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Paris 2024: Olise & Ugochukwu make France U-23 preliminary squad

France U-21 head coach, Thierry Henry, has named Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise and Chelsea midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu to his star-studded 25-man preliminary list for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. Olise and Ugochukwu are of Nigerian descent and are still eligible to represent Nigeria's Super Eagles even after the Olympics. Olise enjoyed a stellar campaign for Palace in the Premier League this season, finishing with...

Paris 2024: Aruna, Omotayo, Offiong & Bello qualify for Olympics

by Taiye Taiwo

19 May 2024

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...

Olympics: Nigeria’s Opeyori secures historic qualification for badminton event

by Taiye Taiwo

12 May 2024

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...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s men’s and women’s 4x100m teams seal Olympic Games ticket

by Ibikunle Salako

6 May 2024

Team Nigeria ensured four of its relay teams will be on the plane to this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris after the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams secured automatic qualification on Sunday. The country’s 4x400m men’s and mixed relay teams got their tickets to the Games earlier on Saturday, with the 4x100m teams having to wait a day after in the repechage races. The quartet...

Paris 2024: Nigeria men’s 4x400m relay team secures ticket to Olympic Games

by Ibikunle Salako

5 May 2024

Following in the footsteps of the 4x400m mixed relay team, Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m relay team secured automatic qualification to this summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The quartet of Dubem Nwachukwu, Dubem Amene, Sikiru Adeyemi, and Chidi Okezie were incredible at the World Athletics Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, on Saturday, finishing second to ensure Nigeria’s participation at the Games. What a night for Nigeria 🇳🇬 Two...

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Paris 2024: Olise & Ugochukwu make France U-23 preliminary squad

Paris 2024: Aruna, Omotayo, Offiong & Bello qualify for Olympics

Olympics: Nigeria’s Opeyori secures historic qualification for badminton event

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s men’s and women’s 4x100m teams seal Olympic Games ticket

Paris 2024: Nigeria men’s 4x400m relay team secures ticket to Olympic Games

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