Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, commended Nigeria’s athletes at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, highlighting their perseverance, dedication, and sportsmanship. She received the athletes and officials, including the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, in her Abuja office. She also acknowledged gold medalists Folashade Oluwafemiayo and Onyinyechi Mark for breaking world records. She…
The Nigerian government has come under fire from well-known artist Seun Kuti for failing to support sports. Seun responded to team Nigeria’s dismal showing in the recently concluded 2024 Olympics in Paris in a social media video that went viral. The musician disclosed that Nigeria only took part in non-investment-requiring sports when promoting the 2024…
The 2024 Summer Olympics came to an official close today, Sunday, after taking place in Paris on Friday, July 26. August 11 is the concluding day of sports competitions and the day of the Stade de France closing ceremony. Nigeria was nowhere to be seen among the victorious teams in the Olympic medal standings as…
The three members of Team Nigeria—Prestina Ochonogor, Ruth Usoro, and Ese Brume—have advanced to the 2024 Olympic Games’ women’s long jump final.Three Nigerians will be competing in the long jump final at the Olympics for the first time. In the final, the three will compete against nine other athletes for medals. With a leap of…
Rena Wakama, the head coach of D’Tigress, claims that her team’s loss to the hosts, France, inspired them to give it their all in Sunday’s match versus Canada. The six-time African champions upset Australia, ranked third in the world, 75–62 in their opening Olympic match in 2024. However, D’Tigress fell short against France in the…
The Nigerian women’s basketball team made history in Paris 2024 by making it to the last eight of the Olympics and defeating a formidable Canadian squad, rated fifth in the world! On Sunday, Nigeria’s D’Tigress guaranteed her spot in the women’s basketball quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympic Games. By the end of the first quarter,…
On Saturday, August 4, Nigerian athlete Favour Ofili won her heat and earned a spot in the women’s 200-meter semi-final with a time that was a season best of 22.24 seconds.Ofili finished second overall, just behind Gabrielle Thomas of the United States, who ran 22.20 seconds, after defeating Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain and Gina…
Rasheedat Ajibade voiced dissatisfaction about the Super Falcons’ early elimination from the 2024 Olympics. The Super Falcons lost to Japan 3-1 on Wednesday, forcing them out of the women’s football competition. Randy Waldrum’s team managed just one goal and gave up five goals in their three group match losses. Despite the team’s dismal performance, Ajibade…
News men indicate that Captain Rasheedat Ajibade is in a positive attitude ahead of Super Falcons’ crucial Group C matchup against Japan. On Wednesday, the Super Falcons and Nadeshiko will play at Nantes’ Stade de la Beaujoire. Randy Waldrum’s team had two losses from their first two games, which puts them in last place in…
During the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, which aired on NBC on Friday night, American singer Beyoncé made an unexpected cameo and presented a number of American participants. The “Drunk in Love” singer wore a red, white, and blue outfit that included a billowing cape, a “USA” leotard, cowboy boots, and a cowboy…