Nigeria’s Elizabeth Anyanacho will kick off her participation in the women’s 67kg category with a bout against China’s Jie Song in the opening round of the taekwondo event in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Anyanacho, who has made history as the first female Nigerian athlete to qualify for consecutive Olympic Games in taekwondo, has been seeded number 10 among the 16 athletes in her weight class. The...
Nigeria's women's basketball team, the D'Tigress, are faced with an herculean task in the quarterfinals of the women's basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The six-time Afrobasket champions must find a way to defeat the best team in the world—the United States—who are on the hunt for a record-extending tenth consecutive gold medal. The D'Tigress have enjoyed historic success at the Olympics in...
Former Nigerian athlete Annette Nneka Echikunwoke is ecstatic after making history for the United States of America in the women’s hammer throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The 28-year-old, who was born in the U.S. to Nigerian parents, initially wanted to represent Nigeria internationally, but a failure by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to properly conduct drug tests, which were required by the International Athletics...
World record holder Tobi Amusan sealed a spot in the semifinals of the women’s 100-metre hurdles in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. Amusan qualified for the next round by finishing first in Heat 1 in a time of 12.49 seconds, ahead of America’s Alaysha Johnson, who clocked a time of 12.61s and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown in 12.84s. The world record-holder is safely through to the...
Super Eagles forward Cyriel Dessers scored a stoppage-time equaliser to secure a 1-1 first leg draw for Rangers in their UEFA Champions League third-round qualifier against Dynamo Kyiv at the Arena Lublin in Poland on Tuesday. FULL-TIME: Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Rangers | #UCL Cyriel Dessers' 94th min goal sends us back to Scotland for the second-leg all level in the tie. pic.twitter.com/JXLWQ9j5I3 — Rangers Football Club...
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