The Ogun State government inaugurated its committee for the 22nd National Sports Festival at the Alake Sports Centre, Abeokuta on Friday. The multi-sports event, tagged Gateway Games 2024, is scheduled to commence on January 12, 2025 with the opening ceremony set for January 15. Ogun State Commissioner for Sports, Wasiu Isiaka, who is also the Chairman of the Committee, admonished members to work assiduously in ensuring...
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....
Ese Ukpeseraye of Delta State added to her impressive medal collection at the 2022 National Sports Festival as she claimed her eighth gold medal in cycling. She had previously won six individual gold medals in the 200m, 500m, 1km time trial, 80km road race, elimination race and individual time trials as well as the mixed relay and 3km team pursuit events. Oyo State's Tawakalt Yekeen took...
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...
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