Former Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike might have quit professional football but he continues to give back to his community with the launch of a state-of-the-art medical facility in Owerri, Imo State. The Emenike Hospital in Owerri joins a wide range of businesses the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner has built in the South-East region of Nigeria which include the EE29 Hotel and Suites. Over the...
Imo State athlete Chukwuemeka Igboanugo passed away during his boxing fight at the 2022 National Sports Festival in Delta State on Tuesday. Igboanugo was competing in the 81kg category and he died after he was knocked out by his opponent from Anambra State with efforts to resuscitate him proving abortive. Igboanugo was reportedly unconscious and could not get up after he was hit in the chin....
Morufat Folarin grabbed headlines at the ongoing 2022 National Sports Festival after winning three gold medals in weightlifting for host state Delta on Monday evening. She won gold in the women's 55kg snatch ahead of Christiana Ollorina of Rivers State and Blessing Andrew of Kwara State. In the Clean and Jerk 73kg category, Folarin took her second gold while Ollorina took another another silver while Olarinoye...
The 2022 National Sports Festival continued with lots of activities but had a sigh of relief as Zamfara State dealt with a health scare from one of its athletes. Daniel Otunoye was set to compete in a Taekwondo bout and collapsed before it began. It required the attention of the medics who revived him back to his conscious state. In one of the big events of...
Esther Nworgu of Delta state made headlines at the 2022 National Sports Festival in Asaba on Saturday as she set a new World Record in the Women's Para-Powerlifting 41kg category. She lifted 115kg which breaks her precious record (114kg) at the 2022 African Para Powerlifting Championship in Cairo. Delta's Bright Paul Kolade meanwhile defeated Iyama Udobong of Akwa Ibom to win gold in the men's -74kg...
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