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Paris 2024: D’Tigress off to winning start, stuns Australia in women’s basketball

Nigeria's women's basketball team, the D'Tigress, are faced with an herculean task in the quarterfinals of the women's basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. The six-time Afrobasket champions must find a way to defeat the best team in the world—the United States—who are on the hunt for a record-extending tenth consecutive gold medal. The D'Tigress have enjoyed historic success at the Olympics in...

Paris 2024: Echikunwoke reflects on her historic outing with USA

by Ibikunle Salako

7 August 2024

Former Nigerian athlete Annette Nneka Echikunwoke is ecstatic after making history for the United States of America in the women’s hammer throw at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The 28-year-old, who was born in the U.S. to Nigerian parents, initially wanted to represent Nigeria internationally, but a failure by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to properly conduct drug tests, which were required by the International Athletics...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan races into women’s 100m hurdles semifinals

by Ibikunle Salako

7 August 2024

World record holder Tobi Amusan sealed a spot in the semifinals of the women’s 100-metre hurdles in the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday. Amusan qualified for the next round by finishing first in Heat 1 in a time of 12.49 seconds, ahead of America’s Alaysha Johnson, who clocked a time of 12.61s and Jamaica’s Janeek Brown in 12.84s. The world record-holder is safely through to the...

Paris 2024: Ofili misses out on podium as USA’s Thomas wins women’s 200m final

by Ibikunle Salako

6 August 2024

Nigeria's Favour Ofili was unable to claim a medal in the final of the women's 200-metre race on Wednesday, with United States' Gabby Thomas clinching the gold medal in a leading time of 21.83 seconds at Stade de France. Having won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Thomas sauntered across the finish line to claim her first-ever Olympic gold medal, ahead of 100m champion Julien Alfred...

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi gets Lane 3 ahead of men’s 400m final

by Ibikunle Salako

6 August 2024

Nigerian teenager Samuel Ogazi has been placed in Lane 3 ahead of the men's 400m final in the Paris 2024 Olympics scheduled for Wednesday, August 7. The 18-year-old on Tuesday became the first Nigerian in 36 years to reach the event's final since Innocent Egbunike at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. Ogazi finished third in his semifinal, clocking a personal best (PB) time of 44.41 seconds,...

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Paris 2024: How being the underdogs can favour Nigeria’s D’Tigress against USA

Paris 2024: Echikunwoke reflects on her historic outing with USA

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan races into women’s 100m hurdles semifinals

Paris 2024: Ofili misses out on podium as USA’s Thomas wins women’s 200m final

Paris 2024: Nigeria’s Samuel Ogazi gets Lane 3 ahead of men’s 400m final

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