Nigeria capped off a successful outing at the 13th edition of the African Games in Accra, Ghana, with a silver medal in the women’s team tennis event, losing 2-0 to Egypt at the Borteyman sports complex on Saturday, March 23, the final day of the event. The West African powerhouse finished in second place in the overall medal standings for the seventh time and the third...
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...
The medals continue to troop in for Nigeria as the duo of Olayinka Olajide and Consider Ekanem raced to the silver and bronze medals in the men’s and women’s 200 metres events at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana, on Friday. Olajide, the Nigerian national champion, who also won the bronze medal in the 100m event, clocked a personal best (PB) time of 23.18 (-2.6)...
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