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...
The Ghana U-20 women's national team came from behind to defeat Nigeria 2-1 after extra time and claim the women's football gold medal at the 2023 Africa Games on home soil. The Falconets were strong favourites going into the contest in Cape Coast having won all their games and kept clean sheets in them, and it seemed it was going to continue when Edeh Njideka put...
Ghana women’s U-20 women’s football coach Yussif Basigi is unfazed by Nigeria’s 100% record at the 2023 African Games as both sides face off in the final for the gold medal in Cape Coast on Thursday night. The Falconets have a spotless record at the games on Ghanaian soil, winning all their games and keeping clean sheets in them. This makes Nigeria favourites for a record-extending...
Falconets head coach Christopher Musa Danjuma is confident his team can claim the women's football gold medal at the 2023 Africa Games after progressing to the final. The Nigerian ladies defeated Uganda 2-0 and will now face competition hosts Ghana on Thursday. The Falconets and Black Princesses faced each other in last year's WAFU B U-20 Championship final which the Ghanaians triumphed on penalties, and Danjuma...
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