Ogun State came out on top as they defeated Oyo State 35-16 to lift the maiden edition of the Elite Wheelchair Basketball Championship, Afrosport reports. The Gateway state started the competition with a 38-8 win over Kwara state before defeating Oyo State 22-12 and Lagos 29-4 to reach the final. Lagos State claimed third place in the competition after defeating Kwara state 36-17, the highest scoreline...
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...
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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