Team Nigeria exerted their dominance in the boxing event at the 13th edition of the African Games in Ghana on Friday, clinching eight gold medals across different categories. In the women’s 57kg final, Nene Ojo won Nigeria’s first gold medal in boxing, claiming the title with a walkover after Algeria’s Chahira Selmouni failed to show up at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra. Dolapo Omole won...
In the final of the men's javelin throw at the 13th edition of the African Games, Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi won a gold medal for Nigeria on Friday, the country's second gold medal of the day. The 21-year-old broke his own National Record, setting a new one with a throw of 82.80 metres, opting not use his last attempt as his competitors failed to reach the 82m...
Nigeria won yet another set of medals in both the men's and women’s 4x400m relay final at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana on Friday. The quartet of Esther Elo Joseph, Patience Okon-George, Brittany Ogunmokun, and Omolara Ogunmakinju cruised to yet another gold medal for the nation in the women's 4x400m relay final at the UGH Legon Stadium. The team clocked a time of...
Former Super Eagles winger Finidi George began his tenure as interim manager of the national team with a 2-1 win over Ghana in an international friendly in Marrakech on Friday evening. The Enyimba manager was appointed to head the national team on an interim basis having served as an assistant manager to previous coach Jose Peseiro. Finidi started with some of the players that featured during...
Any contest between Nigeria and Ghana garners a lot of conflicting opinions as well as banter between the populace of the two teams. However, none causes more heat than a football encounter between the Super Eagles and the Black Stars. For as long as time, Nigeria and Ghana have been African football rivals with the Black Stars dominating fixture, with nine wins and 10 draws to...
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