for leading D'Tigress to a historic quarter-final finish at the Paris 2024 Olympics. "One of the youngest coaches in Olympic history, Rene Wakama delivered a new high tide mark…
11 Aug
Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan-Enoh, has admitted the shortcomings of Team Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Olympics and vowed to improve for the Paralympics. Team Nigeria finished its campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympics without winning a single medal. Hannah Reuben was the last athlete with a chance to salvage a medal for…
11 Aug
The curtains will be drawn today, Sunday August 11, 2024, on this summer's Olympic games in Paris with Team Nigeria failing to win a single medal. Despite parading one of Africa's biggest contingent and taking part in 12 sports, Team Nigeria fail to register their name on the medals table. The trio of Kenya, Algeria…
10 Aug
Team Nigeria's poor performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics has ignited a firestorm of criticism, with many describing it as the country's most lackluster Olympic showing in recent times. This is even as Senator John Owan-Enoh's position as Sports Minister is under increasing pressure following Nigeria's disappointing performance at the Paris Olympics, with many calling…
10 Aug
Team Nigeria has finished its campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games without winning a single medal. Hannah Reuben was the last athlete left to salvage a medal for Nigeria, but she lost her second round fight in women's freestyle #wrestling 76kg, losing 5-2 (Victory by points) to Mongolia's Davaanasan Amar Enkh. It has been…
9 Aug
World record holder and former world champion Tobi Amusan crashed out of the women's 100m hurdles at the Olympics on Friday as defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn sailed into the final. Amusan shocked the world in 2022 when she set a world record of 12.12sec on her way to victory at the World Champoinships in Eugene.…
9 Aug
The Nigerian men's 4x400m team have been disqualified from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for stepping on the line in their heat. Nigeria will no longer compete in the final of men's 4x400m. "Nigeria have been disqualified from the Men’s 4x400m relay final for a lane violation in the semi-final," Super Sport wrote. South Africa…
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