Coach Randy Waldrum has released a list of 18 Super Falcons players that will represent Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The nine-time African Champions are making their return to the Olympics for the first time in 16 years and will take on Brazil, Spain and Japan in the Group C. Captain Rasheedat Ajibade and forwards Asisat Oshoala and Esther Okoronkwo, have been invited alongside...
South Africa's Tatjana Smith confirmed her retirement on Thursday after winning a silver medal in the women's 200 metres breaststroke. The 27-year-old came to Paris as the defending champion but was edged by American Kate Douglass. Smith won the 100 metres breaststroke title earlier this week and said it was time to hang up her goggles. "I think it's really just now embracing life and seeing...
The International Olympic Committee, IOC, has unveiled a sculpture named ‘Salon’ to honour the legacy of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris. The unveiling had in attendance the IOC President Thomas Bach, Deputy Mayor of Culture in the City of Paris, Carine Rolland; President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet; and Mayor of the 8th Arrondissement,...
Newly crowned ITTF African Cup champion, Quadri Aruna, Olajide Omotayo, Edem Offiong and Fatima Bello have qualified for the table tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Aruna qualified automatically as the African champion while the three other Nigerians secured their tickets at the African Qualifiers for the Olympics over the weekend. Offiong was the first Nigerian to secure her Paris ticket in the qualifiers...
Africa’s badminton champion, Anuoluwapo Opeyori has secured a ticket for the men’s singles badminton event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed Opeyori’s qualification after his participation in various qualifying championships. The announcement that was made over the weekend made the four-time African champion the first Nigerian player to qualify for back-to-back men’s singles event at the Olympics. Opeyori won gold...
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