Team Nigeria's hope for a medal has shifted to Tobi Amusan in the 100m hurdles at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics as long jumper, Ese Brume came short of making history after finishing fifth in the final with her 6.70m fourth round jump. For the 28-year-old, it is now the second straight global event that…

Nigeria's track and field queen, Tobi Amusan on Wednesday raised the hopes of Team Nigeria winning a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She finished first in the women’s 100m hurdles heat which has now led to praises from different quarters. Amusan, running on lane nine has thus qualified for the semi-finals of the…

It was a disappointing outing for Team Nigeria in the women’s 200 metres final of the Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday as Favour Ofili’s missed out on a podium finish. Running in lane nine, the 21-year-old finished in sixth place in a time of 22.24 seconds, which was not enough to land her a medal.…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria's senior women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, on qualifying for the quarter-final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. D’Tigress will be the first African team in basketball to play in the quarter-finals at the Olympics. The President commended the team for their uncommon demonstration of resilience, teamwork, and diligence. President Tinubu…

The Nigerian female basketball team, D'Tigress on Sunday made history at Paris 2024 after beating Canada 79-70 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games. D'Tigress, playing their third group recorded a remarkable victory over a strong Canadian team who are ranked number 5 in the world. D'Tigress have thus made history by becoming…

Queen of the track, Favour Ofili, now has her sights set on Monday's semi-finals and a potential place on the podium after

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has announced it will award $50,000 to Italian boxer Angela Carini. This award comes after she forfeited her fight against Algeria's Imane Khelif, at the Paris Olympics. The fight, which ended just 46 seconds into the first round, has started a controversy over gender eligibility issues surrounding the women's boxing…

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's 46-second victory at the Paris Olympics on Thursday sparked a furious row over gender eligibility rules, with Harry Potter author JK Rowling saying the Games were "forever tarnished". Distraught Italian boxer Angela Carini, showing signs of physical pain, shrugged off attempts by Khelif to shake her hand afterwards, collapsing to her…

China's Yang Jiayu produced a dominant performance to win the women's 20-kilometre walk Olympic title in Paris on Thursday. The 28-year-old world record holder timed 1 hour, 25 minutes, 14 seconds, coming home clear of Spain's Maria Perez (1:26:19), with Jemima Montag of Australia taking the bronze (1:26:25). READ ALSO:Snoop Dogg wows crowd at Paris…

Ecuador's Brian Pintado won the first athletics Olympic gold medal of the Paris Games on Thursday with victory in the men's 20-kilometre walk. Brazil's Caio Bonfim improved on his fourth-place finish from Rio in 2016, taking silver, with Spain's world champion Alvaro Martin taking bronze. READ ALSO:Olympics: Ofili shocked to be left out of Paris…

Nigeria’s faint hope of making it to the second round of the women’s football at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics was extinguished by Japan, who defeated the Nigerian girls 3-1 in their last group game of the competition, yesterday.

Snoop Dogg entertained the crowds at the Paris Olympics beach volleyball on Wednesday. He was seen dancing along with fans after he turned up to support the US women's team. The American rapper arrived at the venue in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower by a side entrance. He was surrounded by a team of…