Two-time Jamaican 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris 2024 Olympics after dropping from the women's 100 metres event. The 30-year-old sustained a calf injury during her final outing on July 9 in Hungary before the Games commenced. Jackson clocked a season's best of 10.84 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Jamaican trials but her manager...
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has debunked claims it omitted the name of its reigning 100 metres queen, Favour Ofili, from the sprint event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This comes after the track queen accused the Athletics body of incompetence and deliberately omitted her name from of the biggest events at the Games. However, the AFN has refuted the claims of Ofili stating that...
One of Nigeria's medal hopefuls at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Favour Ofili, has rued her omission from the women’s 100m event, which has raised concerns over how Team Nigeria will fare at the end of the ongoing Summer Games. Despite winning the Nigerian 100 metres title at the Olympic trials in Benin city, Ofili was omitted from competing in the event as the country's athletics body,...
Team Nigeria captain and the country’s only representative in the badminton tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, suffered a 2-0 defeat in his opening game in the men’s singles on Tuesday. The 27-year-old fought valiantly but just fell short to Switzerland’s Tobias Kuenzi, who won the encounter 22-20, 21-14 in straight sets after 41 minutes of action at the La Chapelle Arena Court...
Egypt finished top of Group C in the men's football event at the 2024 Paris Olympics after a 2-1 win over Spain on Tuesday. Pyramids FC forward Ibrahim Abdel scored in either half for the Pharaohs while Samu Omorodion, who is of Nigeria heritage, scored the consolation goal for the Spaniards. Egypt topped Group C with seven points ahead of Spain, the Dominican Republic and Uzbekistan....
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