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Day 12 of Olympics: Amusan Storms Tracks, Ogazi Eyes 400m Medal, D’tigress to Unleash ‘Terror’ on US

By Samuel Akpan in Paris As the 2024 Paris Olympic Games enter the 12th day today, Team Nigeria is set to compete in...

Olympics Day 11: Blessing Oborodudu loses bronze medal bout

By Samuel Akpan in Paris On Day 11 of the ongoing Olympics in Paris, France, Team Nigeria suffered another setback as Blessing Oborududu...

Day 11 of Paris 2024: Ofili not fast enough for women’s 200m final medal

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Nigeria’s Favour Ofili missed out on a podium finish at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics 200-meter final. The...

Olympics Day 11 : 28 years jinx broken, Nigeria qualify for 400m men’s final

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Samuel Ogazi, Nigeria’s sprint star, has become the first Nigerian athlete in 28 years to qualify for the...

Day 11 of Olympics: History made in Paris as three Nigerians qualify for women’s long jump

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Team Nigeria achieved an unprecedented feat on Day 11 of the Olympics, as for the first time in...

Day 11 of Olympics: Ella Onojuvwevwo qualifies for the women’s 400m semis

Samuel Akpan reports from Paris Nigeria’s Ella Onojuvwevwo has qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 400m, running an impressive race to win...

Olympics: Wrestling: Blessing Oborududu’s quest for semifinal suffers setback, loses bout

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Blessing Oborududu suffered a painful defeat as she lost her semifinal bout in women’s wrestling 68kg to Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim...

Day 10 of Olympics: Jinx breaker Favour Ofili qualifies for 200m women’s final

By Samuel Akpan in Paris After her 100m ordeal, Favour Ofili becomes the first Nigerian woman to qualify for the final of the...

Day 10 of Olympics: Go for gold, Nigeria’s Sports Minister charges Blessing Oborududu

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Nigeria’s Blessing Oborodudu has secured her spot in the semifinals of the women’s freestyle 68 kg wrestling event...

Exclusive: All Olympic, local, foreign camp allowances cleared by Sports Ministry, says official

With Team Nigeria gradually gathering momentum at the Olympics, the Secretary General of the Nigeria Rowing Canoe and Sailing Federation, Olubunmi Ola-Oluode, has...

Olympics: Ezekiel Nathaniel secures automatic spot in men’s 400m semis

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel booked his spot in the semis of the men’s 400m hurdles on Monday with an...

Olympics: First in 24 years, Nigeria qualifies for men”s 400m semis

By Samuel Akpan in Paris It was a super Sunday for Team Nigeria as Samuel Ogazi became the first Nigerian male quarter-miler to...

Olympics: Badminton: Carolina Marin’s knee injury forces her to retire in semifinal against He Bingjiao

By Samuel Akpan in Paris Former gold medallist Carolina Marin was forced to retire from her women’s singles semifinal against China’s He Bingjiao...

Julien Alfred outruns Sha’Carri Richardson to win women’s Olympic 100m

Julien Alfred made history on Saturday as she stormed the women’s 100m title in Paris 2024, becoming St. Lucia’s first Olympic medallist. As...

Updated: Paris 2024: Two Nigerians qualify for 100m men’s semis in their first-ever Olympic Games

Day 8 of the Olympics in France saw two Nigerians, Kanyisola Ajayi and Favour Ashe, qualify for the semifinals of the men’s 100m....

Olympics: World’s fastest man, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, wins heat 1 of men’s 100m in time of 10.00s

By Samuel Akpan in Paris The fastest man in the world in 2024, Jamaican Kishane Thompson, put on a spectacular show on Saturday...