Blessing Oborududu's hunt for an Olympic gold medal continues after the Nigerian progessed into the semifinals of the women's 68kg wrestling category by defeating home favourite, France's Koumba Larouque, in the quarterfinals on Monday. Oborududu, who made her Olympics debut in 2016 in Rio, had to dig deep to secure a comeback win over Larouque, whom she defeated 6-2 by points. The Nigerian, down 1-2 in...
Nigeria women's basketball team, D'Tigress, put on a defensive masterclass in the third quarter to see off Canada 79-70 in their final Group B game and secure a historic quarterfinal berth at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Rena-Wakama-led side, who went into the halftime break with a four-point deficit, came out in inspired form in the third as they held the Canadians to just five points...
Noni Madueke scored and provided an assist as Chelsea suffered a 4-2 pre-season loss to Manchester City on Saturday night. The English winger of Nigerian heritage was on target in the Blues' previous 3-0 win over Mexican giants Club America, netting the final goal in the 79th minute. Enzo Maresca's men however had no answer to the Citizens in Columbus, with last season's Premier League top...
Gift Orban scored his first goal of pre-season for Olympique Lyon by netting twice in a 4-0 win over Union Berlin on Saturday. Both sides played out a goalless first half and the Nigerian forward came on at the start of the second half for Georges Mikautadze. Former Arsenal midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles broke the deadlock in the 49th minute before Algeria winger Said Benrahma doubled it...
Tolu Arokodare scored his first goal of the season but it was not enough as Genk lost 3-1 to Leuven in the Belgian Pro League on Saturday evening. Moroccan Youssef Maziz put Leuven ahead in the 22nd minute before Thibault Vlietinck made it 2-0 14 minutes later. The second half saw the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) disallow a goal for both sides before Arokodare halved the...
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