Wrestling
13 Oct 2021
Nigerian Wrestling Federation (NWF) President, Daniel Igali, yesterday, said the federation would strive to surpass its modest achievements since he took over the leadership of the Federation
3 Aug 2021
Nigeria’s long wait for an Olympics medal came to an end yesterday on the mats of Makuhari Messe Hall, Tokyo, where wrestler, Blessing Oborodudu, ensured that the country...
30 Jun 2021
World number two in the women freestyle wrestling, Odunayo Adekuoroye, is set to lead Team Nigeria as the flag bearer to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan, which begins on July 23 and ends August 8.
22 Apr 2021
Ronda Rousey, who followed Olympic judo bronze with a stellar mixed martial arts career, is expecting her first child with husband Travis Browne. Rousey revealed in a YouTube video on Wednesday that she's four months pregnant. In the video, with a laugh ad Browne gave her a kiss and a hug, she said: I can't…
18 Jan 2021
World silver medalist, Odunayo Adekuoroye, Kadijat Idris, Ebikewenimo Welson, and John Ogbonna won gold medals at the end of Day One maiden Baraza Champion of Champions wrestling tournament
22 Jun 2020
55-year-old wrestling star The Undertaker has announced that he is retiring from the WWE as he claims he has "nothing left to accomplish" in the ring. He made the announcement in the last episode of his documentary series 'The Last Ride.' With 30 years in the ring, The Undertaker made his wrestling debut in 1990 and has gone…
20 May 2020
Former WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard, who went missing while swimming with his son at Venice Beach over the weekend, was found dead Wednesday morning. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the body along the shoreline at around 1:25 a.m. An investigator with the coroner’s office confirmed the body was Gaspard's, and the wrestler's family…
4 Apr 2020
This year’s Forbes list of top-earning wrestlers has been released and surprisingly, Brock Lesnar sits atop the list with Roman Reigns coming second. The ten wrestlers who made the list pulled in a combined $38.5 million before taxes in 2019, up from $30.8 million in 2018, the last time the list was published. Read More: ‘WrestleMania’ Holds…
11 Feb 2020
The daughter of actor and former wrestler Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Simone Johnson has started training to become a WWE wrestler. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) officially announced in a press release issued on Monday that Simone Johnson, has begun her training at the company's performance centre in Orlando, Florida. Simone said she's very excited to…
10 Jan 2020
The recent call by Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, for corporate bodies and prominent Nigerians to adopt athletes ahead of major international championships, has yielded result with the announcement by security outfit
1 Jan 2020
World wrestling bronze medalist, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has said that she needs to compete regularly as she intensifies her preparation for the Tokyo Olympics with a world ranking series tournament
30 Aug 2019
Yesterday was a golden day for Team Nigeria at the on-going African Games in Morocco. After a slow start in the games, which has seen Egypt establish a huge lead, Team Nigeria flew to seven gold medals yesterday with football, wrestling and athletics leading the way.
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