Team Nigeria
26 Nov
Team Nigeria continues to showcase their prowess at the 2nd Africa Military Games, Abuja, 2024, with remarkable performances
7 Sep 2024
It has been a medal rush for Team Nigeria at the ongoing 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France with the country's athletes climbing the podium three times on Saturday. Bose Omolayo has won yet another medal for Nigeria, this time a silver medal in women's up to 79kg Para Powerlifting, winning her country's sixth medal.…
7 Sep 2024
Team Nigeria's Flora Ugwunwa has won a silver medal in women's Javelin F54, at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Ugwunwa finished second in the event with a throw of 19.26m behind Uzbekistan athlete Nurkhon Kurbanova who set a world record with a throw of 21.12m. The bronze medal was won by Elham Salehi of…
2 Sep 2024
Following on the heels of the country’s failure to win any medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Team Nigeria, at the weekend, once again, exited the World U-20 Athletics Championships held in Peru without winning a single medal.
22 Aug 2024
A member of Team Nigeria to the Paris 2024 Olympics, Emmanuel Ojeli, has described some of the controversies that dogged the country’s participation at the Games as avoidable.
22 Aug 2024
Sports enthusiasts seek forensic probe into Team Nigeria’s poor performance Nigeria’s failure to win a single medal at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games emphasises the tragedy of a towering country of huge human and material resources, struggling almost perpetually to find its feet. The poor showing is a clear indication that the country has…
14 Aug 2024
Factors that may have inhibited the country’s performance at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics are beginning to emerge with an official of Team Nigeria hinting The Guardian that the payment of $6,000 “training grants to athletes in the middle of the Games” was one of them.
12 Aug 2024
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…
12 Aug 2024
The first batch of the Nigerian contingent to the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games are expected to return to the country today. The Guardian learnt, yesterday, that the first set of athletes would depart the Olympics Village this morning, while the second batch will leave tomorrow. The team of 88 athletes, which is the country’s…
11 Aug 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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…