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History made as Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected as first African, female IOC president

Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry on Thursday etched her name in the history books as she has been elected the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Afrosport reports. The 41-year-old, who was chosen from a secret ballot of seven candidates at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, becomes the first woman and first African to serve as IOC president. Coventry has been elected for...

Former Nigeria international goalkeeper Peter Fregene dies aged 77

by Bayo Adegboyega

14 October 2024

Former Nigeria international goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, has passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness, Afrosport reports. The former Green Eagles shot-stopper, nicknamed the "Flying Cat", was reported to have been on life support in the past few days. Fregene's passing was confirmed by his former teammates and ex-Nigeria international, Segun Odegbami, via a post on social media. Odegbami wrote on...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m relay team disqualified from final

by Ibikunle Salako

9 August 2024

Nigeria's men’s 4x400m relay team will no longer compete in the final of the event following a ruling from the organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The quartet of Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli, Ezekiel Nathaniel, Dubem Amene, and Chidi Okezie have been disqualified from the final for a lane violation after stepping on the line in their semifinal on Friday. Breaking news!! The Nigerian men's 4x400m team...

Paris 2024: Shocker as Tobi Amusan fails to make women’s 100m hurdles final

by Ibikunle Salako

9 August 2024

Nigeria’s biggest hope of a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Tobi Amusan, failed to make the final of the women’s 100m hurdles final after finishing third in Heat 1 of the semifinals earlier today. The 27-year-old world record holder, who didn’t enjoy the best of starts, ran a time of 12.55s to finish behind American Grace Stark (12.39s) and Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, who...

Paris 2024: Ranking Nigeria’s best athletes at Olympics

by Afrosport

18 July 2024

All eyes will be on the French capital of Paris on July 26 for the opening ceremony of the 2024 summer Olympic Games. Over 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will converge in the European city and Nigeria will have 90 athletes on parade in 12 sports discipline. Nigeria have appeared in 16 Olympics since their debut appearance in 1952 and they have a total of 27...

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History made as Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected as first African, female IOC president

Former Nigeria international goalkeeper Peter Fregene dies aged 77

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s men’s 4x400m relay team disqualified from final

Paris 2024: Shocker as Tobi Amusan fails to make women’s 100m hurdles final

Paris 2024: Ranking Nigeria’s best athletes at Olympics

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