Team Nigeria
10 Aug 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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…
9 Aug 2024
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…
8 Aug 2024
A tough task awaits Team Nigeria’s men’s 4x100m team today in the first round of the event following their draw in a group replete with heavyweights, including Team USA, Great Britain, Japan, and South Africa.
3 Aug 2024
The free fall by Nigerian athletes at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics notwithstanding, Sports Minister, John Owen Enoh, is still hopeful the nation will not return home empty handed.
1 Aug 2024
Twenty-One years ago, Nigeria’s athletics recorded one of its biggest embarrassments on the international stage when the country’s 27-man strong athletics team to the 9th IAAF World Championships, in France
1 Aug 2024
As the uproar generated by the inclusion of several American coaches in Team Nigeria to the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games still swirls, GOWON AKPODONOR writes that indigenous coaches are feeling neglected, even as they claim to be better equipped to get their wards to deliver optimum performances, as well as articulate the country’s interest…
31 Jul 2024
Even as Team Nigeria is yet to reflect on the medals table at the ongoing Paris 2024, a cold war has ensued between the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Ministry of Sports over the approved kits for the contingent, reports sportsvillagesquare.com.
30 Jul 2024
Team Nigeria, yesterday, rose from the ashes of their recent setbacks to defeat world number three ranked women basketball team, Opals of Australia, in their opening game of the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
8 Jun 2024
Team Nigeria emerged champions at the 2024 Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Zone II Senior Athletics Championships, which has just
6 Jun 2024
Team Nigeria’s athletes have once again proved their strength on the tracks with the country’s stars scooping four gold medals at the 2024 Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Region Two Championship held at the Sports Complex of the University of Ghana.
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