The D’Tigress, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, can hold their heads high despite an 88-74 defeat to the top-ranked United States in the quarterfinals of the basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. Nigeria, who were clearly the underdogs heading into the game, made the Americans fight hard to gain victory inside the packed Accor Arena in Paris, with a large part of the crowd...
Jamaica’s Roje Stona stunned his competitors by setting a new Olympic record to win the gold medal in the men’s discus event in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The 25-year-old, coached by 31-year-old fellow Olympian and shot put champion at the Paris Games Ryan Crouser, launched a throw of 70.00 metres with two rounds left in the final to win his first Olympic gold. Men's...
Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali is among the history books after successfully defending his title in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The 28-year-old, competing in just his second event this year, raced through the finish line in a time of 8:06.05 to become the first man since 1932 to defend a steeplechase Olympic title. El Bakkali’s consistency over the years is...
Nigerian-born Bahraini athlete Salwa Eid Naser gave the rest of her competitors a taste of what to expect as she cruised into the final of the women's 400-metre in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The 26-year-old, born Ebele Agbapuonwu in Anambra State, Nigeria, clocked a season's best (SB) time of 49.08 seconds in Heat 1 of the semifinal to progress to the final of the...
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, Joseph Fahnbulleh of Liberia, and the Zimbabwean duo of Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba will all represent Africa in the men’s 200-metre final in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Tebogo ran a time of 19.96 seconds to win semifinal 2 in the men’s 200m on Wednesday, beating reigning men’s 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles of the United States, who clocked a time of 20.08s...
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